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2023 DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Master Gardener Training
Mon, 05/15/2023 - 12:00
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2023 DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Master Gardener Training
Fri, 09/01/2023 - 12:00
Piatt County Extension Office
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2023 DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Master Gardener Training
Fri, 09/01/2023 - 12:00
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2023 DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Master Gardener Training
Fri, 09/01/2023 - 12:00
Macon County Extension Office
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Blog Posts
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One tough tree – Bald cypress
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Extreme winter cold and plants
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What Happened to my Dwarf Spruce Tree?
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Christmas tree selection, sustainability and identification
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What is the Most Sustainable Christmas Tree Option?
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Massive fruit, myths, and mastodons: the Osage orange
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Fall Color from Conifers
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Use terminal bud scars to gage growth rate of trees
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Emerald Ash Borer: Is it okay to move firewood yet?
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How to protect landscape plantings during drought
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Picking the right tree for your windbreak
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Tips for a creating a successful windbreak
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Using Phenology for Ornamental Pest Control
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Of blue jays and pin oaks: How jays have shaped our oak forests around the world
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Trees in our communities enhance learning
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How accurate are photo-based plant identification apps?
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Invasive species hitchhike on firewood
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Eco-friendly uses for the Christmas tree
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Add some color to your winter landscape by growing holly
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Sugar and spice make everything nice
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The origin of frankincense and myrrh add to their special meaning
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How to identify common holiday evergreens
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Christmas tree traditions and care practices
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Recycling Your Real Christmas Tree
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More late fall chores to keep you busy
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Buy a live tree, support a family farm, wake up to the smell of Christmas!
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Hazelnuts: A native plant is a new crop for Illinois
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Breeding elms to combat Dutch elm disease
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Selecting the Best Plant Material for Tree or Shrub Planting
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Nature's Technicolor Dreamcoat: The science of fall color
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Trees can help reverse effects of climate change
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Native Shrubs for Fall
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Fall watering is important
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Pawpaws are a native fall fruit that taste delightful
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Gardening chores don't know summer is over
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Garden tips to transition to fall
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Ash trees are dying across Western Illinois, but there is still a final use for them
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Tree Root Collar Disorders
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A personal run-in with the invasive gypsy moth
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Climate Change Adaptations for the Urban Forest
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Northern Illinois dry conditions and why watering matters
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Preventing storm damage to trees
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Watering Trees and Shrubs
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Factors to consider when choosing tree species
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Adding purple shade trees to your landscape
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Get to know plant galls
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Help stressed trees by watering during heat of summer
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17-Year Cicadas of Brood X
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Surveying winter damage as spring emerges
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Two invasive landscape trees you didn’t know about: Tree of Heaven and Amur Corktree
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The impact of emerald ash borer
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The top four spring-flowering trees to plant
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Three planting tips to increase your tree’s life
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The harsh reality of the Bradford Pear
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A certain air around Callery Pear
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Dealing with storm damaged trees and preparing for the next disaster
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Time to do all kinds of pruning
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How to create butterfly habitat in your garden
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River Birch
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Shade Tree Pruning
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Tree pruning tips for 2021
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Proper Pruning of Trees
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Angiosperms vs Gymnosperms
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Fruit trees have a place, even in a small yard
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Ice Accumulation on Trees and Shrubs
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How winter salt can damage landscape plants
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How to measure and handle firewood
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Many ways to recycle the Christmas tree
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How Woody Plants Grow
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Kissing under the mistletoe – A holiday favorite with a dark side
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History and helpful hints for Christmas trees
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Harvesting evergreens for holiday decorations
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Christmas Tree Selection
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Selecting a Christmas Tree for the Holidays
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Fall evokes the five basic senses
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Winter Protection for Newly Planted Trees and Shrubs
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Overwintering potted plants
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How to winterize your young and fruit trees
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Top Four Spookiest Native Trees
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Species Profile: White Oak
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Dealing with Fall Drought: Get your plants ready for winter
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Evergreens losing needles: Fall needle drop
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Contemplation of trees
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Fall Color in Oaks
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Benefits of Urban Trees
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Fall Tree Planting
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Poisonous Plants
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Forest Management, HIPP and RCPP
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Hackberry Gall
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Ice Storms and Tree Damage
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Maple Seed Production
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Garden Storm Damage
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Osage Orange
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2019 Gardening Goals
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Emerald Ash Borer and Other Species Eliminating Pests or Pathogens
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Tree Bark
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Christmas Tree Selection
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Fall Color
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Larch
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Black Walnut
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Sycamores
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Flowering Crabapples
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Winter Damage to Evergreens
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Pawpaw
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Making Maple Syrup
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Local Tropical Getaway
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2018 Gardening Goals
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The Norfolk Island Pine
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Fall Color in Conifers
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Reaping the Apple Harvest
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Dawn Redwood: A Living Fossil
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Early Fall Color
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Weather influences foliar disease
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How Native is Native?
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Should we paint tree wounds?
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Bacterial Leaf Scorch Infecting Illinois Oaks
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How plants and pests begin preparing for fall
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Late summer questions to the Master Gardeners
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Understanding storm damage to trees
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The gall of insects (tree bumps and lumps)
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Plant Pathogen Spread
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Watering tips for hot weather
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Tree troubles usually start at the base of the trunk
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Early History of Pollinators and Plants
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Top 5 early summer topics for gardeners
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How much water does your garden need?
