Growing garlic in home gardens is easy and fun. And one of the best times of the year for growing garlic is garlic scape time! There are two types of garlic, hardneck and softneck. Softneck is typically the variety sold in grocery stores as it can be stored longer than hardneck. Hardneck garlic is the…
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2020 Pandemic Moments History Project
The Mount Prospect Historical Society in partnership with the Mount Prospect Public Library has launched a new community project. Residents and others affiliated with Mount Prospect are asked to share photos and videos and to write essays, impressions and even poems to help others among us put this experience into a larger context and provide…
Succession Planting
For a continuous supply of fresh home grown produce, home gardeners can develop a succession plan for their vegetable plantings to ensure they are using all their available planting space. The growing season is still young enough to create and follow a plan--it's a matter of choosing to plant the right vegetables at the right time.…
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Beans: Bush, Pole, Snap, and Shell
The end of May is typically a great time to plant any type of bean in the northeast region of Illinois. Usually by this time, the danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed sufficiently. Generally, beans need to be grown in a location that receives full sun for at least 6 hours…
Planting Out in the Garden
Memorial Day weekend is the time to plant vegetable gardens for many home gardeners. Generally, the weather is favorable for planting warm weather vegetables, but each year's specific conditions need to be considered individually. Make sure seedling are hardened off and ready to go in the ground. There's no harm in waiting a few days/week…
Hardening Off
The average date for the last frost in this area is May 15, though each year's weather conditions can vary widely. Early to mid-may is generally the time to start the hardening off process for tender vegetable seedlings started indoors, e.g. tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, basil etc. Hardening off in preparation for planting out in…
May is the Second Cruelest Month
According to the writer T.S. Eliot "April is the cruellest month" but May is definitely a close second. In less than a week's time May weather can range from sunny and 80 degrees to a freeze warning and 30 degrees. It's easy to be tricked in to thinking that warm weather has finally arrived but…
Asparagus!
Asparagus is one of the earliest spring perennial vegetables--after it is established in the garden, it will yield edible spears year-after-year. Now is a good time to plant asparagus crowns. Asparagus should be planted in a location with lots of sun in fertile well-drained soil. Asparagus needs to mature up to 3 years before spears…
Kale and Lettuce Seedlings
Kale, lettuce and other greens can be started inside and, for some, a preferred method of planting these cool weather vegetables as opposed to direct seeding outside. Planting these smaller seeds in a controlled environment is the best method to ensure strong seedlings. Direct seeded vegetables, especially cool weather ones, have more unreliable germination rates…
