Farming and Gardening

Help, my plants are dying! My landscaper spread bark mulch and today the plants are scorched and are wilting with some losing their leaves. What can I do?

05/17/2013 - 3:36pm

Q. Help, my plants are dying! My landscaper spread bark mulch yesterday, and today the plants are scorched and are wilting with some losing their leaves. My lawn next to the mulched beds is even yellowing. What can I do?

Daimon Meeh joins UNH Cooperative Extension

05/03/2013 - 2:46pm

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Daimon Meeh has joined UNH Cooperative Extension as a field specialist in food and agriculture.

Meeh is a New Hampshire native; he grew up on his family’s farm in Canterbury. Meeh received a bachelor of science in equine agri-business management from the University of New Hampshire and a master of science in community, food, and agricultural systems from Michigan State University, where he researched grass-based livestock production and pasture rotation systems.

Extension food and agriculture Program Team Leader Amy Ouellette says, “Daimon has a great combination of hands-on farm experience, research experience, and professional experience. We’re excited to have him on board.”

I have vegetable seed packets left over from last year. Can I still plant the seeds?

03/17/2013 - 12:22pm
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Info Line Question of the Week - April 1, 2013

 

 

Q. I have vegetable seed packets left over from last year. Can I still plant the seeds?

A. Most kinds of vegetable seeds remain viable for more than one year, so often you can save money by using seeds from old packets. To find out if seeds are still good, you can do a simple germination test. For each packet of seeds you want to test, moisten (don’t soak) a couple of sheets of paper towel with water. You can use a spray bottle if you have one.

Fruit-Pruning Demos

02/21/2011 - 1:08pm

Home food production is on the rise. Do you grow fruit, or do you plan to grow fruit for your family? Pruning--selectively removing unwanted growth from fruit trees, shrubs and vines--helps maintain plant health and will increase both the...

Transferring the Farm

09/17/2010 - 1:36pm

Farm estate-planning videos now online Farm-succession planning tough to do "Because it involves talking about the deaths of family elders and who gets the farm after their passing, farm estate-planning isn't easy for farm families to do," says John Porter,...

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