Cooperative Extension in York County

We will meet at Laudholm Farm in the Wells Estuarine Research Reserve this week, same place we were for our Annual Meeting, in the Mather Auditorium at 9:00 AM. Please Review your chapter on Plants for Maine’s Landscape Your Take Home Review # 2 will be due that day.       

Homework: Resources to review for this Week’s Class on Home Garden Entomology (Bugs) and Plant Pathology (Diseases) Entomology (password protected chapter); see your email for password Submitting an Insect Specimen Home Garden Insect Photo Library Disease Cycles Plant Pathology Note: Both of the disease sections of your chapter are password protected. You have been given the password in […]

This coming week we will focus on Sustainable Landscape Design and Growing Herbs in Maine. Homework: Review Designing Your Landscape for Maine. Familiarize yourself with the chapter on Landscape Design and Maintenance   

This week we will cover Vegetable Gardening in Maine Part II. Please remember to bring your PowerPoint handout from Part I. Please review the vegetable chapter of your online manual.  You do not have to read every fact sheet in detail. There is probably more here than you can read in one week. Focus on what is […]

This week will be a “hands on” pruning field trip to Berry Best Farm at 33 Colburn Way, Lebanon. Please click their website link for directions or follow your GPS to the address. We will meet at the farm at 9:00 AM. Please dress for the outdoors and wear appropriate shoes for wet areas though. If you have hand […]

Please review the vegetable chapter of your online manual.  You do not have to read every fact sheet in detail. There is probably more here than you can read in one week. Focus on what is of highest interest to you and familiarize yourself with the resources available in the remainder of the Vegetable Chapter.

Hi All, It is nice to post for April – we are getting there. I have seen red maples budding out – a favorite site! I will be at the UMaine Orono campus all next week so you will be in good hands with Sue and our speaker. I will have your reviews back the […]

Hi All, This coming week will be Small Fruits Part II focusing on minor (for Maine) small fruit crops such as grapes, hardy kiwi, elderberries and chokeberries. Please bring your PowerPoint handout from last week as it has the remaining slides we will be covering on it. Reading Homework: Please Review these three videos related […]

Hello All, Next week’s class will focus on the Small Fruits: Strawberries, Highbush Blueberries, and Brambles. Homework: David Handley will be with us to teach Small Fruits including Strawberries, Blueberries and Raspberries. In a later class we will cover grapes and minor small fruit crops. From Your Small Fruit Chapter Please Review these Fact Sheets: Growing […]

Volunteerism: Review this section of your Volunteerism Chapter: Videos UMaine Cooperative Extension Volunteers: Making a Difference Volunteer Rights and Responsibilities — Module 2 Liability — Module 3 Required Training Videos for Extension Volunteers Sexual Discrimination Training for Cooperative Extension Volunteers Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect for University of Maine Volunteers