My Chicago Garden

I can’t say enough about Glen Prairie. I had been driving by the restaurant on Roosevelt in Glen Ellyn for many months and repeatedly thought to myself how horrible it must be given that it’s a “hotel restaurant”. It’s attached to the newly remodeled Crown Plaza hotel. I’ve now learned that it’s not [...]

About 20 days ago I noticed the first signs of a japanese beetle damage and the little buggers crawling over some of the yard.  At the end of the season last year I picked up one of those yellow bomb looking Japanese beetle traps on sale. I figured it couldn’t hurt and if it [...]

A quick garden tour…

The blueberry bushes from last year. We are still picking off the flowers to encourage growth of the bushes instead of berry production. In the back row are peas and my new zig-zag trellis system. In the front are some beans and in the bottom left corner is a [...]

Here’s what Sierra (my oldest girl) and I did this morning. What could be better than sitting in the garden reading a magazine with your dad?