… camera on the comet orchid ( Angraecum eburneum ) to capture the buds as they open and rotate over a period of several weeks. You can also see what a blooming comet orchid looks like in the …
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… It will turn yellow, but the crown of the plants will remain alive with just ½ inch of water over several weeks. Grass will green up as soon as normal rainfall returns. Avoid overhead …
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… — feather reed grass, flame grass, and Dallas Blues switch grass, to name just a few. Come on over and see for yourself! …
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… and site conditions are strong attributes. 'Marmo' is quick to establish itself, growing over 2 feet a year when young. Its foliage is ornamental not only in autumn, but is also tinted …
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On a bright, sunny Saturday in June, more than 1,500 people came to see just what was happening inside the renovated paint store along Ogden Avenue in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. It was the opening weekend for the Farm on Ogden , a joint project between the Chicago Botanic Garden and Lawndale Christian Health Center (LCHC) that brings food, health, and jobs together under one …
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… you might already have, and some embellishments. Here are some projects that I’ve worked on over the years. These ephemeral projects celebrate what’s happening now in gardens and then fade as the wonders of the next season take over. Decorate it! Pumpkin Project Get the whole family involved in this fun activity. Give …
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… Remember, a pot of mums looks fresh for three to four weeks at most, and then the show is over. Showy foliage from grasses or kale and cabbage will carry the display much longer. The fall … your hardy plants in a nursery bed or empty space in your vegetable garden plot to hold them over until next spring, when you can plant them in a permanent home to enjoy for another season. …
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… usually no more than 2 inches deep. 2. Cut a sheet of landscape fabric or weed barrier to fit over the pebbles. 3. Add 1/4- to 1/2-inch activated charcoal (available at an aquarium store) to … light, a 100-watt bulb placed close to the terrarium or fluorescent lights placed directly over the terrarium will be helpful. Supplemental lighting should be provided 14 to16 hours per …
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… is that we would be in a lot of trouble if there wasn’t a whole lot of rot going on all over the place. You can probably imagine when walking through our oak woodland, that if things … be almost impossible to walk anyway, because of the mass of dead branches and logs lying all over like a bunch of pick-up sticks. Trichaptum biforme is a hardwood decomposer Another … organic matter (a.k.a. the rotters). While walking through the woods the other day, I tripped over a downed log and came face-to-face with one member of those decomposers, the bracket fungi. …
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… In 2017, torrential rains fell over much of our region, particularly in Lake and McHenry counties, as well as southeastern … the early morning of July 12, between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell in that watershed area over a matter of hours, resulting in a rapid rise in the Skokie River as it flows around the west … of the Garden from flooding: if levels in the Skokie River rise high enough, river water flows over the north dam into the Garden lakes and we can temporarily store more than 100 million …
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