Upcoming Events
April 2013
Penn State Extension is offering its interactive, informative, and low-cost series of classes on diabetes, beginning in late April.
May 2013
Do you have questions about your garden or landscape? Are you trying to select the right plant for the right place or get rid of those weeds growing in the wrong place? Do you have a mystery plant you can’t identify? The Penn State Master Gardeners in Cumberland County can help you find answers to your home gardening questions at four Plant Clinic locations during the 2013 growing season.
Penn State Extension has nine spring twilight meetings planned for tree fruit growers throughout Pennsylvania. The meetings are held in local orchards. Extension fruit specialists will be on hand to address the pest management and horticultural challenges of the 2013 growing season. Participants also benefit from seeing “how it’s done” at another local orchard in their area. There is no better learning opportunity than to be in the orchard early in the season with Extension specialists and seasoned growers who have committed their careers to studying and growing tree fruit.
Join Penn State Master Gardeners in Perry County for their 5th annual Plant Fest & Sale!
K7 C1 79 Eating Your Way Through the Alphabet
June 2013
Managing Silo Fire Emergencies
K2 C2 14 Technology and Interactive Media in the Early Childhood Classroom
K6 C2 61 Enhance your Authentic Self
Class Date: June 4, 2013; Exam: June 14, 2013, 9:00-11:00 AM; Registration Deadline: June 3, 2013
1. Review Past Program Activities 2. Review Finances Report & Previous Meeting Minutes 3. Discuss Upcoming Programs & New Business
Class Date: June 5, 2013; Exam: June 12, 2013, 8:00-10:00 AM; Registration Deadline: May 29, 2013
Objective: Penn State will host a small grains field day at the Landisville Research Farm to discuss variety selection, pest management. CCA credits will be available.
Class Date: June 10, 2013; Exam: June 17, 2013 at 9:00 AM; Registration Deadline: June 3, 2013
Information Session June 3, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. with classes beginning the week of June 10, 2013, Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. for a six week session. You can increase your strength, improve your bone density, improve your balance, and energy, and you will look and feel better!
Beginning the week of June 10, 2013, Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. for six weeks. You can increase your strength, improve your bone density, improve your balance, and energy, and you will look and feel better!
Penn State Master Gardeners are offering a Summer Garden Camp for youth ages 7 to 12 or in grades 3 to 6 at the Penn State Extension office on Allen Road in Carlisle. There will be five sessions of growing, learning, hands-on fun on Tuesday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on the following dates: June 11, June 25, July 9, July 23, and August 6, 2013.
A unique opportunity for participants to follow the same soybean stand during the growing season - from shortly after emergence to canopy closure.
This hands-on program covers identification of ornamental insects and diseases, plant symptoms, chemical and non-chemical management options.
National Pollinator Week is June 17 to 23, 2013. To mark the occasion, join Penn State Master Gardeners in Cumberland County for a Butterfly Container Workshop on Saturday, June 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Cumberland County Extension office, 310 Allen Road, Carlisle.
Home Gardening Series. Beginners and advanced gardeners alike will learn some new techniques at the series of classes offered this year by the York County Master Gardeners.
At this workshop, you will learn more about planning and strategies to help mitigate EAB-related risks.
At this workshop, you will learn more about planning and strategies to help mitigate EAB-related risks.
Equipment demonstrations and educational sessions for sports field managers, including natural and artificial turf.
This workshop, presented by Martha Zepp, offers tips for improving the quality of the fresh foods that you preserve in your home freezer. Methods of preventing toughness, spoilage, freezer burn, and evaporation will be addressed. Learn how to blanch vegetables, to choose packaging materials, to individually quick freeze (tray freezing), to use a freezer thermometer, to vacuum seal, and much, much more. Learn options for freezing sweetened, artificially sweetened, and unsweetened fruits to produce a quality product that can be used by itself or used in desserts. Freezing fruit is an easy alternative to home canning and you don’t have to heat the kitchen.
Penn State Extension and the Penn State Southeast Agricultural Research and Education Center (SEAREC) will be hosting an agronomic field day for farmers, industry representatives, and other agricultural professionals. The 2013 field day will strive to provide both industry and the farming community with current production agriculture related topics and concerns. You will also have the opportunity to visit with our sponsors from the chemical industry, the seed industry, local equipment dealers, ag lenders, and other crop production professionals. PA Certified Crop Advisor and Nutrient Management credits available.
Not just another garden tour, the Gardening with Native Plants – The Tour is a great opportunity to learn how to make your yard more environmentally friendly. Sponsored by Penn State Extension and Mid-Atlantic Ecological Landscapes (MAEscapes) five homeowners in York County will open their properties on Saturday, June 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and show you how they are using native plants to conserve water, reduce pesticide and fertilizer use and create habitat for wildlife.
