Now Hiring a Positive Youth Development Educator

Join our UW-Madison Division of Extension team in Kenosha County as the Positive Youth Development Educator!! This dynamic position focuses on Community Youth Development including: Positive youth development issued based programming focused on reaching underserved and underrepresented audiences Providing leadership and support for Youth In Governance, and other youth/adult partnership programming creating space for youth voice and action Building community capacity […]

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Holiday Rosemary

Growing Rosemary Indoor Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) is a popular aromatic herb that symbolizes remembrance, friendship, and loyalty.  Often sold during the holiday season in a decorated topiary form, the value of rosemary goes beyond its ornamental use. Since the Roman era, both fresh and dried rosemary has been used for cosmetics, medicinal, and culinary purposes.  […]

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Winter Mulch Your Landscape Plants

Winterize Your Landscape Fluctuating temperatures in late fall and winter can cause considerable damage to many landscape plants.  Especially when the temperature suddenly drops into the 20s, landscape plants need an extra layer of winter protection if there is little or no snow cover. One of the best blanket covers to protect the crown and […]

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A practice of gratitude

Article written by Mary Metten, Health and Well-being Extension Educator.  Originally published in the Kenosha News. Thinking back to a movie I watched a lot with my brother as kids, Ferris Bueller said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” All at once, it […]

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Spring into Gardening Speakers Bios

SPRING INTO GARDENING – 2021 – BIOS DOUG SOLDAT Doug Soldat is a professor and extension specialist in the Department of Soil Science at UW-Madison. His research, teaching, and extension programs deal with improving the agronomic, economic, and environmental sustainability of maintaining turfgrass. He is a native Wisconsinite and earned his Ph.D. in Horticulture at […]

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2021 Landscape Short Course Speakers Bio

Course Speakers Nina Lauren Bassuk, Ph.D. Nina is a professor in the Horticulture Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dr. Bassuk is also a professor and program leader of the Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University and sits on the board of the New York […]

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Rent Smart – Train the Trainer

Rent Smart focuses on the knowledge and skills essential for a successful renting experience. Join us on December 3-4 to learn to facilitate the Rent Smart program effectively in your organization and community. Register HERE Learn more about the Rent Smart program HERE

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Winter mulch your landscape plants

Article was written by Vijai Pandian, Horticulture Extension Educator.  Originally published in the Kenosha News. Fluctuating temperatures in late fall and winter can cause considerable damage to many landscape plants, especially when the temperature suddenly drops into the 20s, landscape plants need an extra layer of winter protection if there is little or no snow cover. […]

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Hunting and agriculture closely tied

Article was written by Leigh Presley, Agriculture Extension Educator.  Originally published in the Kenosha News. My dog Barkley left for a pheasant hunting trip to South Dakota this week. Barkley loves to run around, but when it comes to finding birds, he doesn’t quite live up to his pedigree — a fault I attribute more to […]

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Processing and recovering from community trauma

Article was written by Amy Greil, Community Development Extension Educator.  Originally published in The Kenosha News. Community trauma. Whether through natural disasters, public health crises or tragic social events spurring community-level violence, these are deeply felt by residents but often not recognized. Like so many of you, since Sunday, Aug. 23, I have been processing the Kenosha […]

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