Educator Lilliann Paine Honored for Racial Equity Work
Educator Lilliann Paine is part of a group recognized this week by the Wisconsin Public Health Association for framing racism as a public health crisis.
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Look closely at a yellowjacket and you will see hairless bodies with alternating yellow and black bands on their bodies.

Gardening Tips: Managing Wasps

Wasps have a bad reputation, but they are very helpful in a garden ecosystem. Read on for more information about how to manage wasps in your gardens.

Wild cucumber is a vine with 5 point leaves and white flowers. The white flowers grow into seed pods with spines.

Wild Cucumber Invasion

By Vijai Pandian, Horticulture Educator All plants, including weeds, are conspicuous in the natural landscape at a certain season. In early autumn, one such attractive weed that has begun to catch attention in southeast Wisconsin is wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata). Native to Wisconsin, wild cucumber is a fast-growing annual vine that grows along roadsides, ditches, […]

Fruit clusters on Grape vine can easy be smothered by leaf growth in late summer.

Gardening Tips: Overgrown Grapes, Fruit Fly Traps, and Apple Tree Water Sprouts

Summer fruit crops are delicous! What can you do to keep your plants healthy? Horticulture Outreach Specialist Vijai Pandian has tips for grapevine management, trapping fruit flies, and pruning apple trees.

We’re Hiring a 4-H Tech Wizards Mentor Coordinator

The 4-H Tech Wizards Mentor Coordinator position is open! Read on to learn more about this position to help middle school youth experience mentoring in science.

Japanese Beetles have iridescent green bodies and legs. From above, they look like ovals with a green stripe down the center and brown striped sides.

How to Deal with Japanese Beetles

Japanese Beetles can be vicious! Read on for tips to manage them in lawns, trees and shrubs, and fruits and veggies.

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Educator Lilliann Paine Honored for Racial Equity Work

Concerned About Lead?

Gardening Tips: Managing Wasps

Wild Cucumber Invasion

Gardening Tips: Overgrown Grapes, Fruit Fly Traps, and Apple Tree Water Sprouts

We’re Hiring a 4-H Tech Wizards Mentor Coordinator

How to Deal with Japanese Beetles