… New! Get ready for college with basic cooking skills to feed yourself and your friends. Inspired by the book, … agua fresca, peach panzanella, vegetable fried rice, pesto pasta salad, and marinara. Prepare for cooking on your own with this class. Mary Kay Gill, professional culinary instructor ITW …
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… New! Get ready for the holiday season with delicious make-ahead drinks for easy entertaining. Learn the art of batching cocktails, smart party-planning tips, and …
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… in part shade where it will attract butterflies. Native to North America, it is a host plant for the Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly. Cut it back in the spring to reduce the height or it may flop and need support. It is an ideal plant for the rain garden where it will spread slowly by rhizomes. …
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… City Harvest’s Youth Farm in high school because she was a “tomboy at heart” who wanted to get her hands dirty. Deshawn Willingham started in the Corps program because he needed a job—then … he fell in love with “how resilient and amazing nature is.” Clarence Smith’s family has farmed for generations in Michigan and Mississippi; Windy City Harvest programs “brought him back to his … up but don’t think there’s an opportunity. We’re checking off a lot of the boxes: You can get a contract with a wholesaler. You can get a large plot of land to scale up. You can get a GAP …
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… a prescribed burn in Dixon Prairie. Fire burns through dead leaves and stems, opening space for native plants to grow from seed, nourished by the charred plant material and increased … areas.” That’s because periodic fires—ignited by lightning and set by Indigenous Peoples for hunting, managing resources, and more—shaped the Chicago area’s woodlands, wetlands, and … and are rapidly declining. Our work shows that it’s worthwhile to burn smaller remnants, you get a big bang for your buck.” The Echinacea Project team—which includes scientists, students, …
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… Build a simple hydroponic planter to take back to the classroom using inexpensive, easy-to-get materials. We’ll provide tips for guiding students to design and test their own systems, as we address ecosystem interactions, …
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… has stronger wood and better branching that the species so it would be a better candidate for a windy site. …
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… inside during the winter. It is drought tolerant and happy in full sun. This cultivar is noted for its attractive linear gray green leaves that change color with sun exposure. In less than full sun they will be blue green, in sun you will get pink highlights. Its attractive spike like inflorescence of coral flowers is very attractive …
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… and with age, will turn pinkish white in fall, drying to tan in winter. This hardy shrub can get large over time—to 10 feet in height and width. It is well adapted to grow well in full sun and partially shaded conditions. Keep Unique uniformly moist during the growing season for maximum flower production. …
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… basic plant care, and even how to propagate them. Along the way, we will provide ideas for using live plants to investigate plant science concepts such as adaptation and structure and function of plant parts. Take home a variety of plants to get started. ISBE PD Hours: 6 Gateways: 6 Grade level: preK – 12 Linnaeus Room, Regenstein …
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