Another Illinois winter has gone with the promise of spring to soon arrive. Garden catalogs have been arriving for months allowing gardeners to look forward to spring 2022 - the fresh air, energic wildlife, and the gardening.
Managing stormwater has become more challenging as urban development increases, storms get bigger and sewer systems can’t keep up.
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.
Spring ephemeral flowers are nature’s gems after winter.
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.
Farmers, researchers break ground with new guidelines for budding hemp crop
Kendall County 4-H announces youth creativity classes for June
Slow stormwater, prevent floods with rain friendly landscaping
Renewable energy project demonstrates efficiencies, benefits of clean energy geothermal systems
Support pollinators with cheerful viola flowers
To outsmart weeds in the garden, take multiple approaches
Illinois State Fair cancels live poultry shows to protect from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Midwestern hemp database applications open until July 24
Create backyard paradise with tropical plant garden
Avoid injury, fines, power outages by calling 811 before digging