Northern & Central Midwest
August, 2012
Regional Report
National News - From NGA Editors
Grow an Old-Fashioned Fruit Garden
What's the best way to use your delicious, home-grown small fruits? If you're looking for ideas beyond just popping them fresh into your mouth, as well as advice on growing and harvesting, check...
Get Some Good Vibrations
Evergreen junipers are popular for the low-maintenance color and structure they provide year round in the landscape. But their prickly foliage isn't always fun to work around. But Good...
Gardening in a Drought
Much of the country has suffered in the throes of record breaking heat and drought or abnormally dry conditions this summer. Keeping a garden thriving when the mercury rises and the rains...
Tasteless Tomatoes
It's not big news that many modern tomatoes don't have the flavor of older varieties, especially those that have been bred primarily for commercial production. But some new research published...
In the Garden
Expand Your Container Planting Horizons
It may not seem like the usual recommendation for the Midwest, but I'm going to encourage you to put perennials, trees, and shrubs in containers. Not for good, but for accent. It's a great way to add to your landscape and to get the enjoyment out of...
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Resources
Shows & Events
Chicago Botanic Garden Farm Dinner On September 5, the Chicago Botanic Garden presents a Garden Farm Dinner with provisions from the...
Books
Food Production Food Production Systems for a Backyard or Small Farm, Starring Marjory Wildcraft (Rooster Crows...
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Regional Reminders
- Don't Start Pruning Yet
- Keep Drying Herbs for Winter
- Stop Deadheading Roses
- Save Large Zucchini
- Pick Tomatoes after Rain
