During a News Center Maine segment titled “Gardening with Gutner,” University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulture specialist Pamela Hargest gave tips on how to prepare gardens for planting this spring. Hargest said soil testing is very important and testing kits can be obtained from and sent back to any local UMaine Extension office. Otherwise, she […]
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The Sun Journal featured University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Lynne Holland, a horticulture and social media professional, in a Q&A about pollinator gardens. Holland provides step by step instructions on the four-part process to create a pollinator garden and explains what they are: gardens for native plants with no chemicals and safe places for pollinators […]
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The University of Maine is launching a pilot program in May to better understand tick populations following a record-setting year for Lyme disease. The Portland Press Herald highlighted the new program and interviewed Griffin Dill, a UMaine Cooperative Extension integrated pest management professional. With tick season soon peaking, UMaine researchers plan to study how local […]
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Country Folks Grower followed an informational presentation from Jason Entsminger, a University of Maine assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation, UMaine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and small business specialist. Entsminger presented at a Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners workshop on the challenges of farm employers to offer benefits that allow their workplace to compete with […]
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Bangor Daily News interviewed Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and maple industry educator, on the yield for this year’s maple season. Lilley said sap began flowing about one month earlier this year than it has in previous years. Although the season started out in slow production, he said yields were […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) covered the fourth annual University of Maine Innovative Local Foods Cooking Challenge in Hitchner Hall on Thursday, April 25. University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor Kathie Savoie and food science pilot plant manager Robert Dumas helped coordinate the competition. Eleanor Nery […]
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Bangor Daily News featured Tori Jackson, a program administrator for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in an article that overviewed tips for mapping land to best know how to utilize it. Jackson recommended estimating the cost of materials by using spreadsheets like graph paper to sketch individual projects to scale.
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The Windham Eagle highlighted the kick off for the growing season for Raymond Community Garden, an effort that started about 10 years ago with federal stimulus funding and is maintained through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Hunger Project. The community garden contains both rental plots and a large common plot, where […]
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A University of Maine Cooperative Extension webpage on the rash caused by tussock caterpillars was cited by The State, a newspaper based in South Carolina. Abundant in South Carolina, the caterpillar causes a rash that children are more susceptible to and at risk of a harsher variation than adults, according to the information from UMaine […]
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Mainebiz highlighted a trip to France April 14-22 that a group of chefs, seafood professionals, writers, economic development specialists and educators are taking to learn about techniques for handling and preparing scallops. Dana Morse, senior extension program manager and aquaculture lead at Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Rob Dumas, UMaine […]
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