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Independent Garden Center–Chicago, IL

by Jenny Peterson on August 15, 2011

in Public Spaces

Greetings from Chicago, IL! I’m here this week at the Independent Garden Center (IGC) trade show–an awesome gathering of what’s new and trendy in the garden products world! I’ll be running around Navy Pier this week (Aug. 16-18), gathering information about cool new garden products to share with you all, so stay tuned. I’ll also [...]

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Lessons from the Pile: Why We Compost

by Jenny Peterson on November 5, 2009

in Miscellaneous Musings

Years ago in my Master Gardener classes, I was absolutely transfixed by a lecture given by Malcolm Beck, Compost Guru Extraordinaire.  I fully realize that I am sounding like the worst kind of gardening nerd, but I couldn’t stop talking and thinking about Malcolm’s words in the following weeks, probably months. His knowledge alone was [...]

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