Cooperative Extension in York County

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 […]

Hi All, A bit of follow up from yesterday’s class on Soils Part II. Here is a link to the Soil Fertilizer Calculations (PDF) you worked on in class yesterday. This coming week we will cover Botany Part I. Homework: Review the Botany Primer (PDF), pages 1-40 (Introduction, Stems and Buds, Root and Leaves). We will cover […]

Hi All, Great job hanging in there through our first class on Soils and Home Composting. If you have time (Optional), enjoy listening to this amazing podcast: From Tree to Shining Tree. This coming week our class will focus on Soils Part II and Vermicomposting (worm composting). Homework/Readings:  Review Soils readings from last week. Familiarize yourself with the Soils […]

Hi All, This is my first blog post for this year’s class with many more to come. Our class next Tuesday morning at 8:30 will be on Soils Part I and Home Composting. This is the page to please BOOKMARK for one-stop shopping for all your York County Master Gardener Forms and Information, including links to the […]