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At Illinois Extension, our reputation is built on providing reliable, proven research-based information. It's behind every recommendation we provide, woven into the very fabric of every program, every encounter, and every word we write. Much has changed in the textile world since the Stain Solution website was created. We no longer have the expertise to confidently update the website to reflect those changes. 

We won't promise you something we can't stand behind. You deserve reliable information you can trust. 

Although we've discontinued the Stain Solutions website, there are still thousands of pages of content that can benefit your family, your business, and your communities. We hope you'll explore the many ways we can help you build a better world. When we are able to verify the information about stain removal, we'll begin again, a fresh start to helping you fix life's little hiccups.

 

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Hidden Treasure

Story and photos by Fred Delcomyn (2017) It's not easy to hide 1,000 acres of wooded ravines and bottomland. And to be sure, the area is on maps, so the existence of these acres is not exactly a secret. Yet the 1,000 acres that comprise the Warbler Ridge Conservation Area are unknown to...
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Corn as a Cover Crop

Agronomic considerations regarding the use of corn as a cover crop include the following: This is an excerpt from a formal letter Emerson Nafziger and I wrote on this issue. A link to the letter is included below. 1.      Neither seed nor grain produced from seed of...
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All About Olives

Olives have been a part of the Mediterranean region since biblical times. Here in the United States, California takes the prize of olive production, producing 95% of the olives grown in the nation. Table varieties include Manzanilla, or black "California-style," Sevillano and Ascolano. Mission and...
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Purple Martins

Bird migration is perhaps one of nature’s greatest feats, easily observed each spring as waves of species arrive from warmer climates each week.  I always enjoy watching the spring progression, observing our bird feeders and the woodlands and natural areas around our house for the first signs...
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My Footprint on Earth by Rose Moore

Since becoming a Master Naturalist, hardly a day goes by when I don't think of how my life affects the environment around me. These thoughts were recently brought to my attention when I stumbled upon a picture of the home I lived in when I was a child growing up in rural DuPage County. My family...
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Finally Some Drier Weather

Gardeners and farmers have had a chance to catch up on planting (finally). As I was traveling south, then east, before coming back north, I saw a lot of the state over the last week, and it showed just how behind planting corn and soybeans has been, with many fields just now being worked and...
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