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WEBA Strategic Path for Extension Impact. Throughout 2023 and early 2024, Illinois Extension, in partnership with Huron Consulting Group, engaged in a comprehensive planning process to refine and refresh its core priorities, goals, and paths to success through internal and external stakeholder surveys, focus groups, and listening sessions statewide.
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WEBAbout Learn @ Illinois Extension. Your gateway to online learning from University of Illinois Extension. Search the catalog of courses to find volunteer training, pesticide training and exams, Master Gardener and Master Naturalist training, and much more. While most courses require you to have an account, we have several guest-access courses.
How to take care of amaryllis and get them to rebloom
WEBDec 3, 2021 · Amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.) are large bulbs, often 2-5 inches in diameter.The bulbs will produce large (four-to-ten-inch) trumpet-shaped flowers on long, hollow stalks (1 to 2 feet long). The flowers can be single or double, and range from red, salmon, pink, and white to bicolor and are often striped or mottled.
Fall is spider season as orb-weavers spin bigger webs
WEBSep 16, 2021 · There's a social media meme that says, “There is no better karate instructor than a spider web in the face.” I don’t know about the karate skills, but nothing makes you swat, rub and dance quite like walking into a web.
Illinois Master Gardeners | Illinois Extension | UIUC
WEBAugust 1, 2024. Get outside, get learning at fall 2024 Illinois Master Naturalist conference. URBANA, Ill. — The very nature of nature is that it is always changing. Seasons come and go, birds flit in and out of view, and water ebbs and flows constantly moving downstream. Master Naturalist volunteers are invited to stay up to date on nature ...
Baldfaced Hornet: Dangerous bug or beneficial insect?
WEBFeb 10, 2022 · They are beneficial insects, consuming other pests including fighting with the ground-nesting yellowjackets. Entomologists have observed the inside of the baldfaced hornet nests are sometimes yellow as they are filled with the remains of the ground-nesting yellow jackets. Baldfaced hornets also act as pollinators.
How to successfully grow asparagus in your garden
WEBMar 26, 2021 · Dig a trench that is 12-18 inches wide and six inches deep. Place the crowns 9 to 12 inches apart in the trench, making sure the bud side is up. Once the crowns are in the trench, you don’t want to completely fill the trench with soil. Instead, cover them with 2 inches of soil and continue to fill the trench as the plants grow taller during ...
Pesticide Safety Education Program - Illinois Extension
WEBOct 7, 2024 · If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact us in advance. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet access needs. Training or registration questions? Contact Us at (217) 244-2123 or email [email protected].
Extension User Portal | Illinois Extension
WEBWelcome to a new and streamlined authentication system for Illinois Extension programs, where all you need is one account. This unified account allows you to manage all Illinois Extension apps in one place. This can include one or more of the following: Volunteer application. Learn @ Illinois Extension courses.
More than monarchs - What are those bugs on my milkweed?
WEBJul 30, 2021 · There are two species of true bugs (Hemiptera) that can commonly be found on milkweed, the large and small milkweed bugs. Adult large milkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) are ¾” long, orange to reddish-orange, with a black band across their back. The nymphs and adults will feed on milkweed, particularly the seeds, and are commonly found clustering on plants' seed pods.