Morning Ag Clips, VillageSoup, Centralmaine.com and the Daily Bulldog posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release announcing that it’s offering a training resource for the maple syrup industry as part of the International Maple Syrup Institute Maple Grading School. The Handbook for Maple Grading and Judging Training includes nine videos and related resources designed to […]
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Centralmaine.com ran a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about its webinar that will teach people how to build a movable greenhouse to extend the growing season. UMaine Extension educators Frank Wertheim and Marjorie Peronto will lead the webinar from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3. To register, visit extension.umaine.edu. For more information or […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Wiscasset Newspaper, Morning Ag Clips and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel shared a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about four new live food preservation webinars Tuesdays in August. Freezing fruit is the topic 2–2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4. Register on the program webpage to receive the link and resources. For more […]
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James Dill, pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, talked with the Bangor Daily News about browntail moths, an invasive species that can be hazardous to people. “I’m getting a lot of calls from people wondering what to do about them. I tell people to kill them any way they can,” he said, […]
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August yields some favorite fruits and vegetables for preserving. Learn how to savor summer flavors all year with four new live University of Maine Cooperative Extension food preservation webinars. Freezing fruit is the topic 2–2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4. Topics at the same time on subsequent Tuesdays in August include steam canning, freezing tomatoes and […]
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Registration is open for a six-session restorative practices certificate program offered concurrently from August to November at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast and Union + Co. in Bath. Carrie Sullivan and Sarah Matari from Restorative Justice Project Maine will lead the course, which is part of the Hutchinson Center’s professional development program. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new training resource for the maple syrup industry as part of the International Maple Syrup Institute Maple Grading School. The Handbook for Maple Grading and Judging Training is a series of nine videos and related resources designed to equip anyone with knowledge and skills needed to enter […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release announcing updated bulletins about summer berries are available: “Raspberry and Blackberry Varieties for Maine” and “Strawberry Varieties for Maine.” To access the bulletins, visit extensionpubs.umext.maine.edu, call 207.581.3792, or email extension.orders@maine.edu.
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The Piscataquis Observer advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County Office’s free Fourth Friday Plant Clinic via Zoom. Donna Coffin and Trisha Smith will discuss garden- and plant-related questions gleaned from recent emails and Facebook posts at 10 a.m. Friday, July 24. To preregister, visit the Extension website.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an “All Season Gardening” webinar that teaches participants how to build a movable greenhouse to extend the growing season noon–1 p.m. Aug. 3. UMaine Extension educators Frank Wertheim and Marjorie Peronto will cover how to build a small greenhouse or low tunnel structure for growing winter greens and […]
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