 "Sustainable Lawn Care"Sustainable lawn care is easier
than most homeowners think. Having a sustainable lawn care program
involves many of the lawn care activities a homeowner already does,
just with some modifications, and once those activities are put in
perspective, the lawn becomes more manageable.
There have been advances in feeding the lawn, giving homeowners
choices that were not around just a few years ago. There will be new
suggestions for taking care of the lawn, lessening weed and disease
pressure, keeping the lawn greener longer each year, and information
on renovation practices to improve how your lawn looks, while being
sustainable at the same time.
Learn why mowing your lawn longer rather than shorter provides
better weed control and stress recovery from a disease or bad
weather. Learn how to manage your lawn with the resources you have,
and that includes the time you have to spend in your yard.
Richard Hentschel, University of Illinois Extension horticulture
educator, will present the lawn program today (Tuesday), beginning
at 1 p.m.
"Vegetable Garden Planning"
Vegetable gardening is an activity the whole family can enjoy.
What better gardening satisfaction can you achieve than growing your
own vegetables for your family to eat. You can select what you like,
and you know how it was grown and cared for.
But what do you need to consider when starting a vegetable
garden? What size garden? What is the easiest to grow?
Jim Schmidt, horticulture specialist with the University of
Illinois, will walk you through the process of planning a home
vegetable garden, from choosing a site, deciding what to grow, to
timing your plantings for maximum success. He also will answer your
vegetable gardening questions.
The vegetable garden program will be on April 24 at 1 p.m.
"Bug Invaders of the Foreign Kind"
Invasive insects are a result of the movement of humans around
the globe. Introductions of them into the United States have
followed human immigration and trade with other parts of the world.
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Many of our earliest invasive pests are of European origin, as
were the first human immigrants in the 1600s. Recent trade with
Asian countries has been accompanied with invasive insects from that
part of the world, including emerald ash borer, Asian long-horned
beetle, multicolored Asian lady beetle and brown marmorated stink
bug.
These and other invasive insects will be addressed in the
presentation by Phil Nixon, entomologist with University of Illinois
Extension, on May 8 at 1 p.m. "A Gardening Calendar"
In our gardens, both indoors and outdoors, every season has its
tasks. Spring brings the flush of new growth and our to-do list
expands. But what about the rest of the year? We have houseplant
care in January, starting seeds indoors during February and March,
garden cleanup in April and May, and the list goes on.
Ron Wolford, University of Illinois Extension horticulture
educator, offers a month-to-month guide of key garden chores and
tips on May 22 at 1 p.m.
All programs in this series will be presented at the Logan County
U of I Extension office, 980 N. Postville Drive, Lincoln. The
sessions will be via the University of Illinois telenet system and
local computer PowerPoint presentations, allowing live discussion
between the instructor and gardeners throughout Illinois.
If interested, call the Logan County U of I Extension office at
217-732-8289 or register at
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lms/ to reserve a seat and
packet of information. The cost of the program is $5, payable that
day.
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University of
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