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Raised Bed Gardens

May 1, 2025

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Big Flavors in Small Spaces: Container Grown Fruits

May 10, 2025

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Frost and freeze risk across Illinois next week

April 4, 2025

Illinois state climatologist, Trent Ford, shared this updated freeze risk alert for next week. After a warm March and first week of April,...

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From St. Louis Metro East: Field work ramping up with warming temperatures

March 27, 2025

Sprayers are up and running for the 2025 season. Plasticulture strawberries are uncovered, and the first round of fungicide has been applied,...

2025 small fruit survey for Illinois growers

February 28, 2025

During the 2025 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable School recently held in Mt. Vernon, a short survey was created to go along with discussion in...

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Prune your fruit trees soon for maximum fruit production this summer/fall

February 18, 2025

The Refuge Food Forest is quiet. The hum of summer insects among the fruit trees has...

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January 17, 2025

Fruit and Vegetable School connects local growers with industry experts
MT. VERNON, Ill. – Commercial fruit and vegetable growers face a lot of uncertainties. One thing is certain: University of Illinois Extension has the practical, current research to help you make those important production decisions. Get practical research-based information to make your specialty...

July 11, 2024

Embrace Self-Sufficiency: Kickstart Your Modern Homesteading Adventure
Embrace Self-Sufficiency: Kickstart Your Modern Homesteading AdventureHave you ever wanted to learn how to do any of the following?Make sourdough breadFerment vegetablesKeep bees or chickensCompost kitchen and yard wasteGrow...

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January 5, 2024

Extension to offer February programs on fruit trees and small fruits
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. – Fruit trees and small fruits can add a sweet addition to your home landscape or garden. Join Extension for two free programs in February to learn how to grow a bountiful harvest of delicious fruit right outside your back door. Growing fruit trees can be a rewarding...

August 21, 2023

Illinois Extension investing in the future of farming across the state
URBANA, Ill. — Helping Illinois farmers grow thriving crops and livestock has always been at the heart of University of Illinois Extension’s mission. Using feedback received from farmers and other agricultural stakeholders through a 2022 survey,...

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Day Neutral Strawberries: Annual Strawberries in September in Illinois

In this month's update on the day-neutral strawberry research in Northern Illinois, Grant McCarty, Local Foods and Small Farms Educator for University of Illinois, discusses how yields are looking and some of the challenges he is still noticing in the research.

Day Neutral Strawberries: Why Grow Annual Strawberries?

Why grow annual strawberries compared to June-bearing/perennial berries? Grant McCarty, Local Foods and Small Farms Educator, explains reasons for his day-neutral strawberry research and what he has seen so far from last year's harvest. More conclusive recommendations will be...

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