… season, we unveiled our cookbook, Cooking in Season with Windy City Harvest . This cookbook is a collection of our favorite seasonal recipes and features the fresh produce grown and … staff, and local chefs. Windy City Harvest Youth Farm participants Our program has been lucky to develop wonderful partnerships with local chefs and restaurants. Many of these chefs, … is an essential component of the Windy City Harvest program. Program participants learn how to cook with produce grown on the farms, sometimes using fruits and vegetables that may be …
Type: Blog
… While checking the perimeter fence around McDonald Woods to see if there was any damage to the fence after a windy day, I discovered a large red oak that had lost its foothold in the … not a serious threat to people and will only give you a pinch if you handle them roughly. It is not uncommon to find the large brown stag beetles around buildings near woodlands at night, …
Type: Blog
… only of cabbages, but also of lettuce and corn and tomatoes and too many other crops to list. And that, in a nutshell, is why it continues to be important to plant heirloom varieties. Vintage Varieties, Still in Vogue Stunning color …
Type: Blog
… Louis Foundation Green Roof Garden North Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden Ayse Pogue is the senior horticulturist for the Malott Japanese Garden. She is also responsible for … Evaluation Garden and the Children's Outdoor Classroom. Two years later, she was promoted to horticulturist in the Dwarf Conifer Garden and the Waterfall Garden, and then to her current position. Inspired by her work at the Garden, Pogue decided to continue her formal …
Type: Staff bio
… and Moths Across Western North America, integrates chemical ecology and comparative genomics to explore the impact of past selective pressures on current patterns of diversity in nonmodel … at the population, species, and higher taxonomic levels. Onagraceae (evening primrose family) is one of the most species-rich families of night-blooming plants in North America. Many … same floral characteristics (color, shape, scent) that attract pollinators are also suspected to attract floral antagonists to host plants. Mompha is one such moth genus that specializes on …
Type: Research
… This state-threatened species may be seen flying overhead on fall from mid-September to late October. …
Type: Birding
… I am interested in how organisms’ environments and own natural histories come together to support or limit their populations. …
Type: Staff bio
… This round evergreen shrub needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It belongs in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming evergreen tree needs full sun and moist soil conditions to reach a height of about 3 feet. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… basis for food security, and the diversity they encompass will be the fodder for adaptation to climate change and the stresses that may come with it. Realizing the potential of locally … very few genomic resources exist for underutilized crops. Breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis ) is a staple starch crop that is a major component of many traditional agroforestry systems in the tropical South Pacific islands, and it compares favorably to major staples in both yields and nutritional content. Work in 2014 focused on assembling and …
Type: Research