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Too Much Moisture, More Tree Problems
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Sycamores and Anthracnose
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Get Out on the Trails
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Trees deserve to be mulched the right way
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Recommended Replacements for Problem Trees
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Two trees you should never plant in Illinois - Colorado blue spruce and Callary Pear
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Fruit Trees and Winter Injury
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Magnolia Pollination
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How to Plant a Fruit Tree
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Spring Pruning Can Hurt Your Tree’s Bank Account
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The basics of tree identification: branches, buds, and fruit
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Urban Tree Planting
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Rapid Response to Ramorum Blight
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Weeding out Invasives
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Old Trees
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Bringing Spring Indoors - Forcing Branches
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Recycle or Repurpose your Christmas Tree
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New Year, New Yard: Making plans for your landscape in 2020
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Holly for the Holidays
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Christmas Trees After the Holidays
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Pick the Christmas Tree Right for You - Artificial vs. Real
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Selecting Your Christmas Tree
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Why do some trees retain leaves over winter?
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Winter Dormancy in the Landscape
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Fall's Frequent Topic Review
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Not All Trees Are Good Trees
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How to reuse fallen leaves at home
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Why do tree leaves change color in autumn?
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Enjoying the final hurrahs of a staple landscape tree
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Fall is for More than Tree Planting
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Preparing Black Walnuts for Eating
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Galls Abound All Around
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An Osage orange by any other name would be a hedge apple
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What to do When Trees are Damaged in a Wind Storm
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News Releases
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Protect your private woodlands: Grow skills, knowledge to become a better forest steward
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Get the dirt on growing healthy plants
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Take small steps to improve, support the environment this winter
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Burning local firewood this winter can save forests
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Tree bark adds visual bite to winter landscapes
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Protect trees from winter’s wrath with a few preventive steps
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Do you know the secret to growing trees from a nut/seed?
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Learn how to identify beautiful fall foliage with tree walks
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Prepare your trees for severe weather
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Fall gardening is your time to plan for beautiful spring
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Visit the Master Gardener Help Desk to have all your garden questions answered
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Tri-County Master Gardener Help Desks open for 2022 season
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Plant a tree in McDonough County; Help the planet
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McHenry County 4-H Members Plant Oak Trees
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Native Trees in Illinois
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Neighborhood trees may protect against high medical costs, poor health
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Plant a tree in Knox County; Help the planet
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Magnolia blooms, beetles are nature’s spring flower odd couple
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Grow curly willows for an artistic twist in the landscape, winter flower arrangements
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Give caterpillars a chance with soft landings under trees
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Log on for forestry expertise woodland owners can use
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Build confidence in fruit tree pruning with free educational workshop
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Gardening enthusiasts invited to attend Gardeners’ BIG Day
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Attract more butterflies to your garden with tips from an expert
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Dig in to gardening at Piatt County Master Gardeners’ educational day
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Improve your forest one tree at a time
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Trim trees, shrubs in the dormant season for stronger, healthier plants
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Watering trees, shrubs in the fall and winter is a balancing act
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Autumn is a great time to plant trees, learn more at Oct 26 webinar
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Improve your tree identification skills with free tree walk
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Spruce and Callery pear can be problematic for your midwestern landscape
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Master Naturalist Native Tree and Shrub Sale 2022
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Extension offers best gardening tips for fall season
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Some trees weather wet soils, floods better than others
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Tips for planting balled-burlapped trees for long-term health, success
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After the storm: Repair and care for damaged trees
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Storm-damaged trees may not be savable
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Hire tree care professional with confidence
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Livingston County Master Gardener Help Desk Open
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Missing Arbor Day doesn't mean you can't plant a tree
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New directory connects Illinois woodland owners with professional foresters
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Extension is here to share in your gardening triumphs and woes
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Healthy forests start with single tree, hands-on landowners
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Spruce, Callery pear have no home in Illinois landscapes
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Learn to identify trees in winter with bark, twigs, buds
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Landowners need to know timber's worth before selling
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Become a U of I Extension Master Gardener
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Preventing fruit tree diseases starts in the dormant season
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Picking the perfect Christmas tree starts at home
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Grow a living Christmas tree with Norfolk Island Pine
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How to care for a living Christmas tree
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Extend the life of urban forests with Urban Tree Conference
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Learn from home with Good Growing Winter Webinars
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When to worry about needle drop on white pine trees
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Unsightly black spots on maple leaves won’t harm trees
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Planting trees boosts curb appeal and benefits the urban environment
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Exfoliating bark trees add great appeal
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Fall is a great time for planting trees
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Fall flowering witch hazel charms home gardens
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Select the right tree for fall planting in Illinois
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Research drone photos spot invasive species
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Prevent oak wilt from damaging your trees
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Nature adapts when heat waves hit
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Illinois’ big trees are on the map
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Too much of a good thing, mulch volcanoes slowly kill trees
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Grow apple trees in your urban garden
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Increase life span of urban trees
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Familiar tale: Victims of emerald ash borer and other exotic pests
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Christmas tree hitchhikers
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Oak Pests and Diseases Workshop
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Learn how to identify trees correctly
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University of Illinois Extension to Host Tree Selection and Care Workshop
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Staff
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Travis Cleveland
Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology
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Christopher Enroth
Horticulture Educator
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Douglas B. Gucker
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator
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Ryan Pankau
Horticulture Educator
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Sarah Vogel
Horticulture and Natural Resources Educator
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