Drying Your Garden Flowers The next few weeks hold the peak of our blooming season for perennials and annuals. Drying your garden flowers now will enable you to enjoy their bloom all year round, notes David Robson, University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator, Springfield Center. There are several ways to dry and preserve flowers.
Fall is the Time to Plant Garlic Garlic is a garden specialty that can be successfully grown in Illinois. It does however take some advance planning. It is a long season, over-wintered crop, with planting best done in the fall months for a bountiful harvest next summer.
Get Ready for Frost Even with concerns about global warming, frosts have been occurring a little earlier than normal since the 1970s in Illinois, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.
Keeping Fit by Winter Gardening Gardening provides a varied, rewarding, and family-related outdoor activity to help keep you engaged and fit throughout the year
Leaves, Leaves, Everywhere! "...leaf disposal should not present a serious problem for the homeowner", reports Bob Frazee, University of Illinois Natural Resources Educator, because there are a variety of uses for them.
Miracle of Fall Learn how leaves change color at The Miracle of Fall.
Ornamental Gourds Ornamental Gourds Ornamental gourds add color and interest to fall arrangements and decorations. Children as well as adults take great interest in these odd plants. Gourds, members of the Cucurbitaceae family, come in bell, orange, egg, pear and apple shapes. They may be smooth, warty, colored, plain striped or ridged in pattern.
Preparing Perennial Beds for Winter Autumn is the time to prepare perennial flower beds for winter, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.
Preparing Strawberries (for Winter) Strawberry plants must be kept healthy in the fall as this is the time when new flower buds that will bear fruit next year develop in the crown, said a University of Illinois horticulture educator.
Storing Tender Bulbs Some of the most beloved garden plants grow from "tender bulbs," which means they need special care in the fall and winter, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.
Tips for Weed Control in the Home Landscape and Garden Weed control is an issue for just about anyone with landscape plantings around the home. Weeds invade and compete with plants for nutrients, water and sunlight, and are unsightly in the landscape.
What Causes Fall Color One of the nicest things about living in northern climes is the ever-changing seasons. And, for a short week or so, nature puts on one of its most spectacular displays as native trees and shrubs finish out the growing season in a potential spectacular display of fall colors.
Will We or Won't We Have Brilliant Fall Colors This Year? Every year people can't seem to remember if it's a cool fall, a warm fall, or late summer rains that make the most brilliant fall colors says Jeff West, County Director, University of Illinois Extension Henry-Stark Unit.
