Windbreak Designing Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2009

If you live in a rural area that is constantly exposed to the wind, you could save money by installing a farmstead windbreak. In the winter, a dense multi-row windbreak can save 10 to 40 percent in heating your home. Energy use to cool your home in the summer can also be reduced by a windbreak.

Windbreaks can have other benefits too. Wildlife habitat, especially with the addition of shrubs can be created. Fruit trees or trees for fuel wood production can also be incorporated into a windbreak, providing food and fuel to heat your home.

Join Dave Shiley, Natural Resources Management Extension Educator as he presents windbreak design, planting, and maintenance. Renovating old windbreaks will also be discussed. This statewide teleconference, which includes a PowerPoint presentation filled with windbreak images, is set for November 12 at University of Illinois Extension in Carlinville. The seminar runs from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Advance registration by November 10 is needed. You can register by phone at 217-854-9604. Cost for the program is $3 per person