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… by genus and is consistent with their natural habitat. While requiring adequate sunlight for a stunning bloom display, most orchids will not tolerate sustained direct sun. Many varieties …
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… As we are all adapting to new ways of connecting for work and play, students in Windy City Harvest’s Youth Farm program have learned to adapt too. … and become accountable to themselves, their fellow farmers, and to their employers. Thoughts on farming their way through COVID-19... “We built community by coming together despite the … and produced vegetables for the community during it.” “I’m glad to have been able to work on the Farm another year.” “I was glad to come back to familiar faces.” “If it wasn’t for this …
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… It happens every year—like Groundhog Day—and I have the same déjà vu annually! Each winter for the past more than 20 years, I have supervised and worked on the pruning of the apple orchard at the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden . Since pruning has such a great effect on an apple tree’s health, it became an annual duty of the Plant Health Care Department (that I …
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… If you carve a pumpkin for Halloween or make a pumpkin pie from scratch, you’re going to have a lot of pumpkin seeds. … sheet with a layer of parchment paper. Do not add any oil. Spread seeds in a single layer on the paper. Bake in an oven preheated to 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 30–40 minutes to dry … a plastic bag or airtight container. Games to make The kind of dice you make will depend on the game you want to play, but for all games the basic idea is the same. Players will toss the …
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… the fictional story of NASA astronaut and botanist Mark Watney, who becomes stranded alone on Mars and has to figure out how stay alive until the next NASA mission returns to rescue him. … story got me wondering if we could replicate Martian soil with local ingredients and use it for plant experiments. So I contacted the Garden’s soil scientist, Louise Egerton-Warburton, and … just never know. Matt Damon and Andy Weir are also welcome, but I hear they have both moved on to other projects. One important thing I must mention: technically speaking, this mixture is …
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… family. The are also known as leaf-cutter bees. This mason bee has filled the "pollen baskets" on its hind legs with pollen from the eryngo, and they are now swollen and bright yellow. Pollen is also sticking to the hairs on its thorax and underside. It is a good pollinator! Carpenter bees and Mason bees are native to … in the Heritage Garden, but they were not interested in this flower. Honeybees tend to go for sweeter-smelling flowers. 3. Red admiral butterfly The red admiral, with its characteristic …
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… Sometimes, it’s bright red holly berries that turn my head on a winter walk. Or, on a quiet day, it’s the sound of pine cones popping open to spread their seeds. As director … hidden beauty is revealed—as long as you keep your eyes open. A coworker recently told me, for instance, that she never had noticed the red twig dogwood in a Garden parking lot until …
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… Read on. Want to see a butterfly dry its wings, hang upside down, or even fight? Watch the weather … hundreds of live butterfly species native to countries around the world. Here are some tips on butterfly behavior, depending on the weather: Brisk, cloudy days: On colder days, when … so they prefer hot temperatures and high humidity. Still, these days can be great for taking pictures. Butterflies tend to stay at rest to conserve energy to stay warm. So you …
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… flower reflects onto the shadowed water below. Doctoral student Lynnaun Johnson wades over for a closer look. Habitat is shrinking for this reclusive orchid, and he is using a unique … terms of a healthy population.” Species within the orchid family are generally known to depend on fungi to help them through key stages of life, such as growing from a seed into a seedling. … soil, the fungi help move water and nutrients to and from the roots. But when the orchid lives on a tree, scientists are less certain of what occurs. Lynnaun Johnson wades toward a ghost …
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