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Gardening Imagined vs. Gardening Reality

By Carol Cichorski, on May 30th, 2013%

From the Garden of Faith, Hope & Love FB page

There is a picture deep in our minds of what a gardener looks like, and the enchanting time they spend enjoying their garden. The image is serene and peaceful. Perhaps something like this one, complete with a graceful young lady gathering roses, clad . . . → Read More: Gardening Imagined vs. Gardening Reality

Wally’s Tremendous (Organic) Tomato Tips

By Carol Cichorski, on May 22nd, 2013%

I knew I was doing something wrong with my tomatoes. Big bushy plants, very few tomatoes. I even know the main problem – me! I put the plants in the ground and pretty much ignore them. I did make progress last year. At least my tomatoes got some serious support from these old fence pieces. . . . → Read More: Wally’s Tremendous (Organic) Tomato Tips

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – Share Those Lilac Blooms

By Carol Cichorski, on May 15th, 2013%

You may find this hard to believe, but only 37% of the folks in Chicagoland have a flower garden. Of that 37%, only 13% have lilacs. Of those 13%, only 7% cut the flowers to make bouquets.

Ok, so I made up the statistics, but the principal is true – not everyone has lilacs. . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – Share Those Lilac Blooms

Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – This Is What Creativity Looks Like In Sweden

By Carol Cichorski, on May 5th, 2013%

How can it be time for Favorites on the Fifth again? Can today really be the 5th? Can it really be May? Doesn’t the world know I’m busy tagging, sorting, inventorying, and selling dahlias and can’t spend time at my computer? Is Erik Johansson really flattened onto the ironing board you see below? Ok, now . . . → Read More: Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – This Is What Creativity Looks Like In Sweden

Its So Sad When A Tree Has To Go

By Carol Cichorski, on April 22nd, 2013%

Mike and I knew that we’d eventually have to get some of the wild mulberry trees cut down. They were among the trees that line the back of our yard; at least they were till about a week ago. Now three of them are gone. There were others that could have gone too, but my . . . → Read More: Its So Sad When A Tree Has To Go

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – Buckets Of Bulbs Planted In December Are Blooming

By Carol Cichorski, on April 15th, 2013%

Morning snow flurries are not enough to stop an afternoon gardener. After all, it is April and I am itching to get outside. I need to see what is trying to bloom for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. I need to finish getting those grasses cut down. I need to plant the Pansies. I need. I . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – Buckets Of Bulbs Planted In December Are Blooming

Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – Top 10 Takeaways From The Chicago Flower & Garden Show

By Carol Cichorski, on April 5th, 2013%

Session after session after session after session. As the On-Site Seminar Manager for the Chicago Flower & Garden show, you’ve got to figure I have some takeaways to share. No, not leftover plants from the displays (darn). For this month’s Favorites on the Fifth, I’ll share my list of favorite informational takeaways from the show.

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – The Chicago Flower & Garden Show, Then and Now

By Carol Cichorski, on March 15th, 2013%

Poor me. I’ve been gone all day every day this week and couldn’t take pictures of my yard for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day on the 15th.

Poor me. I leave when it’s getting light.

Poor me. I get back when it’s dark.

Poor me. I’ve had to spend every day at the Chicago Flower . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – The Chicago Flower & Garden Show, Then and Now

Chicago Flower & Garden Show – Behind The Scenes

By Carol Cichorski, on March 8th, 2013%

And now…the moment you’ve all been waiting for…the opening of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Wait!!!! It’s not time. It’s too early. It’s even too early for the Friday evening preview to be previewing. So I won’t take the mystery out of the show, but a sneak peak could be fun. A sneak preview . . . → Read More: Chicago Flower & Garden Show – Behind The Scenes

Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – Speaking At The Chicago Flower & Garden Show

By Carol Cichorski, on March 5th, 2013%

I love this quote that Beth Burden sent out to all of the speakers at this year’s Chicago Flower & Garden Show…

IF YOU ARE DELAYED FOR ANY REASON: please call Carol, our on-site seminar manager.

Yep. Me. On-site seminar manager at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show that runs March 9 – 17 at . . . → Read More: Zone 5 – Favorites On The 5th – Speaking At The Chicago Flower & Garden Show

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