- Jul 10 2024
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- Landscaping, Summer
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Killing with Kindness
Sweet, tender Summer was becoming a bit more brazen and fierce as desiccated leaves scraped and scratched their way along the ground. Although not in a drought, DuPage County and much of Illinois have been behind in precipitation year over…
- Jul 27 2022
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- Landscaping, Summer
- 2
Killing with Kindness
Sweet, tender Summer was becoming a bit more brazen and fierce as desiccated leaves scraped and scratched their way along the ground. Although not technically in a drought, DuPage County and much of Illinois are experiencing abnormally dry conditions. Granted,…
- Sep 5 2018
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- Fall, Landscaping
- 0
Tree Care: The Over & Under on Water
The wind heaved a long and persistent sigh that rattled the leaves into an eerie whirr. The limbs slumped and shirked in the suppressive heat and humidity as a few leaves became untethered and drifted towards the ground. August had been…
- Sep 27 2017
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- Fall, Landscaping
- 2
Unseasonable & Unreasonable
Blanched and pallid, cracked and withered, the landscape was slowly succumbing to the dry, repressive heat. Lawns crackled and crunched underfoot as they lay dormant and drained. Desiccated leaves scraped and scratched their way along the ground. The soil…