The Bangor Daily News talked with Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, about controlling grubs that destroy lawns. WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) shared the BDN story.
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Kate Garland, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulture professional, and Eric Gallandt, a UMaine professor of weed ecology, talked with the Bangor Daily News about strategies for mitigating weeds in home gardens.
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The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com, The Irregular, The Ellsworth American and the Sun Journal advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s upcoming online workshop “Recipe to Market.” More information about the program, which will be held at 9 a.m. May 14, is online.
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The Advertiser Democrat highlighted upcoming programs from University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online workshop for entrepreneurs and farmers interested in starting a home-based, specialty food business in Maine from 9 a.m.–noon May 14. “Recipe to Market” is a multidisciplinary program with topics including business basics, an overview of the specialty food industry and product development process, licensing and regulations, […]
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The University of Maine has announced that Laura Wilson and Sally Clark have received two of UMaine’s most prestigious employee awards. Wilson, who works for UMaine Cooperative Extension as a 4-H science professional, will be recognized as the 2021 Outstanding Professional Employee. An administrative support supervisor for Auxiliary Services, Clark is the 2021 Outstanding Classified […]
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Centralmaine.com, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and the Sun Journal cited the University of Maine Tick Lab’s identification and testing services in a story about a new tick awareness and Lyme disease prevention campaign launched by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. VillageSoup cited UMaine Extension’s resources in a story about reducing the risk […]
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The Daily Bulldog shared a column by David Fuller, a non-timber agriculture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, offering guidelines for sustainably harvesting wild leeks and fiddleheads.
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The Forecaster and the Scarborough Leader promoted a plant sale to benefit University of Maine Cooperative Extension activities in Cumberland County beginning May 9. Customers can order locally grown flowers, vegetables, herbs, perennials and native plants online through May 26 for pick-up in Falmouth May 28–June 1. More information is online.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners on garden preparation to deter weeds from 6–7:15 p.m. May 12. “Preparing Your Garden Site: Getting Ahead of Weeds” will cover practices such as tarping, deep tillage, double-digging, sheet mulching and raised beds. Nick Rowley, UNH […]
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