Farmers Weekly Review

This time of summer, gardeners often find things get away from them a little. Oh, I am sure I am not talking about you, but…

The summer solstice came early this year according to the meteorological forecaster, on June 20th instead of June 21st. But any Will County gardener knows…

Soon, produce will be rolling in, and gardeners who enjoy preserving the harvest to last all winter long often turn to food preservation: pickling, canning…

I know many of you have had it with the buzz of the male cicadas calling for their sweethearts over the last month, but they…

Mother Nature sure is in her usual fickle mood with her hot flashes and cold dips, but lately she has been throwing nature spitballs —…

This Firewitch Dianthus perennial has finished its initial bloom. The brown seedheads should be removed and if the weather stays cool and moist, the homeowner…

Spring is a busy time for gardeners, farmers, and people whose lives involve gardening and agriculture. And we often are literally busy from before sunup…

Instead of all the hoopla about the totally innocuous periodical cicada emergence, I wish the media would focus on something really important: Ticks. I have…

Ah, the ‘70s, the time of my (and maybe your) youth. I loved The Carpenters, the duo. But there is another duo of carpenters I…

It inevitably happens every few years, I get a call from someone growing grapes or the perennial flower vines wisteria or trumpet vine. They lament…