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If you can’t do this, stop feeding birds!
Danger! These hot weather situations can spell death for our feathered and furry friends: Hummingbird nectar should be changed daily…
Don’t be a ‘get off my lawn’ gardener
I know there a lot of jokes and memes out there about how to know when we are getting on…
Midsummer Day’s Droop … is it the weather, or something else?
In midspring, I spent a whole column dispelling the idea of the “No Mow May” lawn craze sweeping the nation,…
What to Expect When the Garden Sizzles
Even people who enjoy summer weather have been wishing these extremely searing temps and humidity would ease up a bit.…
What you don’t know, can kill you
Ah, nature … beauty, calm, young wildlife, but even a few things that can kill you. When the Farmer’s Weekly…
It is time for the Chelsea Chop!
Finally, Mother Nature is at least thinking about turning up the thermostat, but we have had such cool mornings —…
Major controversy: politics? No, to prune or not prune vegetables
I know many say we are living in a tumultuous time. And I couldn’t agree more, but I am not…
There is no ‘invitation only’ to your backyard
Spring has sort of sprung … well, actually middle summer sprang, then October chill, but regardless. Wildlife has woken up,…
It’s a big dill … for food and fauna
If you have ever had the opportunity to attend Will County Farm Bureau’s Ag Expo (by the way, if you…
Bacterial Wilt … Devastating disease to cukes, zukes and more
I know you have probably just put your vegetable seeds and plants in the ground, and thoughts of those fresh,…
Watering for the garden and garden visitors
Water. They call it the new oil in that it is becoming a scarcer and scarcer resource. But we all…
It is the dawning of the age of asparagus
I so often talk about how gardening isn’t a Ron Popeil Pocket Fisherman. If you aren’t old enough to know…