Plant Salon in Chicago is just a block or two from The Plantier (see Part 1 of Chicago Plant Shop Tour). I am on the hunt for the uncommon/rare plants so the plants for sale are plants I can get where I live. they had several rare plants that weren’t for sale. They are the […]

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#houseplants #plantshopcrawl #chicago In this last leg of my Chicago plant shop crawl, I am visiting Plant Salon in River West. This plant shop sells common to rare plants as well as gift items. The owner Nikka Vaughn also shares some of her private plant collection for view, and one of the most striking is […]

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The first part in my plant shop crawl in Chicago is to visit the recently opened, The Sill. The Sill is one of the first well known plant boutique to offer online shopping for plants a few years ago and a favorite destination among plant lovers all over the country. I first visited their location […]

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Welcome to my Greenhouse in the Sky (as one of my friends referred to my apartment lol). I’ve been a plant mom for YEARS but have gotten wayyyy more into them in the past year! Places I’ve bought my plants: -Facebook marketplace -https://planterina.com -Home Depot -https://www.gabriellaplants.com -Etsy shops: California Tropicals, Plantarium Chicago, Rare Leaves Local […]

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A global computer chip shortage is forcing Chicago’s Ford Assembly plant to remain idle until August. Video Rating: / 5 On the morning of April 11, 2020, demolition crews imploded the smokestack of the Crawford Station Coal Plant. Located in the South Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, the 96-year-old plant closed in 2012 after years of […]

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NSLC at NU SOCL 2019 Session 4 Plant Chicago Visit

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This year, Mayor Emanuel launched Chicago Summer of Learning, the first coordinated effort to offering young people of all ages across the city access to high-quality summer learning opportunities. Partnered with over 100 organizations, this initiative has all of Chicago coming together to support young people in exploring the themes of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, […]

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I just couldn’t help myself. When I saw this Chicago Hardy fig tree in the Tractor Supply store I had to get it. This fig thing is starting to become a bit of a problem! This fig tree variety (as the name says) is suppose to be hardy even in the freezing winter temperatures of […]

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With the capacity to hold 7.9 billion gallons of water, the Thornton Composite Reservoir will create the largest basin of its kind in the world when it comes online. Workers talk about their passion and longtime investment in this massive engineering effort to keep Chicagoland from reverting to its swampland roots. (Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune) […]

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I walk you around one of Chicago’s Best Parks in the heart of the city, that features butterfly gardens and a large prairie restoration project. You can see late summer blooms work to feed the monarchs. Be amazed! Plant natives! If you are not sure what to plant, check out my book BEE NATIVE! Flower […]

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While working alone on a dark stage, piano technician Bill Schwartz plays a series of beautiful arpeggios. But the piano isn’t his instrument– his ear is. As one in a corps group of Chicago technicians, he makes sure that the notes are perfect when a great musician sits down at a bench in one of […]

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http://www.tytyga.com/product/Patrick%27s+Supergiant+Fig+Tree The Super Giant figs can weigh up to as much as one pound and in the Summer should be picked daily from the tree so the limbs won’t break off. Ty Ty’s mountain figs are cold hardy to temperatures of 10 degrees below zero, better yet trees bear big when only one foot tall. […]

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Chicago Hardy (AKA Hardy Chicago fig tree) is one of the most common figs you will find planted in yards and gardens throughout the country. The Chicago Hardy fig / Hardy Chicago fig has become so popular because it is one of the early fig varieties and performs well in a wide variety of climates. […]

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“That would never work here.” You’ve likely heard this sentiment (or maybe you’ve even said it yourself). Good news: change is possible. Donovan Brown explains how Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) went from a three-year waterfall delivery cycle to three-week iterations. Video Rating: / 5

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Jason Hartman and Rabbi Evan Moffic take a look at America’s one affordable trophy city: Chicago (which just so happens to be where Evan lives). The two explore the things going on in the area that are helping drive business and helping investors in the area make some good money. Then Jason and Evan explore […]

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