… Description: This Great Plains migrant is a rare sighting in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This is an unusual sight on the lakes or flying overhead. …
Type: Birding
… Summer is just around the corner, and summer is the time for color. This class presents the many ways plants can be combined and mixed to …
Type: Item Detail
… Q. What is the correct fertilizer to use for bulbs? A. If the bulbs are to be sited in slightly infertile … top of the soil after planting. These products have a higher proportion of phosphorus, which is necessary for optimum root development. An alternative would be to sprinkle a 5-10-5 or 10-10-10 fertilizer around the site in spring as the leaves are emerging and then again in fall. Always water in granular …
Type: Plant Info
… This course is for individuals seriously considering or already in the process of aquaponic food production on a commercial scale. This three-day course is a comprehensive look at the design and build-out of a system, water quality, …
Type: Item Detail
… songs, and games followed by a cooking activity. This one-hour caregiver-and-child program is designed for children ages 4 – 5. It is the perfect way to encourage children to eat their fruits and veggies and have fun, too! …
Type: Item Detail
… Miss Lemon abelia is a small shrub with dainty, glossy opposite leaves that are sharply pointed. The leaves have … to provide color. The foliage becomes burgundy in late fall and persists well into winter—it is evergreen in warmer climates. In the Chicago area, it should be planted in a sheltered …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The pineapple guava is native to the highland areas of South America as it needs the combination of cooler … are green with silvery undersides. The tree grows to about fifteen feet tall and wide and is widely planted in South America as a domestic garden fruit tree. The fruits are used for …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… samaras, or winged fruits, mature in fall and turn a rich red. The finely dissected folaige is light green turning yellow to orange in the fall. This lovely small tree, native to the Far East, can be grown only in very protected areas if you live in Zone 5. It is an exceptional small ornamental maple. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a clump-forming perennial with a basal mound of scallop-edged, light green leaves 1 foot tall … soil in full sun to part shade. In full-sun locations, provide afternoon shade. If it is sited ideally it will self seed, sometimes aggressively. Deadheading will prevent this. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
