Griffin Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension integrated pest management professional and manager of UMaine Extension’s tick lab, told the Bangor Daily News that deer ticks are most active in the fall and will remain active in great numbers, possibly into December when the temperature drops below freezing.
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The Sun Journal promoted “DIY Pickles,” a hands-on food preservation workshop presented by Kate McCarty, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension food systems professional at the Lewiston Public Library. More information about the event, which begins at 4 p.m. Sept. 30, is online.
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Best Life cited advice from Jim Dill in a 2020 Bangor Daily News story about slowing the spread of the browntail moth. In that article, Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, advised that people should kill the caterpillars any way they can.
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Colt Knight, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension livestock specialist, about a recent lightning strike that killed eight beef cows in Winslow. “I wouldn’t say lightning strikes are common, but they definitely happen,” Knight said, noting that livestock deaths from lightning are more common in western states where cattle […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has updated its hay and straw directory, which allows sellers to list and buyers to locate feed supplies for livestock, with some resources available for the 2021 harvest. Growers should visit the site to update or add their available products. Information about forage quality testing and feed budgeting is also […]
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The Irregular, The Piscataquis Observer, the Sun Journal, Centralmaine.com and the Bangor Daily News advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar about how home gardeners can grow garlic. “Growing Great Garlic in Maine” will be held from 6–7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7. Visit the event webpage for more information and to register.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Land for Good will offer a webinar about the sugarbush lease process 7–8:30 p.m. Sept. 28. “Developing Sugarbush Leases“ will include resources and best practices for assessing land value and land leases, and discussions of case studies relevant to maple producers considering a lease agreement. Jason Lilley, UMaine Extension […]
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An op-ed published in the Penobscot Bay Pilot highlighted Lily Calderwood conducting wild blueberry research at a Rockport solar farm. Calderwood, an assistant professor of horticulture and a wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is researching the feasibility of blueberry growing at a solar installation and evaluating their yields.
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The Irregular advanced a mini-session of “Becoming an Outdoors Woman,” offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on Sept. 25 at the 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. More information about the event, which is for women 18 years and older, is online.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online class on dehydrating and freezing for food preservation 6–7:30 p.m. Sept. 23. Learn to safely preserve foods by blanching and freezing, or using a food dehydrator. Freezing instructions and a dehydration food guide will be emailed to participants following the webinar. Registration and a $5 fee […]
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