Voting for One Seed Chicago is now underway. The event, now in it’s fourth year, is designed to unite Chicago area gardeners through planting a common seed. The three candidates this year are radish, eggplant and swiss chard. All Chicago area gardeners are eligible to vote for one of the seeds. And there are prizes! [...]
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One Seed Chicago 2011
Posted in Garden, tagged chicago, Garden, seeds on January 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Wordless Wednesday: Begonia
Posted in Garden, Wordless Wednesday, tagged Flower, Garden, Wordless Wednesday on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Photo taken in LadyMin’s Garden. More Wordless Wednesday.
Tall Coneflower
Posted in flowers, Garden, tagged Coneflower, flowers, Garden on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Tall Coneflower is a new addition to the perennial garden this year. The bees seem happy with it and so am I. Yesterday one of the Mourning Doves was sitting on the deck railing pecking at the flower seeds.
Tomato Thief
Posted in Bunny, tagged bunny, Garden, tomato on August 25, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I was blaming Mr. Squirrel for this thievery. And it was baby bunny! Lucky for you that you’re a cute little bunny. More Wordless Wednesday.
Swallowtail Caterpillar
Posted in Bugs, Garden, tagged Caterpillar, Garden on August 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I noticed this little guy crawling around on my parsley. This is the caterpillar of the Black Swallowtail butterfly. Apparently they eat food in the Apiaceae family, of which parsley is a member and upon which the female lays her eggs. He was chowing down on that plant, but I have enough to spare. [...]
Wilted Cucumber Plants
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged cucumbers, disease, Garden, veggies on August 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the past week, one by one, all of my cucumber plants have succumbed to bacteria wilt. There is no cure except to remove the plants and try again next year. The disease is caused when a bacteria-infested striped cucumber beetle makes a cut on the plant. The bacteria then enters the plant through the [...]
Zucchini Flowers!
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged Garden, zucchini on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A summer treat for me is fried zucchini flowers. My plants finally started making flowers last week and yesterday I ate my first plate of yummy fried flowers. Unfortunately I noticed that two of the plants are beginning to wilt. Since I don’t use chemicals on my vegetables I can only assume this means the [...]
Rain + More Rain = Mushrooms
Posted in Garden, tagged Garden, Mushrooms on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It seems like it’s been raining forever. It’s only mid-June and already we have accumulated more than the monthly average rainfall. My rain barrels are full and overflowing. My flowers are lush, the grass is green. There are mushrooms popping up everywhere. I found these in my yard yesterday. They are probably not the eating [...]
Perennials At The Farmer’s Market
Posted in flowers, Garden, tagged FarmersMarket, flowers, Garden on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Farmer’s Markets sell more than just fresh fruits and vegetables. Downtown Chicago has a market every Thursday at the Daley Center. They also have flowers, herbs, baked goods, cheeses, jellies and jams. The quality of the offerings are top-notch and the vendors are friendly and helpful. Sometimes there is some type of event or cultural [...]
Inspiration At The Garden Show
Posted in Garden, tagged flowers, Garden, Garden Design, Landscape on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Although it was gloomy and rainy outside it was bright, cheerful and even inspirational inside at the 2010 Chicago Flower and Garden Show. I attended on a weekday morning avoiding the crowds and allowing me to take photos and linger at the displays. The floor plan was a little different this year. It had the [...]
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