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The Garden Scoop

Featuring Seasonal tips and tricks from educator, Ryan Pankau

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Plan Well, Retire Well

Saving and investing your money

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Live Well. Eat Well.

Information by our Nutrition and Wellness Extension Educators from across Illinois.

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Good Growing

Keeping you growing with good ideas from Katie ParkerChristopher Enroth, and Ken Johnson.

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Our Illinois 4-H Story

Telling the stories of Illinois 4-H members, volunteers, and alumni

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Simply Nutritious, Quick and Delicious

helpful tips to make meals easy, healthy, and tasty!

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Naturalist News

Share your passion for nature and learn ways to protect our natural world.

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Latest Blogs From Illinois Extension
Read article: Serving with Humility and Pride
Serving with Humility and Pride
Illinois Extension work is far-reaching and ever-changing. The professional staff and volunteers who lead this work are essential to our organization...
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Read article: Table salt vs. sea salt: What's the difference?
Table salt vs. sea salt: What's the difference?
Salt is the most common ingredient in foods, which is probably why 90% of Americans consume more salt than the recommendation. This can be a problem...
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Read article: Essential Tips for Growing Lavender in Your Backyard
Essential Tips for Growing Lavender in Your Backyard
The soothing floral fragrance of lavender is easily recognized in any garden. Its silvery, serrated foliage and bluish-purple flowers both contain...
Harvesting Vegetables: When and how to pick your vegetables for best quality. Person picking a red tomato
Read article: Harvesting Vegetables: When and how to pick your vegetables for best quality
Harvesting Vegetables: When and how to pick your vegetables for best quality
There aren’t many things more satisfying than going out to your garden and harvesting your produce. All the digging, watering, and weeding you’ve...
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Read article: Conservation@Home Member Spotlight: Mike McGraw and Pat England
Conservation@Home Member Spotlight: Mike McGraw and Pat England
By Mike McGraw, Extension Master Naturalist serving Fulton, Mason, Peoria, and Tazewell countiesIn September, 2023, my wife and I were...
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Read article: Provide resources to pollinators in any space with container gardens
Provide resources to pollinators in any space with container gardens
Supporting pollinators has become increasingly important as concerns over pollinator population decline are more evident. The good news is that even...
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Read article: Monitoring river health with macroinvertebrates
Monitoring river health with macroinvertebrates
The stream water quality monitoring season may be ending, but it remains important to understand how we monitor our streams.   From May 1...
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Read article: Soybean Hull Pellets as an Inexpensive Alternative
Soybean Hull Pellets as an Inexpensive Alternative
The unique microbiota of the rumen allows cattle to ferment a variety of by-products, such as  soybean hulls from soybean...

See More Blogs From Illinois Extension

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Agriculture

Acres of Knowledge

All issues concerning Small Farms, Agriculture, Local Food Systems, and Natural Resources.

Hill & Furrow

News from the Northwestern Illinois Agricultural R&D Center.

Community and Economic Development

Building Entrepreneurial Communities

Strategies for strengthening local economies.

Consumer Economics

Be Centsible

Written by college students, for college students. Be Centsible features answers to personal finance questions.

Fearless Financial Future

Research-based financial information helps us develop and maintain thoughtful and effective financial behaviors.

Environment

All About Weather

Learn more about Illinois weather patterns.

Naturalist News

Share your passion for nature and learn ways to protect our natural world.

Naturalist's Notebook

Experience the natural world through reviews and journal entries with Master Naturalists.

Grasses at a Glance

Dig deep into the types of grasses and their uses in our world.

Family

Community Health: Education, Prevention, and Inspiration

Empowering people to make healthy, respectful, and responsible choices.

Family Files

Facts for all ages.

Refill Your Cup with Self-Care

Genuine, sustained self-care is an art.

Salud y Familia

Resources in Spanish.

Horticulture

Flowers, Fruits, and Frass

Local and statewide information on a variety of current topics for home gardeners and market growers.

Illinois River Hort

Helping new and experienced gardeners develop their skills and knowledge while encouraging everyone to enjoy the outdoors.

Know How, Know More

Connecting you with your food, farmers, and community.

Over the Garden Fence

Where gardeners come to find out what's happening out in the yard.

Raise, Grow, Harvest, Eat, Repeat

A blog for growers, consumers, and backyard gardeners to grow, eat, and connect in the local food system.

Nutrition and Wellness

Be Smart, Eat Well, Get Healthy

Nutrition information you can use.

Healthy Eats and Repeat

Highlighting food, recipes, and ideas for a healthy lifestyle.

Turnip the Beet! Nutrition and Wellness

Timely news, information, and innovative ideas to promote health and influence change.

Youth Development

Connection Corner

Timely information, activities, and resources to help you stay connected to loved ones, the world around you, and yourself.

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