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Read article: The dilemma with weed-and-feed lawn products
The dilemma with weed-and-feed lawn products
As the winter’s chill lingers into spring, the itch to get out in our yards has never seemed more compelling. One of the ritual tasks performed by...
Clump of Annual Bluegrass
Read article: Annual Bluegrass, a common garden weed
Annual Bluegrass, a common garden weed
A couple of weeks ago I was working in a food donation garden, prepping raised beds in anticipation of planting early spring crops. Some of the...
drooping inflorescence of cheatgrass with background of field of grasses
Read article: Keep an eye out for Cheatgrass, a winter annual
Keep an eye out for Cheatgrass, a winter annual
It might be difficult to imagine that even in the middle of winter, certain weeds have gotten a jumpstart on growth for the spring. Annual plants...
Autumn allergies: don’t blame goldenrod bee on yellow goldenrod bloom
Read article: Autumn allergies: don’t blame goldenrod
Autumn allergies: don’t blame goldenrod
As the growing season draws to an end, temperatures cool, woody plants prepare for dormancy, and we enjoy the last blooms of the season. For many of...
Read article: Bermudagrass: You either love it or hate it
Bermudagrass: You either love it or hate it
Unlike the other plants in my garden, turf grass has always struggled to get my attention. Compared to my knowledge of food crops and herbaceous...
Read article: Choose your garden tools to fit your needs
Choose your garden tools to fit your needs
Evidently every day this summer I deemed too hot to work in the garden was just another day for the weeds to celebrate and use their heat-miser...
Read article: Lawn Care and Pollinators
Lawn Care and Pollinators
Greening spring lawns are a welcome sign to many of us, but they are also a sign of yardwork to come for the rest of the growing season.  The desire...
Common poisonous plants of Illinois
Read article: Knowing poisonous plants can save a life
Knowing poisonous plants can save a life
Know which plants are dangerous and protect your family, pets, and animals. There are...

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Aaron Hager standing in soybean field surrounded by the weed waterhemp
Tank-mixing herbicides may not be enough to avoid herbicide resistance
URBANA, Ill. — Eight years ago, University of Illinois and USDA-ARS scientists turned weed control on its head. More and more herbicide resistant weeds were popping up, and the pest plants were getting harder to kill. It was clear farmers could no longer rely on the same chemicals year after...
wild parsnip
Identify, avoid, and manage troublesome wild parsnip
URBANA, Ill. — I love parsnips. Often parsnips, large white carrot-like root vegetables, are substituted for celery in my soups and stews. The cultivated parsnip that we eat heralds from the appropriately named wild parsnip, Pastinaca sativa. However, wild parsnip is a plant to avoid. The wild...
nimbleweed
Grassy weeds becoming more common in lawns
URBANA, Ill. – When confronted with lawn weeds, typically we think of dandelion, creeping Charlie, and violet. These plants and many others are classified as broadleaved weeds, or dicots, and are easily distinguished from grasses which are monocots. Scientists have engineered herbicides that...

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