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Avoid injury, fines, power outages by calling 811 before digging
Avoid injury, fines, power outages by calling 811 before digging
Create backyard paradise with tropical plant garden
Create backyard paradise with tropical plant garden
Midwestern hemp database applications open until July 24
Midwestern hemp database applications open until July 24
Illinois State Fair cancels live poultry shows to protect from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Illinois State Fair cancels live poultry shows to protect from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
To outsmart weeds in the garden, take multiple approaches
To outsmart weeds in the garden, take multiple approaches
Support pollinators with cheerful viola flowers
Support pollinators with cheerful viola flowers
Renewable energy project demonstrates efficiencies, benefits of clean energy geothermal systems
Renewable energy project demonstrates efficiencies, benefits of clean energy geothermal systems
Slow stormwater, prevent floods with rain friendly landscaping
Slow stormwater, prevent floods with rain friendly landscaping
Kendall County 4-H announces youth creativity classes for June
Kendall County 4-H announces youth creativity classes for June
Farmers, researchers break ground with new guidelines for budding hemp crop
Farmers, researchers break ground with new guidelines for budding hemp crop
Youth quick recall tested at state dairy contest
4-H members had their knowledge and quick recall of information tested at the Illinois 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl contest on Feb. 26 at the Chateau Hotel and Conference Center in Bloomington.
Early blooming spring ephemerals flowers welcome warmer weather
Spring ephemeral flowers are nature’s gems after winter.
Neighborhood trees may protect against high medical costs, poor health
In neighborhoods lacking tree cover, residents suffer poorer health and incur hundreds of dollars more in medical costs than neighbors on leafier blocks. That’s according to a new University of Illinois study of 5 million Americans over a 13-year period.
Digging into soil data helps inform green infrastructure design
Managing stormwater has become more challenging as urban development increases, storms get bigger and sewer systems can’t keep up.