By Sara Conant, Administrative Support Specialist 4-H The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Staff in Cumberland County have held an in-kind donation drive for the past five years to benefit The Preble Street Resource Center in Portland, Maine. With the help our volunteers, members, and community, we’ve been able to donate hundreds of warm clothing […]
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The Cumberland County Extension Association (CCEA) Annual Meeting was held last night at the UMaine Regional Learning Center, in Falmouth due to impending storms. This event is a time when our UMaine Extension Cumberland staff honor outstanding volunteers from all program areas. This year we also celebrated fifty years of the Expanded Food and Nutrition […]
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Maine Government News AUGUSTA – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), Maine Forest Service (MFS), and 211 Maine announced today a new way for Mainers to get information about browntail moths. People with questions can now call 211 Maine to speak to a specialist regarding browntail moth biology, management, pesticide options, health […]
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What does a soil test from the Cooperative Extension do? A soil test will tell you: -Nutrient levels in your soil – Soil pH levels – Presence of lead contamination, if any Why should I test my soil? A soil test will help you to optimize your garden or lawn by providing the information […]
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Where can a gardener go to grow a thriving, easy, inexpensive garden which helps native pollinators? Come to the Master Gardener Plant Sale! Master Gardeners are a wealth of knowledge on the selection and care of plants. Any Master Gardener will say, plants tend to do better in the habitats they are native to. […]
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What Browntail Moths Are & What You Can Do: Last week at the UMaine Extension Cumberland County office, we noticed a few caterpillar nest tents in the branches of the crab apples. The caterpillars had just begun to hatch. We removed them by cutting the nests out of the trees. It is important that even […]
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Would you like to develop expertise in food preservation? Thank you for your interest in the Master Food Preserver class! The application period for 2019 is now closed. To be placed on an interest list for next year’s class, please email foodnutritioncumberland@maine.edu. Accepted applicants will spend this summer with new friends in a small class setting. They […]
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Did you know that you can buy a single sweet potato from the grocery store and turn it into many pounds of food from the garden? Fascinating! In this interview for our blog readers, Master Gardener Volunteer, Tom Witwicki describes sweet potato cultivation. He suggests that red garnet and Japanese purple are two varieties […]
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Connect with us on campus! May 31 – June 1, 2019 Do you ever wonder what it’s like to spend a weekend on a college campus? 4-H@UMaine is the chance to check out what the University of Maine has to offer! Middle school and high school students will be special guests on campus! They will […]
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The Annual Master Gardener Plant Sale sells more than just plants. They feature gently used garden tools too! If you come to the plant sale, you just may find the exact tool you need at a price you bargain for! “It goes well with the reduce, reuse, recycle philosophy,” says Master Gardener, Leigh Mundhenk, […]
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