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Blog Posts (29)

Autumn allergies: don’t blame goldenrod

Autumn allergies: don’t blame goldenrod bee on yellow goldenrod bloom

Bermudagrass: You either love it or hate it

Choose your garden tools to fit your needs

Lawn Care and Pollinators

Knowing poisonous plants can save a life

Common poisonous plants of Illinois

Poison hemlock toxicity risk and control

poison hemlock flowers

Crabgrass: annual weed, perennial problem

Anticipating the first fall frost in the garden

There is still hope for the vegetable garden

Enjoying the home landscape

Beware of poison ivy's different forms

close up of green poison ivy leaves

Get weeds early and often

The wild carrot family is full of harmful plants

wild parnsnip

Garden tasks to help get your landscape through the summer

Garden tasks to help get your landscape through the summer. vegetable and flower garden with mulch path in-between.

Integrated pest management key to preventing herbicide resistant weeds

Two Weeks after post-emergence herbicide application

Take control of your weed woes

Surveying winter damage as spring emerges

Are you ready for lawn care season

Large Crabgrass

5 Tips for a successful second year gardener

garden with fruit and veggies

Winter blooming hellebores

Hairy crabweed is one bad weed!

Editing aggressive plants in the garden

Fall cleanup continues: beware of weed seeds

compost bin open with contents showing

Take your butterfly garden to the next level

Home Horticultural Remedies

Home Horticultural Remedies

Welcome to My Jungle - January, 2020

Weed Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace

creeping charlie and dandelion among turf grass

How to prevent crabgrass

crabgrass in lawn

Starting a Garden: Weed Management

Weed free tomatoes

News Releases (5)

Grassy weeds becoming more common in lawns

Four Seasons Gardening Series will answer homeowners' common questions

Leaves of three? Keep poison ivy out of the home landscape

To outsmart weeds in the garden, take multiple approaches

Weeds or wildflowers? It's a matter of perspective

Staff (3)

Nick Frillman

Nick Frillman

Local Food Systems and Small Farms Educator

Sarah Vogel staff photo

Sarah Vogel

Horticulture and Natural Resources Educator

Michelle Wiesbrook

Michelle Wiesbrook

Extension Specialist, Weed Science