Farmers Weekly Review

We are almost there, teetering on the edge … of Meteorological Spring. But wait, there are some activities you can do to speed the gardening…

It is so tempting, isn’t it? That first whiff of spring soil smell, maybe a robin chortling in the distance? The urge is irresistible. But…

For the gardener, February brings dazzling dreams of the garden season ahead. By now, your mailbox has been stuffed with all those catalogs bursting with…

We sure had a few brief spurts of the wrath of Mother Nature this winter, but now with the above average temps, which I call…

by Nancy Kuhajda Spring is a mere 56 days away, and as I wrote about last week, every year, sightings of the first American Robin…

Why are we seeing robins now? Don’t they usually wait till Spring! What nature-lover doesn’t like to engage in a friendly little competition with their…

Many people think there is not much going on in gardening, well, at least outside gardening, in Will County in January. Not true. You just…

Non-gardening folk often think that we gardeners just spend the winter lamenting that we are stuck in the non-growing season. Not true (at least it…

Last week, my column talked about resolutions for gardeners, including learning or trying something new. I shared information about some of my spring season gardening…

I don’t know about you, but I am not much of a New Year’s resolution-type person. I grew up with a mom whose mantra was…