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Don’t know what to do with that excessive amount of zucchini in your garden? Here is a great recipe for zucchini bread. 4 eggs 3 cups coarsely grated zucchini 3 cups sugar 3 1/4 cups flour 1 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 Tablespoon cinnamon 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 chopped walnuts 3/8 tsp baking […]
What’s this? Something new? An IDGC Newsletter? Well, yes and no. In this Age of Pandemic, I suspect we’re all beginning to see “new” as normal. So, the arrival of a newsletter at the time of our September Kickoff is both new and strangely normal. No kick-off; a newsletter in its place. Making the best […]
April is a horticulturist, retired from the Chicago Botanic Garden. She shares monthly gardening tips and would love to help you out with plant and gardening questions. Just send her an email and she will get back to you. September Typically, September is a transition month between Summer and Fall. Time to start to prepare for […]
Pandemic. That’s the major P word in the presidents’ points. But there are others: postpone, people, possibility, positive… that’s just a few that come to mind. Yes, we are living in unprecedented times calling for unprecedented actions and we in our garden club must do what is necessary in our lives right now. So, let’s […]
What to do with all that zucchini LARGE ZUCCHINI ZUCCHINI CAKE OR NUT BREAD Wash, peel, slice in half and discard the seeds. Shred or grate the remaining zucchini and make a cake or a nut bread. ZUCCHINI BREAD 4 eggs 3 cups coarsely grated zucchini 3 cups sugar 3 1/4 cups flour 1 1/2 […]
Ruth Hens — 3 Gloria Askew — 6 Ed Butkus — 10 Shirley Solberg — 14 Jacqueline Kim — 18 Karen Monsen — 21 Joyce Miller — 29 September’s birth flowers are the aster and morning glory. Also known as starworts or frost flowers, asters are a symbol of all-powerful love, affection and wisdom. Asters […]
September 2020 Pandemic. That’s the major P word in the presidents’ points. But there are others: postpone, people, possibility, positive… that’s just a few that come to mind. Yes, we are living in unprecedented times calling for unprecedented actions and we in our garden club must do what is necessary in our lives right now. […]
Making the best of our situation, we bloom where we are planted. What’s this? Something new? An IDGC Newsletter? Well, yes and no. In this Age of Pandemic, I suspect we’re all beginning to see “new” as normal. So, the arrival of a newsletter at the time of our September Kickoff is both new and strangely normal. No kick-off; a newsletter in its place. As you can […]