What a surprise to watch something you know you didn’t intentionally plant flower. This is my butterfly weed. I’ve admired butterfly weed at garden centers …
July 2011
Rainy Day Gardening
Summer rainy days provide a much needed cloud cover and cooling off with the added benefit of not having to water. If there’s thunder and …
Revisit! Billy and Katie’s “Secret Garden”
Back in the Spring, I stopped in Wicker Park to visit Billy and Katie’s secret garden. They’d been given access to the garden lot next …
Green Miso Soup
Just as I have been in over my head in Swiss Chard, I happened upon my May issue of Yoga Journal and it’s green miso …
Blanching Chard
My Swiss Chard has gone crazy, and I really just can’t eat enough of it. So today, I took my mom’s advice and blanched some. …
Class Announcement
Lincoln Park Zoo is offering a Native and Prairie Plants of the Midwest: Advanced Class. August 3rd, 10th, and 17th 9:30-11:30 am $125 ($106 for …
Purple Globe Amaranth
I’m excited to see the purple globe amaranth seeds I started in my closet back in March are blooming. Gomphrena are native to Panama and …
Hen and Chicks
Hen and Chicks are perennial succulents, hardy to zone 3, and great used as a low ground cover. Perfect in full sun and well draining …
Lauren’s Woodsy Wonder
This past week, I had the pleasure of visiting Lauren’s garden. Shaded by a large pine and plum tree, her garden is ruled by shade …
Corner Farm, Logan Square, Chicago
I was biking through Logan Square this weekend and happened upon a community garden at the corner of Altgeld and Sawyer. The plots are a …