Prickly pear cactus actually is indigenous to parts of Illinois, especially sandy areas near Lake Michigan. They can be grown successfully in any garden that offers them full sun and really good...
We have long been told that the correct way in which to create a garden plot is the English method of double digging. This very labor intensive work requires the gardener to remove the sod, dig a long trench 2 feet deep and remove the soil to a reserved pile....
Anglers were busy at Mazonia-Braidwood Fish and Wildlife Area last weekend, in boats and on banks of the strip mine pits of the Mazonia area, at Monster Lake, near Essex, and at the Braidwood nuclear power plant cooling lake.
At Braidwood Lake,...
Deb Terrill is a local horticulturist
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