Living Green in Chicago

The City of Chicago has a free Christmas tree recycling program . They have several drop-off locations throughout the city, the closest to P...

The frost finally did come to kill my balcony garden (December 2 or 3 I think). In the meantime, I've been enjoying the green my housepl...

My lettuce and everything else looks the same as I left it on Tuesday night. I think they'll make it into December. Weird, huh?

Aside from the one frost we had in October during that cold spell, it's been pretty mild. We haven't yet had another frost, but I th...

We had the heat on for a few days in October, but turned it off again and it's still not back on. The apartment is about 63° F. Not bad.

I was in Indiana Oct 23-25 and noticed a persimmon tree at the house where we were staying. Native persimmons ripen in late fall and have an...

In September my handy husband built me a cold frame out of an old window frame. Last weekend (Oct 31) I moved some of my plants inside. I...