Mid-American Gardener: Roses are red…
This week the panel is talking about roses, along with garden phlox and trees.
Mystery of the Tiny Bouncing Spheres
What’s shaped like a ball and white, less than a millimeter in diameter, and bounces like a Mexican jumping bean?. Jumping oak galls; they form around the larvae of tiny wasps as they feed on leaves. As the larvae mature, the galls fall to the ground, where they overwinter and the stingless wasps emerge as adults the following spring.
GOP Convention; Talking Race, Police & Violence; What’s Killing Trees In Illinois?
On the 21st: The GOP convention kicked off Monday in Cleveland. Plus, we talked about Decatur's community reaction after a shooting that took place last week. Also, why are so many Illinois trees dying? - One Champaign Master Gardener explained why.
Mid-American Gardener: Let’s talk about jasmine
The Mid-American Gardener panel considers the jasmine plant.
Mid-American Gardener: Rotating flowers, fall plant dividing
We know to rotate our vegetable plantings each year... but what about our flowers?
IPM Newsroom
Danville gets $1 million to focus on tree planting program
DANVILLE – The City of Danville has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Inflation Reduction Act and the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program. This grant will be used in launching a new program, Community Roots: Danville’s Urban Reforestation and Revitalization Plan. “This initiative is designed to enhance tree canopy…