Above is Michael Jesiolowski from the Chicago Botanic Garden.  Michael gave an inspirational talk last night on the “Handsome Harvest” which featured many plants that provide edibility (and ornamentality!).  We …

  Today was excellent weather and the progress was monumental.  We had an excellent turnout of volunteers and were able to plant in five areas and do some serious weeding …

The weather was unseasonably cool today and in the mid 70 degrees F.  No one was complaining though as it was perfect working weather with a nice mix of clouds …

The cart seen above is one of three that I loaded up today to head in to the gardens.  We are 87.4% planted right now with a couple areas and …

My blog title refers to the fact that we had to do A LOT of watering today to make up for the lack of recent precipitation and the increasing heat! …

  We had hoped for more rain today and while up to 1″ of precipitation was predicted…we only received 1/10″ or so.  It was overcast most of the day but …

Today was another sunny day with a cool morning and a warm (85 degrees F) afternoon.  Our grounds staff kept busy throughout the day and our volunteers continue to be …

  Today ended up being another hot one with temperatures tickling the 90 degrees F mark.  We were all pretty beat by the end of the day but we have …

We had a great Friday at the gardens with excellent work by our grounds staff of Cindy, Big John, Terry, Trevor and Nolan.  Our volunteers included Kay, Kathy P., Eva, …