… This tree has small leaves, can attain heights of 40' to 50' and is usually rounded or oval in shape. It is a good specimen plant or shade tree, and it makes an excellent bonsai plant. Fall color can be purplish or yellow. Caution! Sometimes … ornamental attributes: it is resistant to Dutch elm disease, has a nice fine-textured habit and interesting bark and is tolerant of urban conditions. The wonderful bark is a finely flaked …
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… member of the pea family, which produces golden-yellow spikes of flowers in the summer and early fall. Tough, woody, unbranched stems rise from the ground and produce compound leaves with small toothless ovate leaflets. The flowers give way to dark … winter. Branches often bend under the weight of the seedpods. The seeds are relished by grouse and turkeys. Bees love the flowers, and caterpillars like the foliage, although it is slightly …
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… New! You don’t have to stop canning and preserving just because it is winter. In this demonstration cooking class, cookbook author and home food preservation expert Emily Paster will teach you how to preserve using dried fruits. Paster will demonstrate how to make dried fig, apple, and raisin jam, a sweet, bright-tasting spread with a chunky texture perfect for stirring into …
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… New! Start an edible garden and make it fun for the whole family. Gardening with your kids or grandkids will help forge deeper connections to each other, to your family’s health, to our food sources, and to the planet. Get tips on how to engage your family in gardening through ownership, responsibility, and of course, having fun. Learn how and when to start your edible garden, which plants are great …
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… Q. I am interested in starting a vegetable garden this year and wonder about the advantages of planting heirloom seeds. A. Heirloom vegetable plants are … plants that over generations have acclimated themselves to the weather, the soil conditions and the particular disease and insect problems of a given area. They have proven to be reliable producers of extremely …
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… Is it possible to turn your love of flower and garden photography into a viable career path? Yes, provided you have a clear understanding … how to turn your passion into a business. This intensive workshop will outline the techniques and strategies that will help aspiring professional photographers start and build their business. Allen Rokach will give participants valuable insights using his own …
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… found in Illinois alone. Meet mycologist Gregory Mueller, Ph.D., the Garden’s Chief Scientist and Negaunee Foundation Vice President of Science, and explore the fascinating and intricate world of mushrooms. Learn the basics of fungal ecology and why fungi are so …
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… berimbau through powerful chamber music. The ensemble commissions, collaborates, arranges, and composes new works that generate spellbinding and uniquely beautiful musical performances. Their repertoire ranges from solos to sextets to … tuned in to one another that at times it becomes difficult…to tell where one instrument ends and another begins. The players are so precise, so blissfully engaged with their instruments and …
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… Red’ is a confusing name for a Swiss chard, but is descriptive of the color: intense red stems and large puckered green leaves with red veins. It makes a great addition to the dinner table or can be used as an ornamental. Swiss chard has succulent, delicately flavored leaves and it is as attractive as it is nutritious, rich in vitamin A, vitamin K and antioxidants. Swiss chard is in the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae) and is related to beets …
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… with moist soils. This is another example of a woodland plant that completes its growth and starts to go dormant during the heat and drought of mid to late summer. All parts of the plant contain chemicals that can alternate between medicinal and toxic, depending on the dose and the size and sensitivity of the patient. It has a long …
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