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When nothing grew, soil became prime suspect
After five weeks, the plants in our raised bed have barely grown. /Seeding Chicago Part 1 Installing a new raised bed always raises a gardener’s expectations and hopes for a productive season of...
View ArticleLoyola to host Urban Food Symposium
Food. It’s a topic that keeps expanding. And Loyola University Chicago will add to the national conversation on Saturday, September 7, when it hosts the Urban Food Symposium at its new Institute for...
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Of renewals, seed swaps and mapping urban gardens in Chicago
It’s been a while since my last blog post. OK, yes I know. A long while. But the hiatus is over. I look forward again to digging into the constantly germinating Chicago community gardening/urban...
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Native landscaping conference coming to Dominican Univ. May 17
Doug Tallamy, author of “Bringing Nature Home.” Get ready, all you native plant and garden enthusiasts, your dreams are coming true. The “Living Landscapes Native Garden Conference and Native Plant...
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#Recycle your heart out May 2 in River Forest
We’ve all got stuff we want to get rid of. Here’s your chance to do it in a responsible way. If you live in the western suburbs of Chicago, bring your stuff to the Recycling Extravaganza at River...
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Oak Park Area Edible Gardening Cooperative launches, invites members
Three Oak Park residents are launching the Oak Park Area Edible Gardening Cooperative to encourage and support others who are already participating in or want to become part of the burgeoning local...
View ArticleHave a little faith: Start a garden
Growing the food that you eat is elemental. I’m not saying it’s elementary. It’s not. It takes a lot of elements coming together to get it right. Soil. Air. Water. Those elements. Seeds. Insects. The...
View ArticleDanielle Nierenberg will speak at Chicago Botanic Garden on World Environment...
Danielle Nierenberg, president of Food Tank and an expert on sustainable agriculture and food issues, will give the keynote address, “The Food Scorecard: Local and Global,” during World Environment Day...
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Oak Park Edible Gardening Cooperative
Those who know me know my background is in journalism, not gardening. But like every journalist and every gardener, I know there’s a story that accompanies every human activity. Every. There’s a story...
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Chicago Botanic Garden puts local focus on World Environment Day
Danielle Nierenberg, president and co-founder of Food Tank, delivered the keynote at the Chicago Botanic Garden’s World Environment Day celebration. For a global event that’s been around since 1972,...
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