Growing Tip News Today

So you want to move that shrub? I get it! Perhaps that shrub needs to go to a different spot in the yard. Maybe it wasn’t planted in the correct

Ticks! I can’t stand these parasitic arachnids. I have had far too many run-ins with ticks throughout my life. They seem to find me every year. So far this spring

Cicada-mania has been building to almost mythical levels in 2024. Nearly every story on my news feed references this historic event about to occur in Illinois. Despite the media frenzy,

You may be wondering “what does artificial intelligence have to do with gardening?” Let’s say you have a gardening question. Before the internet, perhaps you reached out to your Illinois

I thought I was doing better this holiday season. I made a list, checked it twice and then awaited Cyber Monday deals. Here’s the problem about Cyber Monday. I had

Silky smooth potatoes, snappy green beans, bright sweet potatoes, deep green collards and turkeys the size of Volkswagens. It is that time of year when someone in your family cooks

On Nov. 4, several Illinois Extension offices will be offering pumpkin smashes with local partners in communities across the state. A pumpkin smash gives a community an option to turn

Autumn has arrived, and somehow I have more houseplants than I started with in the spring. As temperatures fall, I find myself hunting around my home for bright windows and

As summer transitions to fall, many Illinoisans are looking forward to everything pumpkin-spiced, hoodie weather and the fall color of our trees. However, even at the tail end of summer

It is late August. Do you know what that means? Apples! Yes, our apple trees are beginning to yield their bountiful fruits.