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Early mornings are for the birds - really

By Cathy Maloney
Apr 27, 2010 12:01 AM - So I was up at o'dark thirty, getting breakfast for the Amphibiteen and sending him off to water polo practice. With no one else awake at this ungodly hour, I had plenty of time to contemplate life's imponderables:
Spring is perfect time to tap the maple

By Cathy Maloney
Mar 29, 2010 12:01 AM - It's a sticky situation, to say the least. You want to be kind to a tree, yet you want to steal its very lifeblood. It's maple sugaring time.
Tips on pruning, holiday arrangements

By Cathy Maloney
Nov 10, 2021 12:06 PM - Sometimes, you get more than you asked for. As is frequently the case when I call an expert from the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, I get a great answer, and then a bonus idea.
Container gardens offer option for the season

By Cathy Maloney
Nov 9, 2021 2:51 AM - They're on sale now, big time. Even while restocking for fall planting, some garden centers have marked down trees and shrubs to irresistible prices. So many trees, so little space. How to snag a sale when your garden overfloweth?
Springtime at the Morton Arboretum: This bud's for you

Nov 6, 2021 10:20 PM - Thank goodness for Ed Hedborn. He's my go-to guy when I need some good news. Take the other day, when the forecast called for continued cold weather and - yippee - yet more snow. I called Ed, the Morton Arboretum's manager of plant records, who is frequently out and about the grounds, studying plants.
Illinois' colorful sumacs often mistaken for poisonous cousin

By Cathy Maloney
Nov 5, 2021 5:56 PM - Who needs the beautiful maples of New England's fabled fall colorama? Have you seen the brilliant reds and oranges along our own expressways? Our native sumacs are giving a fiery show to rival any maple on the East Coast.
Arboretum to display furniture from fallen ash trees

By Cathy Maloney
Nov 5, 2021 9:58 AM - Our first house was a cute little 1920s English cottage, complete with slate roof, copper gutters and a glorious old elm tree.
Deadheading doesn't guarantee new blooms on your flowers

By Cathy Maloney
Nov 4, 2021 9:02 PM - Things are looking a little shaggy around here lately, and I'm not just talking about my teenage son's summer haircut. The coneflowers near our doorway are becoming skeletal, the monarda moldy and the day lilies desiccated.

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