Botany

I am planning to install a new garden in spring. I intend to buy most of the plants grown in containers and would like some tips for best watering practices. — Beth Swanson, Lake Zurich Plants that nurseries produce in containers are grown in...

Now that an inventory and study of parkway trees in Burr Ridge is complete, trustees will decide on implementing an emerald ash management plan and other methods to maintain healthy trees in the village. The Village Board approved a project with Natural...

In 1885, South Dakota and North Dakota, jointly known then as Dakota Territory, were managed by a Board of Agriculture. When South Dakota and North Dakota officially became states in 1889, the board continued to manage both areas with citizens from each...

Deadline for submitting information to the Bulletin Board is noon Thursday. There is no charge for this service. Items run as space permits. Mail information to The Advocate-Messenger, P.O. Box 149, Danville, Ky. 40423- fax to (859) 236-9566 or call 236-...

Dear SoCal Garden Clinic, My garden, as well as many of my neighbors', is overrun by nutgrass. I have tried the product recommended by a local garden store, with not good results. It is expensive, and I tried it two times, but the nutgrass grew back...

I am planning to plant some new trees in my garden and have heard some conflicting advice on the proper planting depth. Could you please provide some guidelines for this? — Kelly Carlson, Mt. Prospect Trees often are planted too deep. This can...

I have two orange trees that were planted 12 years ago. They bore beautiful fruit until four years ago, when my gardener pruned them rather severely. Since that pruning, no more fruit at all. But the trees appear healthy -- very green, with few...

Carroll Martin Radebaugh, a horticulturalist who was an owner of a well-known Towson nursery and greenhouse, died of cancer Wednesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. He was 92 and had lived for many years at his family's Burke Avenue compound. Born in...

While some are busy admiring tree branches covered in snow or gently blowing in the breeze this winter, the city of Lake Forest's Department of Parks and Recreation has been busy preparing its trees for spring. "We have a pruning cycle, said Peter...

Winter may not seem like the ideal time for forestry, but Lake Zurich's arborist, Shawn Walkington, says the dry, frigid temperatures and the lack of leaf cover make it the best season for tree maintenance. Walkington, who overseas the health and well-...

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Tara Kolla was born in Inglewood but grew up in Europe. She came back to Los Angeles, to a half-acre Silver Lake plot, where she decided to try her hand at "urban farming." Her neighbors objected, so now she mostly works other people's land, and works...