… to harvest vegetables. If hard frost threatens, pick all tomatoes, including the unripe ones, and store in cardboard boxes or paper bags in basement. Cut back any remaining herbs and bring them indoors to use fresh or dry. Cover tender plants from light freezes at night by … upturned bushel baskets. Apply a heavy mulch over leeks, Jerusalem artichokes, carrots, beets, and turnips to continue the harvest into early winter. After a hard frost, remove all dead plant …
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… Care by Month March April May June July August September October Prune raspberry bushes and reattach canes to support system, if necessary. Some gardeners mow their raspberry patches to … that can be direct-seeded include the root crops of beets, carrots, radishes, parsnips and turnips; the leaf crops of chard, loose-leaf lettuces, spinach, mesclun mix, mustard and collard greens, and kale. The crops that should be started indoors and moved outside as …
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… New! Take a step into the past and discover the art of writing with a quill pen. Try your hand at cutting your own quills from real feathers that you will take home with you. Learn about the history of oak gall ink and then use your quill and ink to practice the tricky art of writing with a quill pen. Along the way, learn about the …
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… hands-on workshop series, you will learn the process of preparing textiles for natural dyeing and use a variety of direct applications of dye to cotton, silk, and thread. In later classes, try your hand at a variety of embroidery stitches to embellish your … even more. All skill levels welcome. All supplies included. Millicent Kennedy, textile and natural dye artist Classroom 6, Learning Center …
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… an evening making delicious desserts in this cooking class. Learn to use fresh vanilla beans and separate eggs. Recipes include mango upside-down cake with vanilla bean rum butter sauce and chocolate pavé with crème anglaise. Take home a sample of double-chocolate coconut macaroons and yellow cupcakes with buttercream frosting. Alcohol will be served in this class; participants …
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… – 3 p.m. Linnaeus Room, Regenstein Center Free Pat Herendeen , senior director of Systematics and Evolutionary Biology at the Chicago Botanic Garden, discusses plant diversity and conservation in Brazil. Photo: Heliconia stricta 'Carli's Sharonii' …
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… Experience the joy of creating your own unique papers created by eco-dyeing with plants and flowers. Explore printmaking methods that use leaves to create a simple print plate and direct mono-prints. Finally, apply both printing methods to freshly made paper. You will leave with a stack of papers that can be used in mixed media works, papercrafts, and other projects. Most printing supplies are included. All skill levels welcome. A supply list …
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… Making your own products with healthy ingredients can be simple and fun. In this class, you will learn about the benefits of using quality essential oils in your … life. Together we will make four products such as: bath salts, foaming hand soap, sugar scrub, and room-freshening spray. Each participant will make three packaged gift sets, so they will come … to give for holiday gifts. Tamara Mannelly, M.Ed., HHC, certified healing foods specialist and holistic health coach Plant Science Lab, Regenstein Center …
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… Join us for cocktails and conversation about gardening, cooking, and more with Jeff Ross, farmstead school manager at Blackberry Farm in Tennessee. For more …
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… insect questions including: why do fireflies glow, what’s the difference between a moth and a butterfly, and how many spots does a ladybug have? Participants should bring their own picnic dinner. Ages …
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