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A new project from the Garden Clubs of Illinois is hoping to halt the diminishing numbers of monarch butterflies.
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Some people are known as “glass half full” folks and some drift towards the “glass half empty” side. Personally, I’m a “Whoops!
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If “ignorance of the law” is no excuse, does that apply also to the laws of nature? Of physiology? Of reproduction?
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This is the time when the world waxes eloquent (or some semblance thereof) about “new beginnings.” Really? Is there such a thing
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Here we are again, folks, recovering from yet another catastrophic (pick one or more): Election. New Year’s Eve celebration …
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What is the largest tree that one can plant? We are trying to replace some 7- to 8-foot trees that were recently destroyed.
I keep seeing photos of interesting plants I’d like to grow, but they’re labeled zone 6 and I’m in zone 5. What can I do to successfully overwinter these marginal plants? I’d like to try them, but I don’t want to waste my money.
I have two 3-year-old rose of Sharon plants, about 20 feet apart. One blooms every year. The other plant forms about 100 buds and looks healthy, but it has not bloomed in the last two years. The buds are solidly closed and look as if they are rotting from the inside out. There does not seem to be any sign of insects on the plant. What is this problem?
