Upcoming Events
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Months
May 2013
The Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program (PWMRP) has been funding wine grape related research at Penn State for almost ten years. On May 22, 2013, a group of Penn State grape and wine faculty will present their current research funded by the PWMRP to the wine industry. We will also hear from Virginia Smith, 2012 Penn State Food Science graduate, on her experiences as an enology-focused student. Additionally, we have invited Dr. Justine Vanden Heuvel, Associate Professor at Cornell University, to be our guest speaker. All Pennsylvania wine industry members are invited to attend.
Class Date: May 22, 2013; Exam: May 29, 2013 at 8:00 AM; Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013
Penn State Extension and Cover Crop Solutions, LLC invite you to join us in the field to see what's new for 2013.
Dining with Diabetes is a program for adults with diabetes and their families that will increase knowledge of healthy food choices and diabetes management. The classes offer healthy meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and hands-on food preparation, class discussions, and new physical activity choices.
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. Directions From Kutztown 737 North/ Krumsville Rd (8 mi) Right Wessnersville Rd (0.6 mi) Left Red Church (360 ft) Immediate Right to stay on Red Church Destination on Right From I-78 Take exit 40 737 North (3.6 mi) Right Wessnersville Rd (0.6 mi) Left Red Church (360 ft) Immediate Right to stay on Red Church Destination on Right
K4 C2 41 Child Observation Level 2 - Unit 5: Using Observation to Create Responsive School-Age Environments & Activities
Penn State Extension’s Food for Profit workshop takes you step-by-step through the information necessary to start and run a small food-product business, especially directed to individuals who will be making and packing their products for resale (through grocery stores, farm markets, or restaurants).
Retail Farm Market School is valuable for anyone who handles, processes, or merchandizes fresh-market produce. This day-long session includes several education delivery methods, including professionally produced video segments, take-home text, post-harvest handling references, hands-on activities, and a "certification quiz."
This clinic will provide education on proper location, construction, testing, maintenance, protection and treatment of private drinking water supplies. Participants may bring one sample of their drinking water for on-site water testing for several water quality parameters.
Part II
This clinic will provide education on proper location, construction, testing, maintenance, protection and treatment of private drinking water supplies. Participants may bring one sample of their drinking water for on-site water testing for several water quality parameters.
This educational program for early education professionals and parents is offered as part of a statewide Penn State Extension program to support quality early learning. Participants will explore extending lesson plans through different age groups.
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!
Class Dates: May 28 and June 3, 2013; Exam: June 3 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: May 17, 2013
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can’t find the answer to or a bug you can’t identify? A Master Gardener will be at the Extension office in Milford to assist you with your questions, and best of all it’s free!
Do you have a question about flowers, vegetables, trees, shrubs, ornamental grasses, or a fruit orchard? A Penn State Master Gardener will assist you with your questions, and best of all it’s free!
Dining with Diabetes is a program for adults with diabetes and their families that will increase knowledge of healthy food choices and diabetes management. The classes offer healthy meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and hands-on food preparation, class discussions, and new physical activity choices.
Dining with Diabetes is a program for adults with diabetes and their families that will increase knowledge of healthy food choices and diabetes management. The classes offer healthy meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and hands-on food preparation, class discussions, and new physical activity choices.
Dining with Diabetes is a program for adults with diabetes and their families that will increase knowledge of healthy food choices and diabetes management. The classes offer healthy meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and hands-on food preparation, class discussions, and new physical activity choices.
K1 C2 02 Developing Values through Character Education
K2 C2 14 Technology and Interactive Media in the Early Childhood Classroom
During this three-hour session, class participants will learn about the fundamentals of fuel supply and handling, available technologies for utilizing low, medium, and high grade Biogas streams, and the environmental benefits of processing otherwise unutilized or underutilized waste streams.
Diabetes Management: * Diabetes 101 covers basic diabetes information and terminology * Staying Healthy-provides convenient tips for eating healthy and staying active. Light refreshments will be served.
Learn why teams are useful for improving dairy farm management, and how productive "team talk" can lead to new ideas, better ways of operating and positive changes to the bottom line.
Dining with Diabetes is a program for adults with diabetes and their families that will increase knowledge of healthy food choices and diabetes management. The classes offer healthy meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and hands-on food preparation, class discussions, and new physical activity choices.
This workshop will help participants to interpret and understand the results of water testing that has been done by a lab, whether for pre-gas well drilling or from routine testing of private water supplies.
Class Dates: May 30, and June 14 & 24, and July 1 & 8 (1:00-3:00 p.m.). Dining with Diabetes is a program for people with diabetes or pre-diabetes and their families that will increase knowledge of healthy food choices and diabetes management. The classes offer healthy meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and hands-on food preparation, class discussions, and new physical activity choices.
