Fact Sheet

Resource Category Topic Type
Growing Fruit: Grafting Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard [fact sheet]
Grafting as a means of propagating fruit trees dates back several thousand years or more. Grafting is used for two principal reasons: most fruit trees...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden, Homesteading tree fruit crops & orchards Fact Sheet
Growing Fruits: Wild Lowbush Blueberries [fact sheet]
Wild lowbush blueberries have always called New Hampshire home. These small, flavor and antioxidant-packed fruits are common in abandoned fields, in s...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops Berry Crops Fact Sheet
Leveraging Broadband to Strengthen New Hampshire’s Economy and Quality of Life Information Brief
Broadband Overview<br /> <br /> Broadband—high-speed internet that is always on, is faster than traditional dial-up access, and allows multiple user...
Location: Durham Campus
Economic Development Community & Economic Development Fact Sheet
Hornworms on Tomatoes in New Hampshire [fact sheet]
We have two species of hornworms that feed on tomato foliage (occasionally the fruit) in New Hampshire. The most common by far is the tobacco hornworm...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Yard & Garden vegetable crops Fact Sheet
Growing Garlic in New Hampshire [fact sheet]
Garlic is one of the easiest and most satisfying crops for home vegetable gardeners to grow. It yields two useful crops; the garlic bulbs themselves, ...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden vegetable crops Fact Sheet
Raspberry Cane Maggot [fact sheet]
Pegomya rubivora (Coquillett) <br /> <br /> Sometimes I get reports of “raspberry cane borer” injury in early June. It doesn’t seem right, because r...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Berry Crops Fact Sheet
Why, What and How of Community Outreach and Engagement
Why reach out and engage your local community?<br /> <br /> Healthy communities have an active and engaged citizenry. There are many ways to engage....
Location: Durham Campus
Community Leadership Community & Economic Development Fact Sheet
What Conservation Commissions Can Do to Protect Natural Resources in a Changing Climate [fact sheet]
New Hampshire’s natural resources are facing growing challenges due to the impacts of climate change. This requires local action to protect our critic...
Natural Resources, Water & Wetlands, Climate Adaptation Natural Resources Fact Sheet
Selling Successfully at a Farmers Market
For growers, it’s a place to sell their products, be part of the community, meet new customers and build a strong, loyal relationship with them. Custo...
Agriculture & Gardens, Agricultural Business Management, Agricultural Marketing & Sales Agriculture & Gardens Fact Sheet
Using Traps to Monitor Blueberry Fruit Fly in New Hampshire [fact sheet]
Blueberry fruit fly, Rhagoletis mendax  Curran is a native insect that looks almost identical to apple maggot, except that it attacks blueberries, not...
Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Berry Crops Fact Sheet