Comments for On the Shores of Lake Chicago

Comment on Serviceberry in bloom by Lisette

Lisette — Thu, 02 May 2013 19:51:59 +0000

The berries are delicious and very edible. We picked them right off the tree and ate them last year!

Comment on Pond Tour, 3 pm by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:21:21 +0000

What a great idea, A pond tour.
I am always surprised by just how many gardens have ponds in them and most are very good looking.
And they always help with attracting the wildlife into the garden
Thanks for sharing

Comment on Bloom Day – June 2007 by Larry Kmetz

Larry Kmetz — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:38:32 +0000

Mine did the same thing! Don’t know if I should trash it or if it might come back like a proper hydrangea next year. What do you think?

Comment on Pond Tour, 10:30 am by Lisa Finerty

Lisa Finerty — Sun, 29 May 2011 23:38:49 +0000

I’m a Chicago native and I had a pond while I lived in Bucktown. I know the effort – and the challenge to keep it beautiful. Compliments on all scores. If I’m close during one of your tours, we will meet.

I am hoping you might suggest a way to get the word out about an Initiative we are doing for Citizen Science on our gardening website, YourGardenShow (the project of my husband and mine). This month, after 6 months in the making, we launch our Citizen Science activity portal – plant phenological data – with the oversight of USANPN. While YourGardenShow is principally for gardeners, this set of initiatives is for those who might not have their own garden.

If you get a chance, would you please look at our site, the Citizen Science pages, and see if it has anything you might be able applicable to you or something for you to write about? Hope so. Best to you and a long and leisurely spring. Contact me with any questions or comments or if there is a way you think we might be able to work together to get the word out.

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Comment on Who is pruning my shrubs? by lakechicagoshores

lakechicagoshores — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:34:20 +0000

Wow, Trish, that sounds like some serious cutting. If you look closely at my pictures, you’ll see that the bunny/squirrel/? cuts are a little raggedy – are yours? I think most of the branches I lost were eaten or hauled off elsewhere. Do you have any deer around? If you’re near a creek or ravine, I know they can come up those and sneak into yards for a nibble…

Comment on Who is pruning my shrubs? by Trish

Trish — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:55:11 +0000

Okay, I am dealing with the same issue and posted a similar inquiry on UBC Botanicals. Now, let me get this straight: rabbits, possibly squirrels can do precision cut on branches?

My azalea was cut down, leaving very few buds. My Japanese maple and silver leaf dogwood were also cut down. This all happened this past week, well after the snow had melted in Toronto. I found everything cut and underneath the shrub, not chewed, uneaten. Human or animal?

Question: Were your branches eaten or did you find them on the ground underneath? Mine were all there, which made me think, definitely not animal…why wouldn’t they eat it? I also live in a suburb and there are many squirrels, but the rabbits hang out by the ponds, away from me.

Comment on Pond Tour, 3 pm by lisa marini finerty

lisa marini finerty — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 01:58:15 +0000

Hi Lake Chicago Shores, I don’t think we’ve met (I looked around a bit for your name) but I am originally from Chicago – it’s where I learned my gardening chops and as we know you have to be patient to learn to garden in that incredible climate where the temps range over 100 degrees F from winter to summer.

Anywhoo, I am hoping you might want to feature your pond through the years on YourGardenShow. It may bring a new audience to your work.

Hope so. But even if not, have an exhuberant growing year in 2011.

Best, Lisa Finerty

Comment on Pond Tour, 3 pm by lakechicagoshores

lakechicagoshores — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:49:51 +0000

Well, it was some combination of the heat and rain – our corner of Oak Park got over 8″ of rain the night before and both the Blue Line and Eisenhower near us was flooded.

We are hoping for surplus eggs, but first the young hens need to start laying (followed by waiting for egg overdose by the owners).

Comment on Pond Tour, 3 pm by linda

linda — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:32:18 +0000

Looks fantastic. Probably the heat kept more people from venturing out. Saturday was stifling.

Chickens for neighbors – how cool! I know I’ll never talk the Lawn Man into chickens, but if I could, I’d have three of them.

Comment on Pond Tour Starts Tomorrow by Amber

Amber — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:11:19 +0000

Gorgeous picture!