News

December 2025 4-H Newsletter

Table of Contents 4-H Calendar 4-H Club Happenings State 4-H News Other UMaine Extension Cumberland County News Upcoming in Cumberland County 4-H December 17: Fun with 4-H, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Windham Public Library December 22: Maker Monday #2, 4:30-5:30 p.m., 4-H Office in Falmouth December 31: Enrollments due for returning 4-H members January 4: Winterfest, 1:00-4:00 […]

Read more

November 2025 4-H Newsletter

Table of Contents 4-H Calendar 4-H Club Happenings State 4-H News Other UMaine Extension Cumberland County News Upcoming in Cumberland County 4-H November 15: IRS 990 E-Postcards due November 19: Fun with 4-H, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Windham Public Library November 20: CC 4-H Leaders Meeting, 7:00-9:00 PM, Online & 80 Huston Road, Gorham, ME November 24: […]

Read more

The Gardens at Tidewater Farm: Fall 2025

Garden Update We’ve reached fall!  The colors and textures are changing daily at Tidewater as the season shifts. Chipmunks are busy digging endless holes to store their winter caches, and the landscape is alive with seasonal transitions. This time of year highlights plants and shrubs that offer late-season forage for bees and fruits for songbirds, […]

Read more

September 2025 4-H Newsletter

Table of Contents 4-H Calendar 4-H Club Happenings State 4-H News Other UMaine Extension Cumberland County News Upcoming in Cumberland County 4-H September 12: Cumberland 4-H Exhibit Hall Entry Form due September 18: CC 4-H Leaders Association Meeting , 7:00-9:00 p.m., Online & Gorham Public Works, 80 Huston Road, Gorham September 21 – September 27: […]

Read more

The Gardens at Tidewater Farm: Summer 2025

Garden Update It was a cool, wet, and busy spring which is why our first newsletter of 2025 is a post-Solstice one! Happy summer! Thank you to all who attended and made our 30th annual Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Sale a success over Memorial Day weekend.  Every year it gets better, as the focus shifts […]

Read more

July 2025 4-H Newsletter

Table of Contents 4-H Calendar 4-H Club Happenings State 4-H News Other UMaine Extension Cumberland County News Upcoming in Cumberland County 4-H July 10-13: Ossipee Valley Fair July 16: FUN WITH 4-H, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Rd., Windham July 16 – August 13: Summer SPIN Programs July 18-20: State 4-H Dairy […]

Read more

May 2025 4-H Newsletter

Table of Contents 4-H Calendar 4-H Club Happenings State 4-H News Other UMaine Extension Cumberland County News Upcoming in Cumberland County 4-H May 1:  Paul Merrill 4-H Memorial Fund Applications Due ESE Dairy and Horse Animal Approval Forms Due Working Steer Animal Approval Forms Due May 15: CC 4-H Leaders and Volunteers Meeting, 7:00-9:00 p.m., […]

Read more

March 2025 4-H Newsletter

Table of Contents 4-H Calendar 4-H Club Happenings State 4-H News Other UMaine Extension Cumberland County News Upcoming in Cumberland County 4-H March 1: Maine 4-H ESE Dairy Team Intent due March 3: Maine 4-H Foundation Scholarships due to County office March 3: Office Hours via Zoom, 7:00-8:00 p.m. March 8: Western/Central Regional Public Speaking […]

Read more

The Gardens at Tidewater Farm: October 2024

Garden Update Welcome fall! The days are shortening and the asters are popping! September brought the late summer weather of our dreams with warm, sunny days and cool nights. Our annual flowers and vegetables were very grateful for the irrigation systems at Tidewater which got us through the unusually dry August and September. So far, we […]

Read more

Summer 2024 News and Events at Tidewater Farm

Garden Update Been hot enough for ya? That fast and hot part of summer has really taken a hold and here we find ourselves in August! How’d that happen? Long days have our vegetable crops, annual flowers and perennials taking off. The monarchs have appeared along with fast growing weeds and hungry deer jumping the […]

Read more