The Portland Press Herald spoke with David Handley, a vegetable and small-fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Monmouth, and Clay Kirby, an insect diagnostician with the UMaine Cooperative Extension in Orono, about bugs in the garden. The pair spoke about this season’s likely pests.
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Eric Gallandt, University of Maine professor of weed ecology and management, and Kate Garland, horticulturist with the UMaine Cooperative Extension, for the latest installment of its “Backyard Gardener” series. The pair spoke about managing weeds in the garden.
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With thousands of Maine residents and tourists doing summer grilling and picnicking, University of Maine Cooperative Extension food safety expert Jason Bolton is available to discuss food handling and cooking tips to keep food-borne illnesses at bay. Bolton also discusses food safety while camping or hiking in an online video. He can be reached at […]
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David Handley, a vegetable and small-fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Monmouth, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about this year’s strawberry crop. Handley said he expects “the closest thing to a normal year we’ve had in a while as far as plant development is concerned,” and Maine is better off […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Kate Garland, horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the latest installment of its “Backyard Gardener” series. Garland demonstrated planting some of the season’s last crops.
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Foster’s Daily Democrat reported last month’s annual plant sale hosted by the Master Gardener Volunteers with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in York County was a success. The sale, held in Sringvale, saw hundreds of customers and generated several thousand dollars for community programs, according to the report.
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Creating a garden using only plants native to Maine will take center stage at the University of Maine’s Rogers Farm June 18. The free UMaine Cooperative Extension program begins at 6 p.m. It is the fourth in the summer series Public Nights at the Garden, and will be held rain or shine. Soil preparation, plant […]
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A recent blog post by Sharon Kitchens on Huffington Post titled “Pollination of Maine’s Wild Blueberry Crop” contains quotes from David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Frank Drummond, an entomologist and blueberry pollination expert at UMaine. The Portland Press Herald also carried the blog post recently.
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Ronald Beard, extension educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, was recently awarded the Gulf of Maine Council 2013 Visionary Award for Maine. The award is presented annually to an individual or organization within each of the Gulf of Maine jurisdictions of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Brunswick and Nova […]
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Anyone who uses Maine’s beaches — from surfers to business owners — is invited to attend the 2013 Maine Beaches Conference to share information with other stakeholders. The latest on erosion, weather and water quality at Maine’s beaches, as well as the importance of tourism and property rights, will be discussed Friday, July 12 at […]
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