I’m writing with great news: as an extension of its new PowerPlanting<https://www.comed.com/newsroom/pages/newsroomreleases_04232015.pdf?FileTracked=true>program, ComEd will be giving away an additional 2,700 low-growing trees tocustomers in northern Illinois. The program, in partnership with the Arbor DayFoundation, is part of ComEd’s ongoing efforts to enhance reliability and promoteenvironmental stewardship. Residents interested in receiving
University of Illinois Extension Whiteside County invites you to a Living Soils and Composting Workshop taking place on Thursday, February 12, 2015, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the Whiteside Extension Office,100 E. Knox Street, in Morrison, IL. Presenting at the workshop will be Sharon Hartzold, USDA-NRCS, Area Resource Conservationist,
Remember last year’s summer and fall drought? Remember grumbling about the long, cold winter we experienced after? Have you noticed there are very few Japanese beetles ravaging your 2014 growing things? The two are connected. University of Illinois Entomologist Phil Nixon predicted this would occur. He estimated 2/3 of the