Morning Ag Clips, Centralmaine.com, Opera News and the Bangor Daily News promoted a tractor safety training course offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and other online Extension farm safety resources. To request a local tractor safety class, contact Jason Lilley, 207.781.6099; jason.lilley@maine.edu.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has expanded and updated a series of bulletins about growing houseplants in Maine. “Tips for Growing Houseplants in Maine: Caring for Houseplants in Maine” provides guidelines for growing healthy indoor plants even during winter, creating new plants with cuttings, and using artificial light. Diagnosing common problems and controlling insects and […]
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The Livermore Falls Advertiser cited University of Maine Cooperative Extension professionals Rick Kersbergen and Dave Fuller in a story about unusual double clover blossoms found in Wilton. Kersbergen tentatively identified the plants as red clover or Kura clover.
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David Handley, a vegetable and small fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, talked with the Portland Press Herald about the early strawberry crop this year, suggesting that consumers who like to pick their own berries should do so soon. Centralmaine.com shared the PPH story.
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Kate Garland, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulture professional, and Sonja Birthisel, a postdoctoral researcher at UMaine, talked with the Bangor Daily News about using a flamethrower to kill weeds. Express also reported the story.
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Clay Kirby, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension insect diagnostician, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about June bugs, large harmless beetles that are seen commonly in Maine every year at this time.
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Jim Dill, an integrated pest management professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about strategies for repelling horse and deer flies. The story featured an image of a deer fly taken by Griffin Dill, manager of the Cooperative Extension tick lab at UMaine.
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The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal, Morning Ag Clips, Centralmaine.com and the Daily Bulldog promoted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension at 6 p.m. on June 24. “Water Bath Canning Basics–Making Strawberry Jam” will demonstrate how to turn fresh berries into jams and jellies and then preserve them using a boiling water bath canner. More information is online.
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Clay Kirby, an insect diagnostician with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about June bugs. “For me they are a lot of fun and I have pleasant memories of them,” he said, “Of course, I do remind my motorcycle friends to wear goggles or visors this time of year if […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Advertiser Democrat, Morning Ag Clips, Centralmaine.com, the Sun Journal, Wiscasset Newspaper, the Daily Bulldog and the Boothbay Register advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s new hands-on summer learning series focused on Maine agriculture for ages 12–18. Learn more about “4-H Fridays on the Farm” online.
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