Partnerships need to happen with more than parents. And what we see, and hear, is not always what we think it is. That is true with parents, families, and/or guardians of the children in our care. (K3 C1 31)
This workshop will help participants to interpret and understand the results of water testing that has been done by a lab, whether for pre-gas well drilling or from routine testing of private water supplies.
This educational program for early education professionals and parents is offered as part of a statewide Penn State Extension program to support quality early learning. With childhood obesity a major concern in our county, we will take a look at how to determine if a child is dangerously over the desired weight for his/her age. We will introduce the latest schemes and suggestions for healthier snacking and some recipes for us to offer for good health.
K7 C1 79 Eating Your Way Through the Alphabet
June 2013
Managing Silo Fire Emergencies
With the right ingredients, you can create a beautiful season-long display for any sunny spot or shady corner.
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.
Class Date for Certification and Recertification: June 3, 2013; Exam for Certification Only: June 10, 2013 at 9:00 AM; Registration Deadline: May 29, 2013
Exam starts at 4:00 PM; Registration Deadline: May 27, 2013
The popular Penn State Extension Food Home Food Preservation hands-on workshops are a great way to learn the basics of home food preservation.
Using Movies to Teach Diversity in the Early Learning Environment
K2 C2 14 Technology and Interactive Media in the Early Childhood Classroom
K6 C2 61 Enhance your Authentic Self
This short course provides insight into the most recent developments of food-borne pathogens, toxins, and testing methods.
The popular Penn State Extension Food Home Food Preservation hands-on workshops are a great way to learn the basics of home food preservation.
Class Date: June 4, 2013; Exam: June 14, 2013, 9:00-11:00 AM; Registration Deadline: June 3, 2013
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can’t find the answer to or a bug you can’t identify? A Master Gardener will be at the Extension office in Milford to assist you with your questions, and best of all it’s free!
Penn State Extension in Luzerne County is offering hands-on educational classes on nutrition through its Nutrition Links program. The program is designed to help older adults with low incomes stretch their food dollars to achieve a healthy diet.
Penn State Extension Enologist, Denise Gardner, and Extension Viticulturist, Mark Chien, will be visiting with Dr. Kathy Kelley in the Erie, PA region June 4th - 6th. Dr. Kathy Kelley will be presenting a small seminar on tasting room design for all of those interested in attending. Any PA winery is welcome to attend.
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.
The group will meet for 5 consecutive Tuesdays.
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
Penn State Extension’s Food for Profit workshop takes you step-by-step through the information necessary to start and run a small food-product business, especially directed to individuals who will be making and packing their products for resale (through grocery stores, farm markets, or restaurants).
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.
77% of Pennsylvanians do not smoke. Join the club. You can do it!
High Tunnels provide a great opportunity to extend the season, protect high value crops, improve quality, and reduce weed and pest pressure. As a follow up to our High Tunnel School these twilight meetings will give you a chance to talk with growers and see good practices in action. At each twilight the grower will discuss their experiences with high tunnels and a visiting speaker will share knowledge on a special topic.
K4 C2 41 Child Observation Level 2 - Unit 5: Using Observation to Create Responsive School-Age Environments & Activities
Calling all Early Education Directors! Please join us for an informative day of training, featuring two engaging sessions, plus a lunchtime speaker.
A unique opportunity for participants to follow the same soybean stand during the growing season—from shortly after emergence to canopy closure.
Class Dates: June 6, 13, 20 & 27 and July 13 (12:30-2:30 p.m.). Dining with Diabetes is a program for people with diabetes or pre-diabetes and their families that will increase knowledge of healthy food choices and diabetes management. The classes offer healthy meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and hands-on food preparation, class discussions, and new physical activity choices.
Silvopasturing allows for the sustainable production of timber, forages, and livestock on the same land.
Saturday workshop to train new MWON volunteers. Instructors provide training on well construction, wellhead protection, water testing, water treatment, etc.
The Second Saturday Gardening Series is a series of gardening workshops presented by the Penn State Master Gardeners in Philadelphia County held on the second Saturday of each month through November. The workshops are presented to the general public and gardening enthusiasts on a variety of gardening topics. The topic for June 8, 2013 is "Old Roses and Fragrances." Elizabeth Belk, a horticulturist at Wyck House and Garden in Philadelphia, is responsible for the care and propagation of over 70 cultivars of old roses at Wyck. Join her as she discusses the most fragrant roses at Wyck, their history, and care and the use in the home garden.
Landscape designer Debra Myers will lead a tour of her wildlife and native shrub garden on the Upper Delaware River on River Road, Damascus across from Callicoon, NY.
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!
The ServSafe® Certification and Home Study Course dates are June 10, & 17th from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and the exam is June 24th from 9:00 until 12 noon.
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!
