For Cook County residents, here's an incredibly easy way to help fight climate change and support biodiversity. A slightly different version was published in the Oak Park Wednesday Journal on October 18, 2022. At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of farsighted people had the novel idea to create the Cook County Forest Preserves system, the first of its kind in the country. It was a daunting task to plan, persuade people, and get laws through the legislature. Only then did the real work begin of purchasing and managing vast acreage, developing public programs, and conserving biodiversity while catering to humans. None of this was easy. Starting with an initial purchase of 500 acres in 1916, today the FPDCC comprises 70,000 acres of natural and recreational areas stretching from Lake-Cook Road south to Steger Road. Consequently, Cook County, home to over 5 million people, can also boast that it’s the most biodiverse county in the state. In this time of global warming, en
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I hope you enjoy all those processed tomatoes. I didn't get to mine in time, unfortunately.
Even though I have not had a hard frost in my Chicago garden, the few remaining fruits of my peppers, tomatoes, eggplant and zukes are apparently frost-bit, and look pretty bad. I guess I am sending them to the compost heap, too.
My brussel sprouts, however, are looking great!
More for the compost heap to nourish next year's garden!
Hi Anonymous,
Thanks for stopping by. Aren't Brussels sprouts more of a cool-weather crop anyway?
My chard is still going strong.
Glad you liked them. I"ll start you some new plants next year.