Webinar Series: Spring Kick-off with the Experts

Are you getting ready for another season of caring for your lawn, landscape, and garden plants? The pests are getting ready, too! Join UW-Madison Extension Horticulture for this FREE Insect Update and Outlook webinar to kick-off the 2023 growing season. Extension Entomologist, Dr. PJ Liesch, will provide an overview of the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab, […]

Webinar Series: The Good, the Bad and the Earthy!

Join us for the next set of FREE webinars to learn about The Good, the Bad and the Earthy! These engaging webinars are each followed by Q&A. Registration is required for each webinar…. attend only one or all three! This series is open to the public. All webinars will be recorded. Go to https://bit.ly/3J2Bbk6 to […]

Register for Foundations in Gardening 2022

Registration opening for 2022’s online course, Growing and Caring for Plants in Wisconsin: Foundations in Gardening! Growing and Caring for Plants in Wisconsin: Foundations in Gardening. Registration is Open July 18 – August 15, 2022! https://bit.ly/3IFgHvt  Take your next step to growing plants successfully using research-based methods! You’ll leave the course with a combination of […]

Youth Tractor Safety Courses Available!

If you or someone you know is interested in Youth Tractor Safety Courses, please visit the UW-Madison Division of Extension Farm Management website. Currently, there is not an in-person course offered in our area. Please consider enrolling in the Virtual Course, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Mon., July 11-Fri., July 15 with driving exams to be determined. The Wisconsin […]

Wisconsin Celebrates Pollinator Week June 20-26, 2022

Wisconsin Celebrates Pollinator Week is June 20-26. Visit the Wisconsin Celebrate Pollinator Week website You can get involved in Wisconsin Celebrates Pollinator Week and help pollinators in many ways! Learn more about pollinators with free webinars, find pollinators and habitat in a scavenger hunt, submit artwork for the poster contest, participate in local activities and […]

Gardening in Community Gardens – Insect and Disease Management

Upcoming Community Garden Program Join us for this free program to learn how to help reduce insect and disease problems in your community garden plot or home garden without using chemicals. We will be at the Rock County Community Garden to discuss how proper watering can help prevent disease, how to scout for signs of […]

Wisconsin Celebrates Pollinator Week June 20-26, 2022

Save the Date! Join in to help pollinators in Wisconsin! Get your calendar and mark down Wisconsin Celebrates Pollinator Week from June 20-26, 2022. Visit the Wisconsin Celebrate Pollinator Week website: https://bit.ly/3Kqg8oT  Wisconsin Celebrates Pollinator Week is dedicated to raising awareness about pollinators and their habitats through statewide and local activities and events. By increasing […]

Lawn Care Tips for a Healthy, Robust Lawn

Do you have a lawn that is just beginning to green? While there’s nothing like that first flush of spring growth, following are a few tips to keep your lawn healthy all year long. Make sure to fertilize regularly over the growing season. Fertilizer helps keep your grass green and healthy. A healthy, robust lawn not […]

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