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Sweet Spreads and Canning Secrets

June 24, 2025

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Macoupin

Jersey

Master Gardener Help Desk

June 26, 2025

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Christian

Master Gardener Informational Booth

June 28, 2025

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Christian

Master Gardener Help Desk

July 3, 2025

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Recap on the haskap

May 30, 2025

Since 2016, the Rockford Illinois Extension office has been home to a small planting of honeyberry (also known as haskap) bushes. Originally...

It’s Berry Easy: Grow Your Own Strawberries!

May 2, 2025

Have you enjoyed a sweet, juicy strawberry this spring? If so, it was likely grown in a warmer climate and shipped to your local grocery store. While...

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From St. Louis Metro East: Fruit crop looking good

April 30, 2025

Since the last newsletter, several cold fronts have come through the region; not enough to take the fruit crop, but enough to slow development and do...

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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June 4, 2025

Master the Art of Canning with Illinois Extension’s Summer Workshop Series
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Learn how to safely preserve fresh produce and enjoy homemade goods year-round at Illinois Extension’s summer canning workshop series. Join Nutrition and Wellness Educator Rachel Mannen from 9 a.m. to noon at 201 W. Kenyon...

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...

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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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