Green Side Up

Richard Hentschel, Green Side Up Host and U of I Extension Educator, reviews his list of the worst lawn pests of 2017 and what it may mean for your 2018 yard. Tune in to see what weeds and insects made the cut.

Green Side Up host Richard Hentschel discusses what is to do in the vegetable garden until the snow flies. Late summer and early fall lawn care including fertilization, weed control and lawn repair. Hentschel concludes with what is going on with trees and shrubs in the home landscape this time...

Host Richard Hentschel talks about the Japanese and Masked Chafer beetles and the potential need to manage these insects in the home lawn. While the numbers are up, egg laying and grub feeding is widely distributed so actual damage may be low to the home lawn. Richard talks about the threshold...

Do you have crabgrass where you always do? Do you have crabgrass where you have never seen it before? You are not alone this year. Chalk this up to our weather patterns this season. Host Richard Hentschel talks crabgrass, goosegrass and how they impact your lawn.

Nutrition & Wellness Educator Laura Barr talks with Green Side Up Host Richard Hentschel about evidenced based diets, or eating plans, and Americans' health. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in America. You can promote body health from the inside out with proper food choices, including 8 to...

U of I Extension Educators Richard Hentschel and Laura Barr continue to talk about using the best garden produce to preserve as you prepare to water bath, pressure can or freeze your excess fresh vegetables and fruits. Barr talks about blanching before freezing, how not all fruits are created...

Nutrition & Wellness Educator Laura Barr once again joins Host Richard Hentschel as they discuss extra produce out of the garden and how best to preserve what cannot be quickly eaten. Barr talks about freezing, water bath and pressure canning methods and the reasons we treat high- and low-...

Richard Hentschel talks with U of I Extension's Laura Barr about basic summer food safety and concerns with youth, immune compromised and older adults. Often talked about "danger zones" are storage temperatures between 40 and 140 degrees, where pathogens can grow very quickly. Extra care should...

Host Richard Hentschel talks with U of I Extension Nutrition & Wellness Educator Laura Barr about why we grow our own food. Folks that grow that garden are much more likely to eat and try vegetables. Once that garden starts producing, how to use all that fresh produce and preserving for...

Extension Educator Richard Hentschel covers information about leafhoppers on a wide range of trees in the landscape and natural areas, and how they distort and damage annual growth. Also covered is yellow nutsedge, which is appearing in the lawn flower beds and vegetable beds due to the higher...