… Plant, water, and grow! Whether you are a parent, teacher, or caregiver, teaching children to plant seeds is a simple and authentic way to help them engage with nature. It’s an activity that the littlest of sprouts can do “all by … trug full of soil makes filling pots easy for younger gardeners. Watering in the seeds is the best part of planting. Set out the potting mix in a wide-mouth container such as a flexible …
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… Graham Bulb Garden The Graham Bulb Garden is the place to go anytime in spring to see thousands of tulips blooming in succession with vibrant color. Dramatic drifts of new … turn. The container collection demonstrates how to use bulbs in new and unusual ways. Look for specimen connoisseur bulbs artfully combined with other flowering plants; diminutive bulbs …
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… independence from foreign imports—highlighting a new American pride in agriculture. The farm-to-table movement of today epitomizes the fruit-growing traditions of the past by “growing as … choosing suitable varieties to plant in the spring is possible. Here are a few ideas to get you started creating, and/or caring for, your edible landscape. Strawberry flowers are … in hedgerows as natural barriers along lot lines or on post-and-wire trellises. Cane fruit is best managed with proper spring pruning, which prevents a tangled mess and makes your late-summer …
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… Phosphorus is a component of most fertilizers that helps plants to grow. When too much is applied or is applied at the wrong time—such as right before it … fish. Several municipalities have banned the use of phosphorus-containing fertilizers for turf or lawn areas. These laws are designed to protect local water quality in lakes, streams, and ponds. According to several experts, in …
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… orange flowers with a greenish-bronze eye begin early in the season (late August) and continue to the end of October (or later - depending on first date of hard freeze). Plant them while still in green bud, showing no color, to allow their root system to get established for best results. Like other mums, it is highly attractive to all manner of pollinating insects. …
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… Compared to photographing flowers outside, photographing in the Greenhouses is much more challenging and … out to shoot to see just how far I can push the ISO and still get images I find pleasing. It's best to do this before you are on-site, so you will be able to review the images on a large … able to get most of the flower sharp. Photo ©Carol Freeman Sometimes using a flash is the only way to get a shot. Here I found orchids that were away from other elements, limiting the …
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… emissions and explore how the sun's energy, greenhouse gases, and the Earth's surface interact to moderate global average temperature. They use a NASA data analysis tool to model different surface reflectivity and greenhouse gas scenarios. In 1B, students learn about … the impacts of changing climates on plant migration by calculating seed dispersal rates for a variety of plant species and predicting whether they will be able to migrate quickly enough …
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… Just below the summit, we scrambled past enormous boulders to an unhappy sight—a small group of beautiful aspens in big trouble. As curator of woody plants … heat of the rocks in which they are growing. When the trees grow to about 25 feet high, they get a canker disease—a fungal infection—and quickly die. The chalk-white bark of these quaking … we’re studying; a month earlier, Adam and Dr. Smith had collected root pieces from the trees for propagation. Sunlight fading over Sierra Del Carmen in Coahuila, Mexico. After the team …
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… conifers are at their peak during the coldest weather. While other plants have gone dormant for the winter, various conifers are lighting up the landscape in shades of blue, yellow, bronze, … and other evergreens providing a calming backdrop. Arborvitae ( Thuja sp.) are among the best evergreens for bright winter color. Cultivars such as Thuja occidentalis ‘ Golden Globe’ … blue needles and beautiful brown bark. Others, such as Pinus virginiana ‘ Wate’s Golden’ turn to a soft yellow hue that lights up the garden. The yellow foliage of this Thuja occidentalis …
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… of the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener program is "Helping others learn to grow." As defined by the University of Illinois Extension Service, master gardeners are … not accepting master gardener volunteer applications at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Please visit https://extension.illinois.edu/mg for more information about the Master Gardener program and other opportunities through the …
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