Join Extension for this free online program on how to control insect pests in your backyard while also protecting pollinators! This presentation covers the fundamentals of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), understanding pesticide labels, knowing the difference between systemic and contact pesticides, and toxicity levels of common products or ingredients for pollinators. There is no cost […]

UW-Madison Division of Extension Horticulture Program is offering FREE educational online programs to help you be more successful in your own yards, gardens, containers – anywhere you grow plants!  Our next series, Houseplant Myth Busters, Tool Ideas and Succulent Spotlight, starts soon. Registration is required for each program. Participants can attend only one or all […]

UW-Madison Division of Extension Horticulture Program is offering FREE educational online programs to help you be more successful in your own yards, gardens, containers – anywhere you grow plants!  Our next series, Digging Deeper, starts soon. Registration is required for each program. Participants can attend only one or all three! This series is open to […]

Want to be a better gardener? Learn online with Extension!  Growing and Caring for Plants in Wisconsin: Foundations in Gardening is an online, complete-at-your-own-pace introductory course offered by the UW-Madison Division of Extension Horticulture Program. This course is designed for anyone who wants to level up their gardening skills! Participants will learn key concepts for […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations that July 5 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans due to drought that began on Nov. 1, 2022. Low-interest disaster loans are available in several Minnesota counties and the bordering counties of […]