This workshop, presented by Martha Zepp, offers tips for improving the quality of the fresh foods that you preserve in your home freezer. Methods of preventing toughness, spoilage, freezer burn, and evaporation will be addressed. Learn how to blanch vegetables, to choose packaging materials, to individually quick freeze (tray freezing), to use a freezer thermometer, to vacuum seal, and much, much more. Learn options for freezing sweetened, artificially sweetened, and unsweetened fruits to produce a quality product that can be used by itself or used in desserts. Freezing fruit is an easy alternative to home canning and you don’t have to heat the kitchen.
July 2013
Class Dates: July 11 and 18, 2013; Exam: July 18, 2013, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: July 5, 2013
This full-day program features inside and outside instruction covering a variety of turf and ornamental topics such as pesticide safety, pest diagnosis, chemical and non-chemical management.
Herbal Highlights: Oregano, Sweet Marjoram, Basil
Herbal Highlights: Oregano, Sweet Marjoram, Basil
This hands-on workshop, presented by Martha Zepp, is designed for beginning canners who want supervised experience in using a pressure canner for the first time. You will learn the basics of using a pressure canner using current USDA canning guidelines. Learn how a pressure canner works, the foods that need to be pressure canned, canning safety, and what to look for when buying a pressure canner. Each participant will pressure can two pints of green beans—supplies will be included in the class fee. Enrollment is limited to 7 so register early!
Wholesale nursery growers and garden center employees, spend a morning at Root’s Nurseries learning how to identify ornamental plant pests and problems, along with various management strategies.
This hands-on workshop, presented by Martha Zepp, is designed for beginning canners who want supervised experience in using a pressure canner for the first time. You will learn the basics of using a pressure canner using current USDA canning guidelines. Learn how a pressure canner works, the foods that need to be pressure canned, canning safety, and what to look for when buying a pressure canner. Each participant will pressure can two pints of green beans—supplies will be included in the class fee. Enrollment is limited to 7 so register early!
August 2013
1. Review Past Program Activities 2. Review Finances Report & Previous Meeting Minutes 3. Discuss Upcoming Programs & New Business
Tomatoes and fruits can be safely processed in a boiling water bath. Learn the latest canning recommendations including acidifying tomatoes and the use of salt. Discover how to can fruit with or without sugar. This workshop, presented by Martha Zepp, will cover the basics of canning tomatoes, tomato sauces and tomato juice. These basics also apply to other high acid foods, such as pickles and fruits.
Herbal Highlights will Focus on the Lemon Herbs: Lemon verbena, Lemon thyme, Lemon basil
Herbal Highlights will Focus on the Lemon Herbs: Lemon verbena, Lemon thyme, Lemon basil
Home Gardening Series. Beginners and advanced gardeners alike will learn some new techniques at the series of classes offered this year by the York County Master Gardeners.
Tomatoes and fruits can be safely processed in a boiling water bath. Learn the latest canning recommendations including acidifying tomatoes and the use of salt. Discover how to can fruit with or without sugar. This workshop, presented by Martha Zepp, will cover the basics of canning tomatoes, tomato sauces and tomato juice. These basics also apply to other high acid foods, such as pickles and fruits.
Tomato Tasting, Contests & Recipes, Tomato Salsa & Preserving Demonstrations
This hands-on program covers identification of ornamental insects and diseases, plant symptoms, chemical and non- chemical management options.
September 2013
Garlic Tasting Party Plus how to grow this delicious herb! Taste 10-20 different varieties!
Class Date: September 5, 2013; Exam: September 12, 2013, 9:00-11:00 AM; Registration Deadline: August 29, 2013
Class Dates: September 9 and 23, 2013; Exam: September 23, 2013 at 12:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 2, 2013
Class Dates: September 16 & 23, 2013; Exam: September 30, 2013, 5:00-7:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 9, 2013
A four-day program designed to assist landscape professionals, turf managers, garden center and nursery employees who plan on testing for a pesticide applicators license in Categories 06, 07, 23.
October 2013
Class Date: October 16, 2013; Exam: October 23, 2013, 8:00-10:00 AM; Registration Deadline: October 9, 2013
Class Date: October 31, 2013; Exam: November 7, 2013, 9:00-11:00 AM; Registration Deadline: October 25, 2013
November 2013
A program to build & sustain the Alletta Schadler Scholarship Fund & to provide awareness of existing extension programs.
A program to build & sustain the Alletta Schadler Scholarship Fund & to provide awareness of existing extension programs.
Class Date: November 12, 2013; Exam: November 26, 2013 at 8:30 AM; Registration Deadline: November 5, 2013
Class Dates: November 19, 2013, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, and December 3, 2013, 9:00 AM-11:00 AM; Exam: December 3, 2013, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: November 12, 2013
