Additional Events

• Protected Culture Field Day | Friday, September 8 at 4:30 to 6:30 pm.
  Growing Home Urban Farm, 5814 S Wood, Chicago
  Extension Educator Zack Grant and Growing Home Farm Manager Ezra Lee will discuss high tunnel management, vendors and equipment, structures like High tunnels, caterpillar tunnels, planting dates for season extension DIY solutions Pre-registration required.
   

• Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day | September 27
  When it comes to weeds, you need the right tool to get the job done. The Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day connects farmers, machinery manufacturers, and the allied trades for a single-day event to see weeding tools. The morning features the tradeshow, one-on-one farmer collaborations, and educational sessions. The afternoon is devoted to field demonstrations of both vegetable and row crops. The implement demonstrations feature both four-wheel and two-wheel tractors. At the expo, meet with the industry-leading cultivation companies as well as international cultivation experts. Pay your $50 registration fee for the event which will be held at OSU Wooster Campus, 1680 Madison Ave, in Wooster, Ohio. For more info on the event or to register by phone contact Crystal at crystal@thelandconnection.org or (217) 840-2128.

• From Food To Flowers: Everything Local | January 17-19, 2024
  Crowne Plaza, Springfield
   
• 2024 Southwestern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit School | February 6, 2024
  Knights of Columbus Hall, Hardin
   
• 2024 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable School | February 7, 2024
  DoubleTree, Mt. Vernon

Less Seriously

These are the unavoidable laws of the natural universe (from the early years of the IFVN)…

1. Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease your nose will begin to itch or you'll have to pee.
2. Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
3. Law of Probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
4. 4. Law of the Telephone: When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.
5. Law of the Alibi: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.
6. Variation Law: If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will start to move faster than the one you are in now. (works every time).
7. Bath Theorem: When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.
8. Law of Close Encounters: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
9. Law of the Result: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.