Growing Vegetables in Containers at Home
The Chicago Tribune notes that busy urban dwellers can grow vegetables in containers on balconies roofs porches or decks. It covers container sizes soil mixes sunlight needs watering fertilizing and tips on choosing bushy varieties and practical placement to minimize bending.
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Chicago
Caution urged for gardeners in spring season
Chicago gardeners face a busy period with chores from planting to pruning as mild days prompt activity yet late frosts persist through mid May. Emphasize setting out dormant woody plants and roses cautiously with proper spacing and watering. A Rose Clinic and Plant Sale on May 6 at the Chicago Botanic Garden offers expert rosarian guidance. Delays advised for open sowing of seeds and tender transplants until soils warm and conditions stabilize.
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Chicago
Chicagoland Rose Society
Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe
Aeration improves lawns by addressing compacted clay soil
The article explains core aeration as removing ¾ inch by 3 inch plugs to loosen soil, improve air and water entry, and promote deeper rooting. It covers DIY and vendor options, costs around 25 to 40 dollars, and benefits like better water absorption, thatch reduction, and compatibility with seeding and weed control.
Garden program at New London library May 15
Friends of the New London Public Library host an annual spring garden program on May 15 starting at 9 a.m. from the library. Attendees tour Quailcrest Farm and Secrest Arboretum at OARDC Wooster, with lunch at The Barn in Smithville. Reservations by May 8. call (419) 929-3981.
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NEW London — Friends of the
New London Public Library
Quailcrest Farm
Secrest Arboretum
Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center
Wooster
Quailcrest
Smithville
OARDC
Agriculture Technical Institute
Library
Cascade Wildflower Walk Set for Sunday
The fifth annual Friends of Cascade Park Wildflower Walk will be Sunday at 2 p.m. along the Indian Trail in the Elywood section. Naturalist Perry Johnson will lead from the large picnic shelter near Elywood, reached via Washington Ave. The free event lasts about an hour.
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Friends of
Cascade Park
Elywood
Perry Johnson
Washington Ave
Pond management clinic set Tuesday in LaGrange
A pond management clinic will be held Tuesday at Keystone High School LaGrange in the cafeteria at 7 p.m. Tom Stockdale formerly with Ohio State University will speak on pond site selection weed control and fish stocking. The event is free no reservations. Orders for fish to be delivered in spring due May 8 1990 with pickup May 10 1990 at the Lorain County Ag Center Elyria.
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LaGrange
Keystone High School
Lorain County
Tom Stockdale
Ohio State University
Stockdale
Lorain
Lorain County Ag Center
Russia Road
Elyria
Ohio
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