Agricultural Events
JUNE 2012
June 4, 2012, Building Healthy Soils, Boscawen Town office, 116 North Main Street, 4th floor, Boscawen, NH, 6:30 PM. A Master Gardener will discuss how to build healthy 
soils: what components make up soil, different types of soil, improving the soil structure, cover crops and green manures, testing your soil, and adding amendments. This talk is sponsored by the Boscawen Agriculture Commission. To register, call them at 753-9188 or email: agriculture03303@gmail.com. Click HERE for a list of upcoming workshops.
June 9, Speaking for Wildlife presentation on Natural Communities of the Granite State, by Barbara Bales at 1:30 PM to be held at the Hopkinton Town Library sponsored by the Little Nature Museum. Will also include a trail walk on the Ransmeier Woods trail by Ron Klemarczyk. For more information, contact the Little Nature Museum at 746-6121.
Saturday, June 16, 2012 (Two classes: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM or 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM)
Backyard Homesteading Chicken Processing Workshop at a farm in Chichester (directions given in a followup letter at the end of May, after you register).
Cost: $50.00 (the cost of one live chicken) (couples may share a chicken or each pay for a chicken). Pre-registration - online - and a $35 non-refundable deposit is required as space is strictly limited. The $15.00 balance is due on the day of the workshop. You may participate with written permission of parent or legal guardian. Participants will learn best practices for care and processing of chickens for the backyard or small farm. The workshop will be operating under an approved protocol from the UNH Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. If you have questions, please call Merrimack County Extension at 796-2151 or email: merrimack.agext@unh.edu. For a flyer of this event, click HERE.
To register for this event go to: https://www.events.unh.edu/RegistrationForm.pm?event_id=10148
JULY 2012
July 2, 2012, Integrated Pest Management, Boscawen Town office, 116 North Main Street, 4th floor, Boscawen, NH, 6:30 PM.
A Master Gardener will discuss using Integrated Pest Management in your gardens, explaining the process, rules for pest control, and goals
of IPM. To register, call the Boscawen Agriculture Commission at 753-9188 or email: agriculture03303@gmail.com. Click HERE for a list of upcoming workshops and directions.
July 9, 2012, Raising Backyard Chickens, New Durham Public Library, 2 Old Bay Road, New Durham, NH, 6:30 PM. Dot Perkins, of Merrimack County Extension, will be discussing different housing options for your chickens, what to feed them, how to care for them, and how to prevent problems. this program will discuss both layers and broilers and will be for anyone interested in raising their own chickens for eggs or meat. Call the New Durham Library at 859-2201 to register.
AUGUST 2012
August 6, 2012, Intermediate Chickens, Boscawen Town Office, 116 North Main Street, 4th floor, Boscawen, NH, 6:30 PM. Dot Perkins, Agricultural Resources Program Coordinator for UNH Cooperative Extension, will discuss how to raise healthy, happy chickens in your backyard. Click HERE for directions.
August 7, 2012, Putting the Garden to Bed, Concord Public Library, 45 Green Street, Concord, NH, 7:00 PM. Master Gardener, Janet S. Garcia, will tell you what you need to do to put your garden to bed for the winter. Pruning, mulching, amending soils, composting, clean-up and fall harvesting. Call Concord Public Library at 225-8670 to register.
August 18, 2012, Raising Backyard Chickens, Canterbury Shaker Village, 288 Shaker Road, Canterbury, NH (in Visitor Center, lower level classroom), 10 am. Dot Perkins, of Merrimack County Extension, will be discussing different housing options for your chickens, what to feed them, how to care for them, and how to prevent problems. This program will discuss both layers and broilers and will be for anyone interested in raising their own chickens for eggs or meat. Call Canterbury Shaker Village to register at 783-9077.
