… practices and STEM. Examine systems and system models as you learn what is required to grow plants in water. 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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… GOLDEN RAINDROPS® crabapple is notable for its distinctive deeply cut green foliage and its abundant golden yellow fruit, from which it … are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their foliage, habit, and fruit make them attractive plants …
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… Hall Program: Craig Bergmann, Landscape and Garden Designer Creating a Whimsical Garden Get Growing Weekend – May 17, 18 June 2019 Executive – June 4 – Mary Bent Room Meeting – June 6 – … Hall Program: Craig Bergmann, Landscape and Garden Designer Creating a Whimsical Garden Get Growing Weekend – May 17, 18 June 2019 Executive – June 4 – Mary Bent Room Meeting – June 6 – …
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… New! Get ready for college with basic cooking skills to feed yourself and your friends. Inspired by the book, … by Megan and Jill Carle, this class features easy and inexpensive recipes. Build confidence to use a chef’s knife to slice, dice, and mince. Learn proper methods of making coffee, cooking …
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… name from its dark leaves. The white flowers, which appear from July through October, are said to resemble a turtle with its mouth open but are more reminiscent of snapdragons. It grows 3-4 feet and prefers wet soil 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 …
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… at the tip. Its blooms open white, 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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… of indumentum (hairs) on all surfaces of the large, triangular leaves. This species is native to some of the drier parts of the island of Madagascar, where the indumentum helps retain … Pale green flowers are marked with maroon nectar guides that direct pollinating insects to the nectaries and past the pollen that sticks to the insect until it rubs it off on the next plant it visits. This plant is intolerant of frost. …
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… Grown primarily for its attractive foliage, variegated sweet flag is a rush with grass-like leaves striped white … a sweet scent when bruised. Insignificant tiny spikes of yellow-green flowers in spring give way to inedible red berries in the summer. The plant forms a tuft about one square foot in size, …
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… Get ready for summer grilling with enhanced flavors in the form of spice rubs and marinades in this cooking … the difference the process of brining has on meat, and take home a batch of sage-garlic brine to use at home. Taste and take home recipes for spicy ribeye with salsa butter and chicken … In addition, participants will mix up batches of provençal herb rub and fragrant chili rub to put the sizzle in their grilled vegetables and meat dishes all summer long. Mary Kay Gill, …
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… are fixed on an 80-foot pole rising toward the sky. Atop it sits a hexagonal platform, built for a threatened species in Illinois. It was late April last year when a pair of ospreys were … ecologist, lakes and shorelines. “Some data suggests that once a pole is occupied it tends to have a nest the following year.” The osprey is at risk of disappearing as a breeding … Ospreys are fish-eating raptors that migrate south, and winter from the southern United States to South America. They are often seen during their migrations, yet few remain in Illinois to …
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