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  • … survive well in particular habitats, but not others. Students compare the diversity of plants from different ecosystems and observe what specialized structures help them get what they need. … world of pollinators. Students observe pollinating insects in action. They explore the Garden from the perspective of a bee or butterfly and act out, or model, how flowers are pollinated and … survive well in particular habitats, but not others. Students compare the diversity of plants from different ecosystems and observe what specialized structures help them get what they need. …
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  • Online Lightscape Ticket Exchange Lightscape ticket exchange is offered online. Follow these easy steps to change your Lightscape event date and time, or download the PDF with the same instructions. Step 1: Locate your ticket confirmation number on your purchase order confirmation email. Step 2: On purchase confirmation email, select Change Visit Date link. Step 3: "Find your order" page will …
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  • … if the weather is especially hot or windy. Straw mulch is helpful in these beds to keep soil from drying out. Want a bigger crop? You may wish to pinch out the sucker growth originating in … eating tiny holes in leaves. They generally do not kill tomato plants, but may carry viruses from one tomato to another. Many gardeners plant mustard or radish near tomato crops to draw these pests away from their tomato plants. Tomato hornworm caterpillar A parasitized caterpillar host bearing wasp …
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  • … – August 30, 2020  Read books and play at Family Drop-In Activity sites and earn prizes! To start playing, pick up a reading log at the Lenhardt Library or the Regenstein Learning Campus … – August 30, 2020  Read books and play at Family Drop-In Activity sites and earn prizes! To start playing, pick up a reading log at the Lenhardt Library or the Regenstein Learning Campus …
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  • … The time has come for homemade mustard—and you won’t believe how easy  and  tasty it is. Start with the Basics As always, we turned to program horticulturist Nancy Clifton to learn the … pungency is reached. Homemade mustards last 6 to 12 months in the refrigerator. Clockwise from top left: hot mustard seed, yellow mustard powder, a finished basic yellow mustard, brown … crushed mustard seed, and medium-hot mustard seed. Next, Get Creative After making that first quick batch of basic mustard, Nancy passed around ten jars of flavored mustards for us to sample. …
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  • … continually setting fruit. Because of their constant growth, indeterminate tomatoes benefit from caging or staking, as well as regular pinching out of any side shoots that develop in the … combine two different varieties of tomato plant to to create a plant with beneficial traits from both its parents. These traits typically include increased pest and disease resistance, and … as longer shelf life, or to produce a fruit with particular flavor characteristics. Seed saved from these plants will not reproduce true to the parent plant. Heirloom tomato 'Tiacolula Pink' …
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  • … Dutchman's pipe vine gets its name from the unusually shaped flowers often hidden by its large heart-shaped leaves. This eastern USA …
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  • … one-piece minimum Watercolor, one-piece minimum One sketchbook that documents your progress from the start of the program. Traditional Track Students: Pen and Ink, one-piece minimum Expressive Track … one-piece minimum Watercolor, one-piece minimum One sketchbook that documents your progress from the start of the program. Traditional Track Students: Pen and Ink, one-piece minimum …
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  • PCC Austin Farm Chicago When medical providers at PCC Austin Family Health Center discuss nutrition with their patients, there is a new option for them: They may prescribe access to fresh produce that can be filled just around the corner at the PCC Austin Farm. The farm began with a partnership between PCC Community Wellness Center and the Chicago Botanic Garden's Windy City Harvest. Both …
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  • … a riot of color in August.   Peppers add color and heat to a world of cuisines They vary from the paprikas of Hungary to the curry powder of India to the bird's-eye pepper of Thailand … the plant longer, they all will ripen, usually to become red with more heat. That heat comes from an irritating compound called capsaicin. The body often reacts to capsaicin by sweating, … fertile soil, amended with plenty of compost or other organic matter. It's essential to start with transplants, either grown yourself indoors under lights for two to three months or …
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