… Description: The sora may be visible during spring and fall migration on Marsh Island and in shoreline vegetation. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This very rare Pacific Northwest visitor could be seen in a wooded area, especially where there are conifers. …
Type: Birding
… I am interested in how organisms’ environments and own natural histories come together to support or limit their …
Type: Staff bio
… is a shorter flowering sport of Allium 'Summer Beauty' with lavender flowers at 12 inches in height. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'White Beauty' is a vigorous plant with rust-red basal ring in each white flower. Leaves have wavy margins. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… evergreen shrub needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It belongs in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… want to start my own tomato plants this year. Am I too late? A: No, you are not too late. In the Chicago area, we do not recommend that tomatoes be transplanted into your garden until … need and what varieties you wish to grow. Key decision factors are whether your plants will be in the ground or in containers, and the amount of space you have available for tomatoes (be realistic!). You can …
Type: Plant Info
… Q: What types of sprinklers should I be using in my garden? A: There are many types of irrigation devices with distribution patterns to fit … irrigation. Screw nozzles and pressure grips with triggers are available to distribute water in a variety of ways that range from full stream to fine mist sprays. Drip irrigation hoses or … root zones are thoroughly watered, not limiting the irrigation to small, reachable areas. In-ground sprinklers eliminate the need to move sprinklers to different areas of the garden or …
Type: Plant Info
… imagine how dramatically we could reduce our carbon "foodprint"—the fossil fuels expended in transporting produce, the materials used in packaging, distribution, and more." Sustainable gardens can be viewed as an extension of a … indoor systems). Lose (or reduce) your lawn. A conventional lawn mower pollutes as much in an hour as 40 late-model cars (or as much as driving a car for 100 miles). Install rain …
Type: Plant Info
… vascular system of woody plants. Symptoms include wilting leaves, often along a single branch. In acute cases, leaves curl and wilt, and the branch dies. Scattered dieback of branches may occur over several years. In chronic cases, branches survive but growth is slow and leaves are small and sparse. Both acute … tissue), blocking the movement of water beyond the growth. Fungal spores live in the soil and enter plants through the roots. Infection occurs most frequently in cool to warm …
Type: Plant Info
