… Drawn from Nature Student Botanical Arts Exhibition July 2 – September 11, 2022 Drawn from Nature is an annual botanical arts exhibition that features selected artwork by students and … the Regenstein School. … Student Botanical Arts Exhibition July 2 – September 11, 2022 Drawn from Nature is an annual botanical arts exhibition that features selected artwork by students and …
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… air, gardeners can find comfort in seed catalogs as they think about spring. Growing plants from seeds gives you an opportunity to grow more unusual flowers, vegetables, and herbs than you … United States for more than 125 years. You, too, can grow this beautiful Victorian heirloom from seed and use the plants in the ground or in hanging baskets. Seed Packet Lingo Seed … because a frost or cold weather will set them back, or worse, kill them, and you’ll have to start over or buy plants.) If you sow them indoors too early (more than two months before May …
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… no rain. Plants transpire moisture and unless they’re watered, the moisture is not replaced from the soil. Result: plants and gardener get stressed out. Jumping the Gun This past April, temperatures in Chicago ranged from 39°F to 82°F, leading some gardeners (me, for example) to think it was safe to plant …
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… Looking for fun projects to do indoors? Here’s one with a great return: start seeds. It’s easy to do, whether you want to start seeds on a sunny windowsill or in a more … packet information to lay out your timeline. Start with a sterile starting mix. Light can come from a sunny window if you are only starting a handful of seeds. Larger numbers will require … that will hold a cup or two of soil, as long as those containers are clean: cell packs from last year, yogurt cups with holes poked in the bottom or special seed-starting flats. The …
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… Center, Joutras Gallery Open during Garden hours , included with general admission Drawn from Nature is an annual botanical arts exhibition that features selected artwork by students and …
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… The most common tree in the Chicago area is from Europe—and that’s bad news for our native plants and animals. Introduced to the United … ) now accounts for 36 percent of all trees in the Chicago area . This invasive species moved from yards and gardens into woodlands, wetlands, and prairies—turning bright, open landscapes … of your neighbors are pitching in to help. You can join the effort by removing buckthorn from your property or volunteering to help repair the damage buckthorn has done to local forest …
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Food Safety and Cottage Food Laws This course is intended for aspiring food entrepreneurs and/or urban farmers who are hoping to create or expand their farm or local food business by providing seasonal, local food products all year long. We will cultivate an understanding of the basic techniques, food safety regulations, and business guidelines for producing value-added, local foods. Instructor …
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… even in the same extreme and unpredictable climate, they are living in altered conditions from the ones in which they evolved. Prairie plants behave differently in our gardens for a … to seeing in manicured gardens. In the prairie, black-eyed Susan has much more competition from other plants for water and nutrients, O'Shaughnessy says. It grows in much leaner soil that … it must grow tall and slender to reach up to the sun — and it gets all the support it needs from surrounding plants. Home-Grown Pioneers Today, many gardeners try to fix the altered soil by …
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… to me because in many ways it’s supportive. It’s needed literally just to reveal things from the darkness, but also it can be this beautifully aesthetic and artistic thing in and of …
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… vegetable gardening in the Chicago area. Topics will cover tasks, techniques, and tips from winter to fall as well as basic botany, soil preparation, crop selection, rotation and …
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