Class Dates: June 11 and 18, 2013; Exam: June 18, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: June 7, 2013
Kiln Drying for Hardwood Lumber is a basic course designed for kiln operator trainees, plant managers, and supervisors. No previous drying experience of training is necessary. Instruction will include lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on experience. Wood moisture relations, kiln operation, and drying schedule preparation will be emphasized in relation to drying of hardwood lumber.
Event showcases how dairy producers can adapt “tall grazing” concepts to their farm and maintain forage quality and production.
The first of two workshops being held during the growing season for participants to learn about soybean production.
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Dining with Diabetes is a program for adults with diabetes and their families that will increase knowledge of healthy food choices and diabetes management. The classes offer healthy meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and hands-on food preparation, class discussions, and new physical activity choices.
Class Dates: June 11, 18 & 25, and July 2 & 9, 2013 (5:15-7:15 p.m.) - Follow-Up: September 10 (5:15 p.m.). Dining with Diabetes is a program for people with diabetes or pre-diabetes and their families that will increase knowledge of healthy food choices and diabetes management. The classes offer healthy meal planning, cooking demonstrations, and hands-on food preparation, class discussions, and new physical activity choices.
Social media tools are an exciting way to enhance your farm business's marketing activities, allowing you, the owner, or manager, to connect directly with your audience. While a social media presence is almost expected of many businesses, many owners struggle with how to use the various tools to connect.
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.
Session #3 - Using Native Plants in the Garden
Weeds are dependable pests—you can count on them showing up and usually have to deal with them year after year. Is your weed management plan effective? This workshop will include hands-on identification of weeds in landscape and turf and in-depth classroom discussion about management options. Our tune-up session starts with a weed identification walk where you’ll learn key features to help you recognize weeds. That walk is followed by an update on management options for specific landscape situations. We’ll talk over the latest strategies for weeds in landscape beds and turf. All in time for summer and fall weed season.
The Dairy Profit Monitor is an online, benchmarking tool that farms can use to measure net milk income over feed costs on a monthly basis.
The first of two workshops being held during the growing season for participants to learn about soybean production.
Doing What Works - Teaching Phonological Awareness Skills in the Preschool Classroom
Growing Up WILD is an early childhood program geared for 3- to 7-year-olds that builds on children's sense of wonder about nature and encourages them to explore the world around them.
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.
Join entomologist Greg Hoover and plant pathologist Dr. Gary Moorman from Penn State University for a hands-on session. Learn practical skills to identify common insect pests and plant diseases of ornamental plants.
Class Dates: June 17 and 19, 2013; Exam: June 19, 2013, at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: June 13, 2013
Class Dates: June 17 and 19, 2013; Exam: June 24, 2013 at 9:30 AM-12:00 PM; Registration Deadline: June 10, 2013
K1 C1 03 Improving Social and Emotional Literacy and Language with Young Children
The use of social media has become an increasingly important way to enhance a business's marketing activities, allowing owners and managers to connect directly with their audiences. While a social media presence is almost expected, some business owners struggle with how to use the various tools. To help businesses overcome barriers to effective social media deployment, Penn State Extension and Penn State Small Business Development Center will host Social Media Boot Camp for businesses.
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Penn State Extension in Luzerne County is offering hands-on educational classes on nutrition through its Nutrition Links program. The program is designed to help older adults with low incomes stretch their food dollars to achieve a healthy diet.
Join Greg Hoover, Penn State’s Ornamental Entomology Extension Specialist, and Gary Moorman, Penn State’s Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, for an informative session on woody ornamental insect and disease problems in the landscape. This is a hands-on, interactive session as we walk the grounds of Sherwood Oaks. Pesticide Credits and Continuing Education Units will be awarded.
This meeting will help you prepare for the upcoming pond season. It will help you manage a pond used for recreation, irrigation or a livestock water supply.
This meeting will help you prepare for the upcoming pond season. It will help you manage a pond used for recreation, irrigation or a livestock water supply.
High Tunnels provide a great opportunity to extend the season, protect high value crops, improve quality, and reduce weed and pest pressure. As a follow up to our High Tunnel School these twilight meetings will give you a chance to talk with growers and see good practices in action. At each twilight the grower will discuss their experiences with high tunnels and a visiting speaker will share knowledge on a special topic.
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.
The morning session includes an idea exchange for sustainable landscape practices. The afternoon session features scouting for woody ornamental insects and diseases with Penn State experts Gary Moorman and Greg Hoover.
Class Dates: June 20 and 27, 2013; Exam: June 27, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: June 14, 2013
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The Woods in Your Backyard teaches stewardship of small parcels of land. By enhancing or creating natural areas and woodland on your lot, you can enjoy recreation, aesthetics, wildlife, and water quality. If your lot connects to other lots, there’s ample opportunity to make an even bigger impact by getting neighbors involved! Owners of even just a few acres can make a positive difference in the environment through planning and implementing simple stewardship practices.
