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Tomato Troubles
Mon, 07/11/2022 - 12:00
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Heirloom Vegetable Gardens
6:00 pm
Tue, 07/19/2022 - 12:00
Kennekuk County Park Bunker Hill Atwood House Garden
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Growing Herbs in Containers
Thu, 07/28/2022 - 12:00
Montgomery County Extension, 1 Industrial Park Dr., Hillsboro, IL 62049
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Soils 101 for Homeowners
Wed, 08/10/2022 - 12:00
Macoupin County Extension
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Insects & Diseases of the Summer Vegetable Garden
Wed, 08/10/2022 - 12:00
U of I Extension office in Winnebago County, 1040 N. Second Street, Rockford
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Cool Season Vegetables | Falling Into Autumn Gardening Series
Thu, 08/11/2022 - 12:00
Jo Daviess County Extension Office, 204 Vine St. Elizabeth, IL 61028
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Cover Crops and Gardens | Everyday Environment
Thu, 08/11/2022 - 12:00
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Seed Saving Workshop | Kankakee County
Mon, 09/12/2022 - 12:00
Kankakee County Extension Office
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Falling Into the Autumn Vegetable Garden | Falling Into Autumn Gardening Series
Thu, 10/13/2022 - 12:00
Jo Daviess County Extension Office, 204 Vine St. Elizabeth, IL 61028
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Blog Posts
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Use the whole garden and grow a salad in the shade
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Feed your community by safely donating homegrown fruits and vegetables
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Your patience has paid off, plant tomatoes and peppers now
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Give your garden a rest; tend to Mom this weekend
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Patience is critical for many garden vegetables
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Helpful tips for creating a successful container garden
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Decrease your grocery list by planting onions
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Plan your vegetable garden by season or family
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Garden with your kids this summer
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Vegetable Gardening with Raised Beds
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Try growing potatoes this spring: Boost your storage pantry power
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What’s wrong with my seedlings? Troubleshooting seed starting problems
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When should I sow seeds for my vegetable garden?
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Four things to consider when deciding what vegetables to grow
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The Winter Garden Needs Planning Too
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Ravaging Rodents and Fall Planted Bulbs
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Don't forget about these late fall yard chores
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Fall Garlic Planting
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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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There is still hope for the vegetable garden
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Fall Vegetable Gardening
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Crafting the perfect BLT
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When to pick your vegetables
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Iris for Collecting and Asparagus for Eating - May, 2021
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Garden tasks to help get your landscape through the summer
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Want pumpkins for Halloween? Start them now
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How and when to water your garden
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Be wise when watering
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Pruning tomatoes and peppers for healthier plants and a stronger harvest
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Spring cover crops help start the season weed-free
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When can I plant my garden?
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Seed Viability in Storage
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5 Tips for a successful second year gardener
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How to successfully grow asparagus in your garden
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4 Super cool greens to grow in early spring
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Spring FAQs: Is it time to plant yet?
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Use row cover to protect plants from more than just frost
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How to make homemade seed cards for Valentine’s Day
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Seed starting woes? Ask the pros
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When You Seed Vegetable Transplants Matters - February, 2021
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2021 Garden Planning
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Do you know when to plant in Illinois?
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Edibles or ornamentals? Container trends for 2021
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Vermicomposting: A Composting Option for the Winter
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Ordering seeds from garden catalogs
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New plants for a new year - try growing something new in 2021
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Get your seeds early in 2021
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Gardening grew in 2020
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Garlic goes in the ground now for a savory summer
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Ornamental Brassicas
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Strategic Garden Plantings
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2019 Gardening Goals
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Home Composting
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American Ginseng
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Garlic Planting
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Cabbageworms
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Wild Ramps
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Vegetable Gardening in the Midwest
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Planting Potatoes
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Thyme
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High Tunnels
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The History of Squash
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Cover Crops
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Plant Your Fall Garden Now!
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French intensive gardens root well in Central Illinois
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Cover Crops for Home Gardening
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Landscaping Fiction (Part 2): Eggshells, railroad ties, and organics
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Growing and Harvesting Okra
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Hornworm caterpillars on tomatoes
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Tomato Care
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It's Time to Plant a Fall Garden
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Start your fall garden
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Garden in a bucket
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Sow seeds for comfortable fall gardening
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The history of tomatoes: How a tropical became a global crop
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Vegetable garden tips for after a rain
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Harvesting garden vegetables
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Hot weather in the vegetable garden
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Handling your fresh-picked produce
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Watering tips for hot weather
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Top 5 early summer topics for gardeners
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Garlic: So easy even I can grow it!
