Join 4-H for virtual family fun nights
DECATUR, Ill. - Families often find it difficult to spend quality time together. Busy lives, work schedules, and other commitments have families running here and there. DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt 4-H has a solution to this problem: a virtual 4-H Family Night.
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Tap into your creativity with Macon County 4-H
DECATUR, Ill. — Creative writing can be an important tool to help ease anxiety, stress, depression, and promote wellness. Studies show that just 15 to 20 minutes of writing a day can make a difference in the overall stress levels of students. Macon County 4-H is offering students the opportunity...
Explore, learn and grown with Wee Naturalists virtual program
URBANA, Ill. – Nature is a place for children to explore, learn and grow and the new virtual Wee Naturalists program allows for just that.
University of Illinois Extension is once again offering nature-loving children, families and educators the opportunity to explore a different nature...
Extension campaign gives tips for reducing diabetes risk
URBANA, Ill. – More than 34 million people in the United States have diabetes; that's one in 10. An additional one in three U.S. adults have prediabetes, and 84% of them do not realize they have it.
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Families needed for 4-H family virtual food challenge
DECATUR, Ill. – Does your family enjoy making meals together? Is there a young chef in your home that experiments with meal ingredients? Or is your inner chef calling out? If the answer to at least one of these questions is yes, University of Illinois Extension 4-H in Macon County invites...
All Illinois pesticide training, testing moves online
URBANA, Ill. – All University of Illinois Extension’s Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) training and testing will be completed online through spring 2021....
Planting trees boosts curb appeal and benefits the urban environment
URBANA, Ill. – New homeowners often wonder about the value of planting shade trees when they first move in when there are so many more areas to focus on with a new home.
“Planting shade trees is an investment for the future just like other home upgrades,” says...
Farmdoc expands field crop resources with launch of new website
URBANA, Ill. – A new tool focused on field crop production is joining the suite of University of Illinois farmdoc resources.
For more than 20 years, the farmdoc website has provided Midwestern crop and...
Healthy Meals in the Field for Farm Families
DECATUR, Ill.— Farmers across Illinois are spending long hours in the fields and farm families are shifting mealtime from the kitchen table to the field. Being in the middle of a field without kitchen conveniences like microwaves, refrigerators, and sinks requires farmers, workers, and farm...
Have You Inspected Your Well?
DECATUR, Ill. – Often people who have their own private water well forget how important it is to do annual visual inspection of their well and its components. It does not take long to do, and it might save you an expensive well repair bill.
For the visual inspection, check the wellhead,...
Macon County Master Gardeners receive state awards
DECATUR, Ill. — University of Illinois Extension's State Master Gardener Program has named two Macon County Master Gardeners and a Macon County Master Gardener teamwork project as state award winners. The winners were recognized on October 2, 2020, during a virtual awards ceremony that featured...
Piatt County Master Gardeners receive state awards
MONTICELLO, Ill. — University of Illinois Extension's State Master Gardener Program has named two Piatt County Master Gardeners and a Piatt County Master Gardener teamwork project as state award winners. The winners were recognized on October 2, 2020, during a virtual awards ceremony that...
Wellness, nutrition education training for early childcare providers
URBANA, Ill. – Positive habits for children start with healthy, happy, and empowered childcare providers. Early childcare professionals and education centers interested in learning how to maintain and reinforce healthy choices within a childcare work environment will learn strategies to build...
Use fall leaves in home compost
URBANA, Ill. – As fall approaches, homeowners begin to think of what to do with the falling leaves. Composting is an option which helps the environment, says Duane Friend,...
Keep deer away from your plants this fall
Deer can wreak havoc on plants during fall and winter months. University of Illinois Extension offers advice to help homeowners reduce damage from deer.
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"Fences offer the best way to control deer damage in certain situations; however, large-...