University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about supporting pollinators and their habitats 6–7:15 p.m. May 26. “Supporting Pollinators in Your Landscape” will focus on native pollinators and their habitat needs, with tips for plant selection, and design and maintenance of established gardens […]
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Morning Ag Clips, The Free Press and the Bangor Daily News promoted a weekly financial workshop for maple syrup producers scheduled for Tuesday evenings June 8–29. “Is My Maple Business Profitable? Finances for Maple Producers,” which is sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of Vermont Extension, is designed to help maple business owners understand […]
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An article from Frank Wertheim, University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate professor of agriculture and horticulture, and his colleagues from Husson University and Maine Campus Compact was published in the latest issue of Maine Policy Review. Their article, “Food Insecurity in Maine Higher Education,” can be found online.
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Steven Johnson, a crops specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WAGM in Presque Isle about how farmers can use soil temperature as an indicator for when to plant crops. “Warm seed into too cold of temperatures can lead to problems with seed,” Johnson said.
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Kathleen Savoie, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, and Rob Dumas, food science innovation coordinator and pilot plant manager, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about how to make quick pickles. Unlike standard fermented pickles, quick pickles, also known as refrigerator or quick process pickles, are made “using acetic acid from vinegar” instead of […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Rob Dumas, University of Maine food science innovation coordinator, about kohlrabi, or German turnip. “It’s basically the bloated stem of a cabbage,” he said. “It’s a strange looking vegetable. They come in purple and green and sometimes they have a hard little woody stem coming out of the bottom and […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Morning Ag Clips, The Irregular and Centralmaine.com promoted a new service offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The “Late Blight Hotline” provides text updates related to late blight of potatoes and tomatoes to subscribers. More information about the service is online.
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The Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension plant sale scheduled from 8:30 a.m.–noon May 22 in Springvale. For more information about the sale, which benefits the Master Gardener volunteers program in York County, call 1.800.287.1535 (in Maine) or 207.324.2814.
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Kate Garland, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulturist, appeared on the Maine Public radio program “Maine Calling” to answer callers’ questions about gardening.
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Pamela Hargest, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulture specialist, and Lynne Holland, an Extension community education specialist, talked with Centralmaine.com about the return of plant sales and the increasing number of online shoppers. The story also referenced a bulletin developed by UMaine Extension staff that outlines best practices for plant sale donors and buyers.
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