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If 10,000 Chicago Biters grow their own lettuce instead of buying it at the store, we'll keep 74,000 plastic bags out of landfills each year.

Wooden back porches – like the Lincoln Park one that tragically collapsed in 2003 - are more common in Chicago than other big cities because of the wider distance between vintage buildings and the back alley.

Going to Pot

The Bite

Are your plans for a healthier diet falling apart? Save yourself the haul to the grocery store and learn to grow organic veggies in arms reach - even without a yard - at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Next Tuesday’s Organic Edibles class covers how to cultivate lunch salad basics in plain-old pots out on the porch (er, window ledge). Got a real garden? Learn to keep it green sans nasty pesticides at the Organic Lawn Care workshop. Or simply head to the Garden’s gorgeous 385 acres and frolic. It’s just what the doctor ordered (we biked there after three sorry, runny-nosed days in bed) when you wanna get your act together.

Wanna Try

Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd b/t Hastings Ave. and Valley Rd., Glencoe (847-835-5440). Organic Edibles, May 6, 1-3 p.m., $62; Organic Lawn Care, May 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $60; garden admission, free.

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