The Late Summer Garden
By Barbara Gyarmathy The Garden Glory Days are here! August is the time to sit back and enjoy your hard work. But remember to… Keep watering! The garden needs the equivalent of 1 inch of water per week and during especially hot weather, 1 inch every five days. Water deeply one or twice a week, and be sure to include your trees. Keep weeding. If […]
Things to Do in the June Garden
By Barbara Gyarmathy Master Gardener Much of the effort to plant our gardens has been accomplished by now. June is the month to reap the rewards of all that work and rest in the assurance the garden will now grow on auto-pilot. You still need to be attentive to weeds and water but your winter dreams will now become a reality to behold. Keep up with the following tasks: Move your […]
Things to Do in the May Garden
By Barbara Gyarmathy, Master Gardener “Some of what happens to nature is beyond our control. But not our backyards. This is where we can do our bit to help the insects, butterflies, birds and animals that are necessary to life. The key word is habitat. It’s being lost all over the world, and with it, […]
THINGS TO DO IN THE APRIL GARDEN
By Barbara Gyarmathy Garden Club of Morgan Park Beverly Hills Spring has returned! Hopefully you had some time over the winter to ponder your sleeping garden, browse gardening magazines and spring catalogues or even read an article or two about adding native plants and practices to your gardening routine. We are excited to go outside and get started, but we need to wait, to […]
Fresh Food to Combat a Food Desert
By Kristin Boza Rashelle Strate is too nervous to drive on the highway, so she drives from her home in Beverly/Morgan Park through South Side neighborhoods to get to her job as a florist and gardener. During her commute, she noticed the lack of grocery stores in many South Side communities. As an avid home and professional gardener, she realized her […]
Neighborhood Notes
BAPA, 19th Ward Examine Temporary Home Rentals. In response to a shooting incident that occurred the early morning hours of Jan. 1, the 19th Ward Office and BAPA are examining whether restrictions should be placed on local properties being used for online temporary home rentals. The property connected to where the incident occurred had been […]