Eating Locally—From your own Garden

That incredibly warm weather that dropped into northeastern Illinois has gardeners itching to get going.  Even though the soil is still pretty cool--a soil thermometer can give you the exact reading--there are plenty of vegetables that you can sow in the garden right now for harvest in the coming weeks.

Staggering your plantings every few weeks will give you a non-stop crop of leaf lettuce, spinach, radishes, spring onions, beets and more. If you’d like to learn the basics of growing vegetables and herbs, attend a free program--"Growing Edibles: What you need to Know to Harvest Your Own Food” by Chicagoland Gardening writer, Nina Koziol. The program will be held at Sid’s Greenhouse locations:

Friday, April 15 at 6 p.m.

Bolingbrook Store

550 S Naper-Plainfield Rd

Bolingbrook, IL 60490

630-904-1007

Saturday, April 16 at 11 a.m.

Sid’s Greenhouse

10926 Southwest Hwy

Palos Hills, IL 60465

708-974-4500