On a handout virtually copied from one Bob Spotts wrote years ago and that we adapted to our clime and calendar in Chicago, we advised: “Plant before Halloween.” Our Midwest Daffodil Society bulb sale is always the third week in…
Nancy Pilipuf has distributed a list of bulbs recently dug from her huge collection. She is presently occupied with caring for her husband, Fred, who has Parkinson’s and has suffered falls this week. She is aware that some friends have…
At our show I spotted Donna Theimer, a retired hort teacher from Joliet Junior College and now an aspiring professional photographer. She carried a large Sony camera with a large lens, prompting me to ask whether she shot many flower…
On returning from Minneapolis on Sunday I did a walk around to see what might have been. My large patch of Killearnan was in bud, having braved the snow (twice) and heavy rains of the week. The top three blooms…
Dan Bellinger hosted a great show at Fernwood, near Niles, on Wednesday. I took lots of photos but these are my favorites – for the subjects, not the quality. That’s my wife, Mary, with Donna Dietsch, one of the first…
