Home & Garden | Thursday, April 18,2013

Grow spinach, tasty, cool and easy

The arrival of yellow daffodils, green lawns and garden fresh salad are sure signs of spring. Leafy greens are among the easiest vegetables to grow, according to a University of Illinois Extension hor

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Give your trees a good drink

By Jennifer Fishburn

While our landscapes received a good drink of water in September, we need more rain. The most important investment in your landscape is trees and shrubs. Trees and shrubs entering winter without adequ

Fall Home and Garden | Thursday, September 20,2012

Conserve water with rain barrels

By Jennifer Fishburn

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, lawn and garden watering makes up nearly 40 percent of total household water use during the summer. One way to reduce outdoor water usag

Home & Garden | Thursday, April 19,2012

Plant rhubarb for decades of desserts

By Jennifer Fishburn

Some of my favorite spring vegetables include lettuce, spinach, asparagus and rhubarb.One of my favorite spring desserts is a slice of warm rhubarb pie with ice cream. Rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum, is a

Garden - Jennifer Fishburn | Thursday, September 22,2011

Fall is time to care for your tools

Garden best practices:%u2008clean, sharpen, store properly

By Jennifer Fishburn

After the garden is cleaned up and put to bed for the winter, it is a great time to give your tools some attention. Ideally garden tools should be cleaned, sharpened and hung in the correc

Garden - Jennifer Fishburn | Thursday, September 1,2011

Until it rains, water your trees

By Jennifer Fishburn

Second place is usually considered to be a good thing. But placing second for the driest August in history isn’t a good thing. With only a few days left in August, the Springfield area had recei

Garden - Jennifer Fishburn | Thursday, July 21,2011

Home-grown tomato time!

By Jennifer Fishburn

The most exciting garden event of the summer is picking the first red, juicy ripe tomatoes. This passion is shared with many gardeners as tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables grown in the h

Garden - Jennifer Fishburn | Thursday, June 23,2011

A Garden Walk with Master Gardeners

Where do-it-yourselfers can get their plant questions answered

By Jennifer Fishburn

A collection of 122 different hosta plants, an extension vegetable garden, a Japanese-inspired backyard with bamboo fencing, a low-mow yard and a pond with a waterfall are all features of an upcoming

Home & Garden | Thursday, April 21,2011

Save the planet, and hassle, with native prairie plants

By Jennifer Fishburn

Native plants and grasses can be welcome additions in the landscape, adding beauty, movement and sound. By planting an expanded area of native grasses, or by mixing grasses with shrubs and flowers, ga

Home & Garden | Thursday, April 21,2011

Worm your way to great soil with composting

By Jennifer Fishburn

Years ago friend of mine spent a fall day driving around Springfield collecting bags of leaves. Sounds crazy when most homeowners can’t wait to get rid of the leaves that pile up on their yards,