… While there's still a chill in the air, gardeners can find comfort in seed catalogs as they think about spring. Growing … Painted Lady runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus ‘Painted Lady’), at Monticello. Today, you can buy the seeds of this edible and ornamental annual vine to grow in your own garden. Gardeners … or cold weather will set them back, or worse, kill them, and you’ll have to start over or buy plants.) If you sow them indoors too early (more than two months before May 15), tomato and …
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… hibiscus refused to give up, as did its owner. One fall, I saw our neighbors bring in their outdoor furniture. Hey, one of them said over the fence, we’re going to toss the … by blooming profusely for many years, indoors during the cold months and outdoors on the patio in the summer. Then, one winter, the plant started looking sick and stopped producing flowers. I … the earth what it needed to heal and thrive. I didn't give up on the hibiscus. I didn't just buy a new one; that's not how you treat a friend of many years. These images above are from the …
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… Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17, 2012 Noon – 6 p.m. Meadow west of Evening Island Buy Tickets Advance: $25 members/$30 nonmembers Day-of: $30 members/$35 nonmembers Parking is … restaurants will sell dishes originating from Oaxaca, Jalisco, Veracruz, and Guanajuato in Mexico. The event also will feature live music and demonstrations. Tequila, Mexico’s national … to this event are nonrefundable. Due to the popularity of this event, we encourage you to buy tickets in advance. A confirmation will arrive via e-mail once your order is received. …
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… M.D.-Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine doing his Ph.D. in molecular engineering. Kevin is from New York and went to college at Yale University, where he majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry and learned to play the carillon. He was a member of the … trying to lift weights, and playing indie and strategy video games. One day, Kevin hopes to buy a carillon for his backyard. John Mori, Student Carillonneur: John Mori is an economics Ph.D. …
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… With Chef Series demos, horticulturist tours, volunteer Q&A stations, and Family Drop-in programs, there’s something for everyone. Vendors will offer plenty of pepper products—and you … flavors with pepper-seasoned popcorn too. Highlights See many varieties of peppers growing in the Fruit & Vegetable Garden—hot and sweet—plus a collection of peppers growing in containers … Novak, author of The Rooftop Growing Guide . Stop by the Garden Shop or the Wheelbarrow to buy the book, and she can personalize and sign it for you. Take a pepper tour at 1 or 3:15 p.m. …
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… Take a peek in your closet, and you might find a long wooden broom for sweeping up dust or offering rides to … or “cobs,” and it can grow anywhere from 12 to 14 feet tall. Broomcorn seeds are planted in the early spring, and stalks are harvested in mid- to late August. The long woody stalks have … okay,” says Spannagel. So, what do you do with a broomcorn broom? Most of the people who buy Spannagel’s brooms use them to sweep, but many others use them as decorations. Spannagel says …
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… Is there any more welcome sight than daffodils blooming in the spring? Not to me! I’m thrilled by the sight of these flowers, their colors ranging from the most vivid yellows and oranges to muted pastels to pure white. In the early years of the nineteenth century, daffodils so captivated the poet William Wordsworth … the flower, the prophet Mohammed reportedly said, “Let him who hath two loaves sell one, and buy the flower of narcissus: for bread is but food for the body, whereas narcissus is food for …
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… this is a good time to find them on sale. The Basics Just getting started? Invest in a few good tools for digging, weeding, pruning, and watering. Inexpensive gardening tools have … edge, which helps remove weeds. The handles may be wood, plastic, padded, or metal. Before you buy one, pick up the trowel in the store and try it out to see how it fits in your hand and how … Gloves Weeding, pruning, and digging all take a toll on a gardener’s hands and fingernails. Buy a few pairs of durable gloves that won’t shrink when thrown in the washing machine. …
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… and Meghan Markle? Visit the Helen and Richard Thomas English Walled Garden instead. If you’re in Chicago this weekend, that means—like most of us—you didn’t get an invite to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a graduate of Northwestern University. Get in the spirit of the occasion anyway by visiting the English Walled Garden at the Chicago Botanic … Walled Garden. Take a sniff and, with the right bit of imagination, it’ll be like you’re in London with the royals after all. Cuddly Lion is a favorite of young visitors to the English …
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… for science fair projects and sometimes wait until the last minute to do their experiments. We in the Education Department of the Chicago Botanic Garden are committed to helping make science … be able to wrap this up in less than a week. Now all you need are some ideas for conditions to test. Here are eleven questions you can investigate at home or school using the same basic … as germination rate. Try to ensure that the seeds have the same amount of light so it's a fair test of temperature and not light variation. 4. Do microwaves affect germination? Put seeds in …
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