Home and Garden
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Prolific Palatine gardener shares abundanceNov 18, 2021 7:46 pm - At 4,500-square-feet, Tom Anderson's Palatine garden is larger than most people's homes. And with 40 tomato plants and 25 fruit trees among his vast collection, the even...
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With a little help, young gardeners blossomNov 18, 2021 7:46 pm - The little beds at the Green Earth Institute in Naperville are designed to help tomorrow's gardeners blossom. Children learn the basics about planting seeds, fertilizing...
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Brownies get chance to use their green thumbsNov 18, 2021 7:45 pm - Carl Lytle historically grows a large vegetable garden. He plants and his wife, Jean, cans the results. They make quite a tag team. This year, however, the Des Plaines c...
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Garden club producing for Plant a RowNov 18, 2021 7:45 pm - Peppers, yellow squash, green beans and zucchini are veggies with a purpose. It's not enough that the rows of vegetables thrive under the care of the Hoffman Estates Ga...
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Vegetables full of nutritional benefitsNov 18, 2021 7:43 pm - Participating in Plant a Row for the Hungry means helping ensure someone will get a fresh, nutritious meal. It's important, then, to choose wisely in the types of garden...
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Here's crop of Plant a Row workshopsNov 18, 2021 7:40 pm - Here is a schedule of Plant a Row for the Hungry workshops at the Morton Arboretum: May 8: One Pot Gardening • Vegetables in a Pot, Mayo Underwood of Underwood Gar...
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Weighing inNov 18, 2021 7:26 pm - We've got to hand it to you. You came through with a whopping 60,343 pounds of fresh produce during this summer's Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign. That's more than ...
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Community plots give gardener room to growNov 18, 2021 7:26 pm - It all started with sod. That led, as it so often does, to a small home garden. Lured in by the simpler tasks surrounding his new Gurnee home, he found himself progressi...
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Nursery lends helping hand to Plant a Row campaignNov 18, 2021 7:24 pm - Getting back to gardening's roots means exploring a time when people worked the land they lived on and helped their neighbors through tough times. With that notion in mi...
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Daughter puts her plant training to good useNov 18, 2021 7:24 pm - Julie Schwartz didn't have much interest in working her family's vegetable garden. Just ask her mother. "Can we ever get her to help in the garden? Nooooo," Susan Schwar...