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Growing Great Vegetables: Preparing the Garden and Care
Submitted by Extension Communications Director: Samantha Koon, Extension Communications
University of Illinois Extension
The spring of 2020 saw a surge of gardeners taking up the trowel for the first time to try their hand at growing vegetables. Growing Great Vegetables is a seven-week webinar series covering the basics of starting a vegetable garden. This session will cover how soil plays an important role in growing a vegetable garden, including soil testing and amendments, fertilizer, manures, mulch, watering, weeding, and gardening tools. Contact: Ken Johnson
February 16 | 1:30 PM: Four Seasons: Therapeutic Value of Nature Are you stressed from having to practice social distancing? Can’t go anywhere? Do anything? Spending time in nature can help soothe and heal. Join Illinois Extension horticulture educator Mary Fischer as she presents research-based studies in support of the healing powers of nature. Contact: Nancy
Hard Cider Production: Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference
Learn about market potential for the addition of hard cider to your existing farm or orchard operation. We’ll delve into the styles, production techniques, financial benefits and reasons why hard cider is a growing trend across the nation. Carla Snyder, Penn State Extension, will share examples from new world cider makers in New Zealand and traditional artisans in the UK about how they adapt to new trends and how the growing U.S. market is changing.
Presenter: Carla Snyder, Penn State Extension
The 25th Annual Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference will be delivered virtually as live webinars over several days. Presenters will cover research-based information on production topics for commercial vegetable and fruit growers from farms in Illinois and Wisconsin, selling to small and/or wholesale markets. The virtual format gives growers access to experts from wherever they are to support their
Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference-Vegetable Track
This presentation will cover the major cucurbit insect pests and control options. This will include spray options and a discussion on insect exclusion techniques which may be of interest to conventional and organic growers alike. The talk will be broken down into sections with time for questions and discussion throughout.
Also included will be the outcomes of the recent research studies on Curcubit and Tomato diseases - Babadoos
University of Illinois Extension will host the
25th Annual
Stateline Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference this February 2021. This conference attracts commercial vegetable and fruit growers from farms in Illinois and Wisconsin, all of whom sell to small and/or wholesale markets, in order to provide them with updated production-related information from Extension specialists at the University of Illinois.