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	<title>On the Shores of Lake Chicago</title>
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	<description>gardening in Oak Park, IL, in the clay mud of prehistoric Lake Chicago</description>
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		<title>Bloom Day &#8211; November 2009</title>
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The calendula don&#8217;t realize how late in the year it is.
This will likely be my last Bloom Day post until March or April 2010.  Winter is coming upon us, although November has been much warmer than October so far.  I will definitely be reading all of the Bloom Days at May Dreams Gardens over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com&blog=924407&post=319&subd=lakechicagoshores&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/bloom-day-november-2009/</link>
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		<title>Another one bites the dust</title>
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I am an Oak Park tree killer, and I&#8217;m not (too) ashamed of it.  This week, Davis Tree Care came out and removed the gigantic magnolia tree that dominated our side yard.  This makes the 4th tree that we&#8217;ve had Davis remove for us.  I love trees, but what the heck can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com&blog=924407&post=317&subd=lakechicagoshores&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/another-one-bites-the-dust/</link>
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		<title>Peak color</title>
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I believe we&#8217;ve just passed peak color here in NE Oak Park.  It was glorious this year &#8211; check out the parkway basswood!

The leaves have come off quickly this week with all the wind and rain we&#8217;ve had.  What comes after peak color?  Raking and vacuuming/shredding, of course.  Next up, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com&blog=924407&post=315&subd=lakechicagoshores&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/peak-color-2/</link>
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		<title>Bulb planting day</title>
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The cold and rainy weather got me feeling as if bulb planting was overdue (more experienced gardeners have told me that I&#8217;m overreacting), so I got some bulbs planted in the front yard today: snowdrops and crocus.  Since the gas company had to rip up the parkway to put in new pipes on our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com&blog=924407&post=312&subd=lakechicagoshores&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/bulb-planting-day/</link>
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		<title>Autumn Brilliance</title>
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The serviceberry &#8216;Autumn Brilliance&#8217; is living up to its name today.

The other cultivars (I assume) I see around are more yellow to light orange; &#8216;Autumn Brilliance&#8217; has a lot of red and purple in it.

Nothing says fall (or autumn) like a red tree against a blue sky!
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		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/autumn-brilliance/</link>
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		<title>Bloom Day &#8211; October 2009</title>
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The grape woodbine doesn&#8217;t have a lot of berries left, but it does have a lot of color.
I apologize for neglecting this blog for several weeks.  Not only is the garden not all that inspiring right now (except for the everbearing Caroline raspberries, which continue to be delicious), but I keep putting off taking more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com&blog=924407&post=305&subd=lakechicagoshores&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/bloom-day-october-2009/</link>
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		<title>A trip to Morton Arboretum</title>
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To celebrate the holiday weekend and get some exercise, the Spouse and I went hiking at Morton Arboretum.  We don&#8217;t get out there very often since it involves a trip on the dreaded tollway.  Of course, I didn&#8217;t remember to bring an actual camera, but my iPhone is good enough to get the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com&blog=924407&post=302&subd=lakechicagoshores&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/a-trip-to-morton-arboretum/</link>
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		<title>Last photos from late summer</title>
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The hostas are finally blooming now that summer has come to an end.  It was cool, and the cloudiest one ever.

Despite all the raccoon harvesting done to it, the pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata) finally bloomed.

The bees have moved on from the Joe Pye weed to the zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis), which is prostrate in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com&blog=924407&post=300&subd=lakechicagoshores&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/last-photos-from-late-summer/</link>
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		<title>Vine Blatherings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presuming the Dutchman&#8217;s pipe remains dead, I really need to find something for the garage trellis.  (I suppose the grape woodbine could &#8211; and would &#8211; spread over the whole thing, but I&#8217;d like a little more variety.)  Unfortunately, there&#8217;s just not a huge number of native vines for semi-shade and clay in zone 5 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com&blog=924407&post=298&subd=lakechicagoshores&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/vine-blatherings/</link>
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		<title>Pond Evolution 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The pond is 4 years old this week.  The photos below show how it appeared year 0 through year 4.  There&#8217;s more prose about the earlier years on the 2007 and 2008 posts:





The Dutchman&#8217;s pipe (left two panels on the garage trellis) died this summer after looking very lush and strong in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com&blog=924407&post=295&subd=lakechicagoshores&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lakechicagoshores.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/pond-evolution-2009/</link>
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