Cooperative Extension in York County

Next week our class will focus on Plant Disease Management in the Home Garden with Alicyn Smart. Homework: Review the Disease Cycles and Plant Pathology sections of your Pest Management chapter. Note: Both of these sections of your chapter are password protected. You have been given the password in the email with the link to this blog. […]

Hi All, I have decided to give you one more week before your next take home review so we can even out the material covered a little better. I will give you the take home next week and include this coming week’s class on Pesticide Safety. Homework: Please review the Pesticide Safety chapter of your manual, including […]

This coming week our class will be on Growing Vegetables in Maine part II. Homework: Please review the vegetable chapter of your online manual. Familiarize yourself with the resources here. You do not have to read every fact sheet in detail. Your next take home review will come next week.

Great pruning field trip at Berry Best Farm yesterday and our hosts were so wonderful. I look forward to seeing most of you on Saturday at the MG Annual Meeting. We have a great agenda planned and we will introduce you to many other active Master Gardener Volunteers in York County and launch our program planning. This coming […]

This week will be a “hands on” pruning workshop at Berry Best Farm at 33 Colburn Way, Lebanon. We will meet at the farm at 10:00 AM and be there until noon. Please dress for the outdoors and wear appropriate shoes for wet areas though the snowpack should be almost gone by then. If you have hand […]

This coming week’s class will focus on Growing Tree Fruits in Maine with Renae Moran, Extension Pomology Specialist. Homework: Please review the Tree Fruit chapter of your online manual, including videos and publications. Also review Growing Tree Fruit in Maine, which is password protected. I will give you the password in a separate email as this blog is […]

NOTE: Our regular classroom upstairs will not be available for us on Tuesday, therefore please look for class on the floor below in the Sanford Adult Education Office. We will have signs posted. Hi All, I am typing in the comfort of my basement office as the snow drives down hard and you are hopefully all […]

Hello All, Great class and discussion with David Handley yesterday. I was very impressed with the interest and enthusiasm of the class, especially considering he had finished 20 minutes early and everyone stayed to keep asking questions and contributing to the discussions. David Handley’s Food Safety PowerPoint (PDF) David Handley’s Five Steps for Food Safe […]

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 this week as it has the remaining slides we will be covering on it. No Quiz this week! Reading Homework: Please Review […]

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 […]