Bring your plants, bring a friend and don’t forget your checkbook! May 10, 2022 – Auction start 1pm Location: North Point Church, 900 Lewis Avenue, Winthrop Harbor RSVP by April 25th How to participate: Bring plants in a container Label each plant with its name and detailed information on care Include specific information:Sun, shade, height, […]
Independence Grove Forest Preserve at the North Bay Pavilion in Libertyville Saturday, May 7 from 9 am–3 pm and Sunday, May 8 from 10 am–2 pm Do more good with your garden. The 2022 Native Plant Sale returns in-person and online this year! Shop at Independence Grove in Libertyville on Saturday, May 7 from 9 am–3 pm and Sunday, May 8 from 10 am–2 pm. Purchase […]
Don’t forget that you can grow a lot of vegetables upright. Tomatoes need support. Put a large cage on your tomato plant in a big pot—the bigger the better. The tomato can be staked with a wooden stake. Put a few large headed (roofing) nails in the stake to hold the ties as the plant […]
It’s spring and weeds are springing! A common gardener’s saying is that a weed is “just a plant growing in the wrong place.” We know there are a number of weeds that are edible or used medicinally such as purslane and dandelions. Nevertheless, we don’t want them in our garden beds. Well, why not? Mostly […]
“Hardening Off” is the process of allowing plants to adjust from pampered conditions indoors to the harsher conditions outdoors. Seedlings especially need to adjust slowly to the harsh full sun, night temperatures, rains and winds. If you do not allow your plants to adjust slowly, the shock from being placed outdoors all at once may cause […]
Gardeners are always experimenting. Sometimes it works and sometimes it fails; even tried and true doesn’t always give us what we want. Every year new plants debut to tempt us. We happily oblige. Proven Winners has “proven” many times they can provide winners. Here are some new ones that look very promising for our area. […]
If you want a Christmas tree, but don’t want to put one up or don’t have the space for one, get the look by plotting out a big triangle on the wall with pencil dots. Stagger clear reposition-able hooks up the sides. Then loop garland and fairy lights through each hook. Add small ball ornaments […]
How to Hybridize your own personal Daylily Beth ??? walks you through how to identify the stamen, the pistil, and pollen. She shows you how to spread pollen, and how to collect seed pods. Learn how to grow a plant from seeds to blooming daylily at home. ?? Hybridizing Daylillies ?????