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Tropical Tuber Thrives in Illinois Heat
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Garden Journal: A helpful gardening tool
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Growing tender and warm-loving vegetables
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How to Grow Sweet Corn
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Plan for Summer's Tomato Harvest Now
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How to Grow Peppers
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The New Victory Garden
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Read and heed the seed packet
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Trouble(s) with Cucurbits
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Welcome to My Jungle - May, 2020
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The Many Different Types of Cucurbits
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How to Grow Cucurbits
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Trouble(s) with Tomatoes
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Different Types of Tomatoes
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New Vegetable Garden Maintenance – Weed and Watering
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How to Grow Tomatoes
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Planting the first-time vegetable garden
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Even Gardeners Have Their First Days
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How to Grow Lettuce
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How to Grow Sweet Potatoes
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How to Grow Carrots
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Selecting Plants for the Vegetable Garden
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Starting a Garden: Irrigation
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Starting a Garden: Fertilization
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Advantages of early vegetable gardening and other spring notes
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Starting a Garden: Season Extension
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Starting a Garden: Hardening Off Indoor Seedlings
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Starting a New Vegetable Garden
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A Beginners Guide To Worm Composting
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Starting a Garden: Weed Management
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Starting Seeds in Spring
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Starting a Garden: Soil Management
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Starting a Garden: Types of Gardens
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More Early Spring FAQs: Lawns, Trees and Seeds
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Starting a Garden: Warm Season Vegetables
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Starting a Garden: Cool-Season Vegetables | And my top 5 cool-season crops to grow
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Starting a Garden: Supplemental Lighting for Indoor Seed Starting
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Starting a Garden: Begin with a Plan
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Starting a Garden: Seed Starting
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Beyond 'Yukon Gold': Growing Purple/Blue Potatoes
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Don't grow distant from your garden!
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Kitchen Scrap Gardening: Regrow Your Fruits and Vegetables!
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Vegetable Variety Recommendations for 2020
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Answers for Early Spring FAQs
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Creating an Edible Landscape
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Illinois Vegetable Planting - Dates, Spacing, and Seeds
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How to Achieve Asparagus's Perpetual Harvest
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Homegrown: DIY Hydroponics for All Gardeners
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It's hard to beat a good beet
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News Releases
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Time to plant Cool Season Vegetables
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Falling Into Autumn Gardening Series
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Overwhelmed by garden produce? Pickle it!
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Tips to harvest garden vegetables at peak quality, flavor
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Feed your community by safely donating homegrown fruits, vegetables
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Grow a piece of history with Kane County tomato plant sale
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Start your growing season with the annual Kendall County Master Gardener plant sale May 21
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Say goodbye to your tomato troubles with free master gardener event
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Kendall Master Gardeners host annual plant sale May 21
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Plant Sale and Local Vendor Event at Dixon Springs Agricultural Center
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Joys Spring Gardening Series
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Totally Tomatoes, Perfect Peppers
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Plant new fruit, vegetable, and flower varieties with confidence with 2022 All-America Selection Winners
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Gardening enthusiasts invited to attend Gardeners’ BIG Day
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Be inspired for a great growing season at April in Paris gardening seminar
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Prepare for gardening season with free Master Gardener seed sowing event
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Attract more butterflies to your garden with tips from an expert
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Plant seeds for success with beginner vegetable gardening workshop
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Falling into the Autumn Vegetable Garden
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Safely store your extra fall produce with these Extension-endorsed tips
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Learn about heirloom gardening and native plants at free garden tour
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Learn how to grow great tomatoes and tour community garden
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Extension Master Gardeners team up with Tazewell County Health Department to grow food for local families
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Irrigate gardens to beat summer heat
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Tomato gardeners beware; blossom end rot can be prevented
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Love fresh salsa? Plant a salsa garden
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Double Your Garden Harvest with Succession Gardening
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Tour beautiful gardens during the Master Gardener Over the Gate Garden Walk
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McHenry County Extension Master Gardeners Grow Produce ‘for Good’
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Garden smarter, not harder: Free online Four Seasons Gardening series open
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Kitchen Scrap Gardening
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Kendall Master Gardeners host plant sale May 15
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McHenry County Extension Master Gardeners Launch Seed Library
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Become involved with a local community garden
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Carroll-Lee-Whiteside Extension to Offer Growing Horticulture in Northwest Illinois Series
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Log on to the McHenry County Virtual Gardenfest on April 10
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Illinois Extension to Offer Get Growing Webinar Series
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Small-batch culinary herbs add flavor to gardening menu
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Small-space containers big with new gardeners
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The time is right to plant cool season vegetables
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Tips for starting your spring garden off strong
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Gardening benefits body, mind, wallet
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Make way for new award-winning garden plants of 2021
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Illinois Extension & Rock Island Public Library offer free online series: Vegetable Gardening Made Easy
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Get ready for spring with Gardening in the Air
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Gardening interests bloom in 2020
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Grow great vegetables with beginner gardening webinar series
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Small, but mighty microgreens are easy to grow indoors
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Falling into the Autumn Vegetable Garden
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Fall Planting: Garlic program coming to Yost House in Pontiac
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Harvest abundant squash for food, decoration
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Benefit your health and environment by growing your own vegetables
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Prolong shelf life of garden-fresh produce with good harvest habits
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Color your garden with a rainbow of vegetables
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Flavor summer with backyard basil
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Vegetable Variety Recommendations
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Enjoy home-grown asparagus with backyard gardening webinar
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Starting a New Vegetable Garden
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Improve your gardens: Four Seasons webinar offers tips
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Get Growing webinar series announced for growing vegetables and fruit
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The Cook's Garden
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Staff
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Christopher Enroth
Horticulture Educator
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Richard Hentschel
Horticulture Educator
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Ken Johnson
Horticulture Educator
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