Taste of Gardening

With the increased interest in vegetable gardening, this site offers new gardeners the essential information for planning, planting, maintaining, harvesting and storing vegetables.

Herb Gardening

This website contains a directory of 20 favorite herbs with planting and care information. In addition, the site contains helpful information about preserving herbs.

2009 4-H Fair Schedule of Events

University of Illinois Master Gardeners will be at the Livingston County Extension Office to answer questions about gardening every Wednesday morning from 9 a.m. to 12 noon throughout the gardening season. People may call 842-1776 or stop by the Extension office at 1412 South Locust, Pontiac with horticulture questions. Master Gardeners are volunteers who have been trained by University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Staff. These individuals have completed 100 hours of class time, successfully completed testing and volunteered 30 hours of their time each year to the program. Master Gardeners are also required to have 10 hours of continuing education each year.

Often we receive questions about soil testing in our office. Ellen Phillips has created a listing of Soil Testing Labs in Illinois.

A favorite U of I Extension website has been updated and is ready for gardening enthusiasts!

Gardening with Perennials discusses planting, care and maintenance of common perennials. It also gives a directory of common perennials with detailed profiles.

Bagworms - one of the most misidentified insect pests of evergreens - no it is not a pine cone! Read more to find out how to identify and control these elusive and persistant pests.

More Bagworm Information

WATCH YOUR GARDEN GROW!

The site is a guide to growing, storing and preparing vegetables. A new glossary has been added, as well as the site is now available in Spanish.