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Happy Solstice! Start Your Fall Vegetable Garden Now
Summer technically just began last Wednesday with the Summer Solstice, and most gardeners’ minds are focused on that first garden…
Aphids in mink coats and other insect fashionistas
As I get older, I can’t tell if there is some small bug in front of me or if it…
What the fluff? Cottonwoods and other tree seeds
Breaking news. The Extension office is having a snowstorm. In summer? Well, not actual snow, but I would take any…
How dry I am … Dealing with drought in the home garden
I have thousands of column ideas swimming around in my head, and usually I try to stay seasonal, providing you…
It’s a sticky situation … all those spring weeds
I can’t tell you how many calls, emails, and texts I have received in the last few weeks asking about…
To pinch or not to pinch, for better plants all season
Why is it that come late June, some of our plants, particularly our annual plants, are not looking like the…
For the love of cucumbers, zucchini, squash and melons
There is more happening out in that cucumber patch that you realize. The entire family of cucurbits could be considered…
Bagged, balled and burlapped, bare root or in a pot?
Tis the season for the garden center to be as busy as Black Friday after Thanksgiving. But don’t just be…
Can you grow the tallest sunflower in Will County this year?
Sunflowers to me are the epitome of summer and the Midwest. They are like our people here: grow well in…
Tough love sometimes needed for strong roots
Gardening season is almost in full swing! The garden centers are filling with plants of every color, shape, and size.…
Let us Sow, Let us Sow … direct sow seeds
When you see a package of lima beans in the store, what memory does it conjure up for you? Maybe…
Here’s looking at you, kid … Birds hitting windows and other curious tweets
I know the holiday season is in our rearview mirror, but some particular lyrics of the old holiday song, “Suzy…