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Deck the halls with healthy habits: Add physical activity to your holiday traditions
Across Illinois many of us recently saw the season’s first snow fall. While it can be tempting to hunker down as the evenings grow darker and colder...
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Be intentional with your time this holiday season
The holiday season is right around the corner. When we think about this time of year, words like fun, stress, excitement, busy, grief, and family...
Easter lilies: war, global production and the Midwest landscape title with white blooming easter lily flowers standing tall in a cluster against the backdrop of a gray house
Easter lilies: war, global production, and the Midwest landscape
In addition to the spring flowers blooming outside, many enjoy the fragrant flowers of a Lilium longiflorum (Easter...
Caring for Valentine's Day flowers and plants: Tips for keeping your gifts fresh and vibrant. a boquet of red roses.
Caring for Valentine's Day flowers and plants: Tips for keeping your gifts fresh and vibrant
Valentine's Day is a time for expressing love and appreciation for others, often by giving cut flowers and, increasingly, potted plants....
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Give Your Holiday Cocktails a Healthy Twist
Holiday cocktails are a festive treat, but they can also pack a surprising calorie punch. By making a few simple substitutions, you can enjoy your favorite drinks with far fewer calories:Instead of Sprite (148 calories), mix with club soda (0 calories): Calories...
Enjoy the Magic of Natural Christmas Trees This Holiday Season
The National Christmas Tree Association reports that approximately 25–30 million natural Christmas trees are sold in the United States each year, offering families a sustainable and festive way to celebrate the season. Unlike artificial trees made from petroleum-based plastics, natural Christmas...
A plate filled with a variety of holiday cookies of shapes, colors, and flavors sitting on a wooden table next to evergreen holiday décor.
Sugar and spice make everything nice
URBANA, Ill. — Sugar and spice make everything nice, especially in holiday treats. But do you know where sugar and spice come from?Plants make the sugar glucose during the process of photosynthesis. Certain plants can take excess glucose, create sucrose, and then store it in either the...
The top half of a plant terrarium filled with plants but designed to look like a red candy jar.
Candy jar terrariums: A nostalgic take on a holiday gift
URBANA, Ill. — Leaves and temperatures are falling. As we prepare landscapes and gardens for winter, look towards indoor plant care to warm the mood. Giving plants for the holidays brings a little sunshine and warmth to those near and dear.Impossible bottles or...
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