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Master Gardeners, Natural Resource Stewards Help State Forest Nursery Fill Orders

05/23/2013 - 2:53pm

On a bright, sunny morning in April, Jack Gleason, clipboard in hand, checks off the names of volunteers as they pull into the State Forest Nursery. Everyone knows everyone; all he does is look up from his list, say a quick hello, and check off the names. 

It’s a well-oiled machine of volunteers. Armed with sturdy work boots, gloves, and layers of clothing, they arrive in Boscawen during the nursery’s busiest weeks of the year.

Andre Garron’s Expertise Helping New Hampshire Communities

05/21/2013 - 12:09pm

Andre Garron joined UNH Cooperative Extension in October, 2012, as an economic development specialist. Garron came to Extension with more than two decades of experience in municipal planning and economic development.We sat down with him to find out more about this work and what he’s been doing throughout the state over the past six months.Andre Garron

What kind of community and economic development work are you involved with?

Yellow Rattle

05/14/2013 - 2:40pm
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Have You Seen This Plant?

By Heather Bryant, Regional Field Specialist, Food and Agriculture

Nearly three years ago, I got a call from a farm with a hayfield weed problem that seemed to be spreading.  So, I grabbed my favorite weed reference book and went out to take a look.  It turned out to be a bit more complicated than I originally thought.  I had never seen the plant before and it was not in my trusty book.  Nor was it in any of the other three reference books on weeds I had back in the office.  Without a name for the weed, trying to search for it on the internet was time consuming and not generally fruitful.  So I emailed the pictures to my colleague Steve Turaj, in Coos County – he has a reputation within the organization as being the go to guy on weeds.  And he came through – Yellow rattle. 

UNH Cooperative Extension Awards Nine Grants to Program Teams

05/13/2013 - 2:06pm

UNH Cooperative Extension awarded nine mini-grants to program teams, funded through Extension’s first fundraising campaign.

The initiatives that received funding address creative ways of meeting the goals of UNH Cooperative Extension’s ReExtension plan. This plan outlines innovative approaches related to issues-based programming, use of technology, alternative revenue generation, new funding partnerships with counties, specialization of field staff, and increased engagement with UNH faculty.

The following teams received funding:

Brown Marmorated Stinkbug now in 11 New Hampshire communities

05/13/2013 - 10:58am

The emerald ash borer has been getting a lot of press since it was detected in New Hampshire in late March. It’s a big deal. The EAB kills true ash trees within three to five years of infestation, and six percent of our state’s northern forests are ash. State officials are eager to prevent or at least slow the spread of EAB for good reason. A quarantine on ash and ash materials in Merrimack County remains in effect, and the firewood quarantine that has been in place for two years also persists.

Discover & Learn 4-H Club Brings Food to the Table

05/10/2013 - 1:55pm
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4-H Youth Organize Supplies for Garden project
 

 

Gearing up for the Summer Canning Season

05/10/2013 - 10:28am
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Canning Jars

By Deb Maes, Regional Food Safety Specialist, UNH Cooperative Extension

The snow is finally gone from my backyard and my garden is clear.  Gardening enthusiasts are reading through the latest edition of the seed catalogues, and I know that some gardeners have already planted their seeds indoors. For them, planting time can’t come soon enough.

Just as you plan what you are going to plant, purchase a fresh pair of gloves, and get ready to create miracles from soil, water, light, you also need to do some planning before the start of the food preservation season.

Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists is Focus of Issues and Ice Cream Event May 22

05/10/2013 - 9:02am

UNH Cooperative Extension continues its “Issues and Ice Cream” series May 22 at the Chase Ocean Engineering building on the UNH campus.

UNH students, faculty and staff are invited to learn more about “UNH and the STEM Workforce: What is Our Role?”

The presentation and discussion, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., will focus on efforts at UNH and throughout New Hampshire to address Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) literacy and how to build a STEM-literate workforce.

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