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Composting
Events
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Community Compost Collection
Sat, 07/16/2022 - 12:00
Parking lot at Forest Blvd. and Liberty Drive, Park Forest
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Community Compost Collection
Sat, 07/23/2022 - 12:00
Homewood Village Hall 2020 Chestnut Road, Homewood IL
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Composting for the Homeowner | Falling Into Autumn Gardening Series
Thu, 09/08/2022 - 12:00
Jo Daviess County Extension Office, 204 Vine St. Elizabeth, IL 61028
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Blog Posts
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More Seasonal FAQs from the Master Gardener Help Desks
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Don't forget about these late fall yard chores
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How to use all those fall leaves
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Dealing with pumpkins after Halloween: Debunking social media advice
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Fall is a good time to start composting
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Gardening chores don't know summer is over
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Be wise when watering
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Two garden tasks to do in January
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Vermicomposting: A Composting Option for the Winter
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Late fall yard tasks - from mower to snowblower
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Fall cleanup continues: beware of weed seeds
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Handling pumpkins, mums and other fall decorations
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Frequent fall topics: soil, compost and bulbs
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Grow your own vegetables to benefit your health and the environment
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A Beginners Guide To Worm Composting
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Kitchen Scrap Gardening: Regrow Your Fruits and Vegetables!
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Holiday Gifts for the Gardener in the Family
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Pick the Christmas Tree Right for You - Artificial vs. Real
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Vermiculture Composting: Worm Aversion Conversion
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News Releases
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Learn more about the benefits of compost during International Compost Awareness Week
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Turn your food scraps into a valuable resource to support the environment
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Keep worms warm for winter vermicomposting
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Don’t dump Halloween pumpkins; donate or compost them
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Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by composting pumpkins after Halloween
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Composting can help mitigate climate change and enhance the quality of our environment
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Don't rake fall leaves, recycle them
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Exchange your food scraps for compost: an easy way to help our environment
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Enrich your knowledge and your soil at free composting event
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Free event to tour Crossing Garden and learn about composting
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Bring your food scraps to help our environment and learn about composting
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Turn your food scraps and yard waste into a valuable resource
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Log on to the McHenry County Virtual Gardenfest on April 10
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Extension is here to share in your gardening triumphs and woes
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Use fall leaves in home compost
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Put fall leaves to work as compost
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Turn kitchen scraps into food for your garden
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Find nature in your backyard with environmental webinar series
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Worm digestion helps feed soil
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Revive your compost pile after winter
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Thermal composting speeds process
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January Master Gardener Column
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Staff
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Sarah Farley
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Extension Educator
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Zachary Grant
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator
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Richard Hentschel
Horticulture Educator
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Nancy Kuhajda
Will County Master Gardener, Master Naturalist & Master Composter Program Coordinator
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Kathryn Pereira
Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator
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Sarah Vogel
Horticulture and Natural Resources Educator
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