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Historic criminal H. H. Holmes is topic at Nov. 9 meeting South Suburban research for television Genealogical & Historical production companies, Society meets Sat., Nov. 9 documentarians, at 10 a.m. at the Martin authors, attorneys, and Kauchak Public Safety family historians. He has Center, 3000 W. 170th been featured on television Place, Hazel Crest, Illinois shows and documentaries 60429. on Discovery ID, History Ray Johnson, “The Channel, PBS, BBC History Cop,” will present and has appeared on “H. H. Holmes & New numerous local television Links to Chicago & the shows and print media. White City: Ever since Johnson will present Erik Larson’s book Devil live at SSGHS. For those in The White City, the attending via Zoom, murderous swindler H.H. you must register at Ray Johnson, “The History Cop,” left, and swindler H. H. Holmes, right Holmes has been linked to https://zoom.us/meeting/ _______________________________ the Chicago World’s Fair register/tJ0ucOqvqz4oE of 1893. Ray Johnson, 9Ibk7jT54RqqYEhVyJ “The History Cop,” O8V_Z after which you discusses new links between Holmes and Thomas B. Bryan and will receive an email containing the link to the Zoom meeting. Daniel H. Burnham, and a possible link to a swindle in England. South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society has been Ray Johnson is a former criminal investigator, author, helping people trace their family’s roots since 1968. More historian, and lecturer. He is the owner and founder of Johnson information on South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Research Services and since 2005 has conducted historical Society is on the society’s website, ssghs.org
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Got fallen leaves? Put them to use with tips from The Morton Arboretum The Morton Arboretum is encouraging people to save and repurpose falling leaves to nourish their gardens this autumn. According to the Arboretum’s expert Plant Clinic advisers, leaves make great insulation, compost and enrichment for garden soil. “Decomposing leaves enrich the soil by releasing nutrients that support plant growth and strengthen root systems,” said Plant Clinic Manager Spencer Campbell. Leaves also act as nature’s insulation, protecting plant roots from extreme temperatures and providing shelter for seeds that will sprout in spring. “When we spread mulch in our gardens, we’re mimicking how nature forms a protective, nourishing layer of leaf litter,” Campbell said. The dark brown mulch used throughout the Arboretum’s gardens is made from partially decayed leaves. Campbell provided these gardening tips for managing and using fallen leaves: • Use leaves for mulch. Rake fallen leaves on perennial beds, vegetable gardens or around trees and shrubs. By spring, most of the leaves will have broken down and disappeared, as busy soil microbes consume them. The leaves can also serve as protective covering for native bumble bees, butterflies, moths and other pollinators that burrow and hibernate in the soil during winter. • Rake most leaves off the lawn. Lawns only benefit from mulched leaves. Whole leaves can block needed sunlight for the grass plants. • Consider shredding them. “Shredded leaves look tidier and will not blow around as much when used as mulch,” Campbell said. “They also break down quicker on the lawn or in a compost pile.” To shred leaves, pile them on the lawn and run a lawn
mower over them a couple of times. Distribute them more or less evenly, and the small shreds will break down and improve the soil for the grass. • Make compost. Leaves are a major ingredient in any successful compost pile. Mix them up with end-of-season annuals, weeds and selected vegetable and fruit kitchen scraps. After a few months, the resulting compost can be applied as a soil amendment, top-dressing or mulch. • Insulate. Use a layer of leaves in a vegetable garden as insulation against autumn freezes and winter cold to prolong the fall harvest. They can protect late crops, such as cabbage or spinach, when an overnight frost is predicted. When leaves are piled over the beds of root vegetables, such as carrots and beets, the soil will freeze more slowly, allowing more time to harvest the roots. Leaves also make good insulation around tender ornamental plants, such as hybrid tea roses, contained by a cylinder of wire mesh or burlap, to prevent winter injury. • Save leaves for later. Leaves are useful year round as an ingredient in compost, as a way to add organic matter to soil or as mulch in next year’s flower beds or vegetable garden. Stow away as many as possible in an out-of-the-way corner or spare compost bin. “Shredded leaves take up much less space than whole leaves, allowing you to stash more away,” Campbell said. “The Arboretum stores leaves behind the scenes in immense piles, where they slowly begin composting while they wait to be used as mulch.” For more fall gardening tips, visit mortonarb.org. The Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic is generously sponsored by Bartlett Tree Experts.
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