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Jason Lilley

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Event Series Advanced Apiary Management

Canceled Advanced Apiary Management

UMaine Regional Learning Center 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, ME, United States

The Advanced Apiary Management Course is designed for beekeepers with 5 to 8 hives and a minimum of 3 years of experience. This 5-part course will cover topics including overwintering hives, disease and pest identification and management, mite management including monitoring and treatment options, swarm management, and queen rearing. The program will be offered over […]

bee on yellow flower
Event Series Advanced Apiary Management

Canceled Advanced Apiary Management

UMaine Regional Learning Center 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, ME, United States

The Advanced Apiary Management Course is designed for beekeepers with 5 to 8 hives and a minimum of 3 years of experience. This 5-part course will cover topics including overwintering hives, disease and pest identification and management, mite management including monitoring and treatment options, swarm management, and queen rearing. The program will be offered over […]

image of tree with tap and sap bucket

Backyard Maple Sugaring Workshop

Standish Town Hall 175 Northeast Rd., Standish, ME, United States

Join experienced sugarmakers for demonstrations and discussion on all aspects of making maple syrup, the sweetest gift of nature, in your own backyard! In the morning, learn about identifying and tapping trees, collecting and boiling sap, and more. After a short break, join us at Dunn Family Maple to look at their tubing systems and […]

Soil Steaming: Grower Discussion Session- Postponed. New date TBA

UMaine Regional Learning Center 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, ME, United States

Come learn about the potential of soil steaming as a weed management tool. This practice is being used by farmers in high tunnels and localized zones of field production. This discussion session will highlight the experiences of a farmer cooperative who have been sharing a steamer unit as part of a Specialty Crop Block Grant. […]

bee on yellow flower
Event Series Advanced Apiary Management

Canceled Advanced Apiary Management

UMaine Regional Learning Center 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, ME, United States

The Advanced Apiary Management Course is designed for beekeepers with 5 to 8 hives and a minimum of 3 years of experience. This 5-part course will cover topics including overwintering hives, disease and pest identification and management, mite management including monitoring and treatment options, swarm management, and queen rearing. The program will be offered over […]

A photo of healthy soil

Nutrient Management in Deep Compost Mulch Systems

UMaine Regional Learning Center 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, ME, United States

More and more farmers are adopting the deep compost mulch no-till system. This system has many benefits including eliminating tillage, reducing weed populations, and increasing resilience to water extremes. However there is little known about optimizing nutrient management in this system. Join this discussion with Bruce Hoskins (UMaine Soil Testing Service Assistant Scientist), Nick Rowley […]

bee on yellow flower
Event Series Advanced Apiary Management

Canceled Advanced Apiary Management

UMaine Regional Learning Center 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, ME, United States

The Advanced Apiary Management Course is designed for beekeepers with 5 to 8 hives and a minimum of 3 years of experience. This 5-part course will cover topics including overwintering hives, disease and pest identification and management, mite management including monitoring and treatment options, swarm management, and queen rearing. The program will be offered over […]

two hands holding soil over cover crop

Nutrient Management with Cover Crops

Online

Fertilizer is expensive. In this webinar we'll discuss how cover crops can play a central role in preventing nutrients from leaving your soils, providing nitrogen, and influencing when soil nutrients […]

Sprayer Calibration Workshop

Willows Awake Winery 10 Leeds Junction Rd., Leeds, ME, United States

Join UMaine Extension and Willows Awake Winery for this interactive demonstration on calibrating airblast sprayers. Resources for calibrating boom and backpack sprayers will be discussed and available, however the focus […]

$10
farmer driving a tractor in a field
Event Series Farm Tractor Safety Course – Gorham

Farm Tractor Safety Course – Gorham

Shaw Cherry Hill Farm Cherry Hill Road, Gorham, ME, United States

Participants will learn how to handle tractors and equipment safely, how to identify hazards, and how to minimize the chances of accidents. The course is open to all adults and youth interested. A Federal Certificate of Training will be issued at the end of the course after successful completion of the written test and driving […]

$20 – $40
Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County
75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104 Falmouth, Maine 04105
Tel: 207.781.6099 or 1.800.287.1471 (in Maine) Fax: extension.cumberland@maine.edu
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