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(BLOOMINGTON) Illinois Extension has announced the 2022 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable School is set for Wednesday, February 9th, starting at 7...

(BLOOMINGTON) Illinois Extension has announced the 2022 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable School is set fo...

(BLOOMINGTON) Illinois Extension has announced the 2022 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable School is set for Wednesday, February 9th, starting at 7...

Growing Great Vegetables: Preparing the Garden and Care Submitted by Extension Communications Director: Samantha Koon, Extension Communications University of Illinois Extension The spring of 2020 saw a surge of gardeners taking up the trowel for the first time to try their hand at growing vegetables. Growing Great Vegetables is a seven-week webinar series covering the basics of starting a vegetable garden. This session will cover how soil plays an important role in growing a vegetable garden, including soil testing and amendments, fertilizer, manures, mulch, watering, weeding, and gardening ...

January 22, 2021 URBANA, Ill. – When downstate peach growers need a new cold-hardy variety, or when pumpkin fields are threatened by pests, growers rely on the experts at University of Illinois Extension. Extension educators have hosted in-person specialty crop schools in Southern Illinois for decades, offering regionally-focused updates and practical tools that small-scale and commercial specialty growers can use in the field. “Extension is still the primary source of research-based information in the specialty crop industry,” says Elizabeth Wahle, an Extension commercial agriculture...