Pike County Master Gardeners will host an Open House to highlight our new pollinator friendly garden. Free and open to all interested gardeners.
June 24-28, 2013 Monterey, CA
The Sensory Evaluation Session portion of the Wine Quality Initiative program is a free service to all PA wineries. Wineries are encouraged to submit pre-bottled or post-bottled wines for a professional evaluation on wine defects in an individual wine sample. This is an opportunity for wineries to receive objective feedback on their wine, and make appropriate adjustments prior to bottling if pre-bottled samples are submitted.
At this workshop, you will learn more about planning and strategies to help mitigate EAB-related risks.
This meeting will focus on insect pest control and plant diseases in the interiorscape environment. Participants will learn to identify common insect pests and diseases of interior plantscape plants and learn management strategies.
This session is suitable for Parents, Families and Friends!
To help equine owners understand Manure Management requirements and learn about best management practices that are good for both animal and environmental health, ICCD is hosting an Equine Management Workshop featuring the Penn State University Extension Equine Team.
This short course is designed to introduce participants to a basic understanding of molds, yeasts and mycotoxins that may occur in foods and in processing environments.
Pellets and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) are two growing opportunities for the bioenergy industry in the region. Pellets - from wood or other biomass - continue to grow in popularity for domestic use and export markets. CHP systems from biomass remains one of the most cost effective and efficient uses of renewable biomass fuel. How do you determine if a facility is a good fit for CHP? How can pellet producers take advantage of emerging markets? What are the regulatory and economic drivers of success? Join us for this outstanding short course where experts will be addressing these and other important questions that will allow you to identify successful opportunities and network with participants in the expanding bioenergy economy.
At this workshop, you will learn more about planning and strategies to help mitigate EAB-related risks.
This interactive session involves walking the grounds of Wilkes University and exploring their plant collection while scouting for insects and diseases.
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Penn State Extension in Luzerne County is offering hands-on educational classes on nutrition through its Nutrition Links program. The program is designed to help older adults with low incomes stretch their food dollars to achieve a healthy diet.
Equipment demonstrations and educational sessions for sports field managers, including natural and artificial turf.
Your customers love the color perennial flowering plants add to their landscapes. Learning about herbaceous perennials will help you choose the right plants to thrive in the site, group them attractively, and provide four seasons of interest in your jobs. In this full-day class, Penn State horticulture professor Dr. David Sanford will cover popular perennials for landscape jobs. He will concentrate on rugged plants that are reliable performers, have few pest problems and are available in the trade. We will meet in the auditorium for the morning session to see pictures of the plants and discuss their habits and culture. Plan to spend approximately half of the class time outdoors looking at perennials in the demonstration beds surrounding the Berks County Agricultural Center. Come prepared for the weather. Add some new perennials to the palate that you offer your customers.
Dinner/discussion meeting will feature Sam Learner and Bob English, Roach Ag Marketing, Ltd.
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.
Perennial plants fill in garden spaces with color, interesting textures and a display that changes throughout the year. There are so many to choose from it can be a little daunting to decide which ones to invest in! Knowing more about perennials will help you know which plants might thrive in your garden, when they bloom, how many seasons of interest they provide, and how to group them to compliment the design of your garden. Whether you are just starting to discover wonderful cultivars or you want to fill in around your existing favorites, please consider joining us for a day of learning about a great group of plants!
NY FarmNet uses a team approach of financial and personal consultants working closely with farm families to develop strategies to overcome barriers to business success.
Dinner/discussion meeting will feature Sam Learner and Bob English, Roach Ag Marketing, Ltd. and Bill Kirk, CEO and co-founder of Weather Trends International
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.
July 2013
Exam starts at 4:00 PM; Registration Deadline: June 24, 2013
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Class Dates: July 8 and 15, 2013; Exam: July 15, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: July 5, 2013
This workshop will explore the theory behind sulfur dioxide and its relationship to pH, how to make proper SO2 additions in the winery and throughout production, how to properly manage oxygen, and how to effectively measure free and total SO2 in wine samples. While the use of sulfur dioxide in winemaking can be a challenging concept, this workshop will aim to make its use understandable in winemaking situations. Participants will have an opportunity to evaluate analytical methods related to SO2 measurements and discuss practical solutions to oxygen- and SO2-related winemaking problems. The cost for this workshop is $50 per person and includes both breakfast and lunch.
Penn State Extension in Luzerne County is offering hands-on educational classes on nutrition through its Nutrition Links program. The program is designed to help older adults with low incomes stretch their food dollars to achieve a healthy diet.
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Session #4 - Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs
Creator of the gardens at Brandywine Cottage, David Culp is an expert on garden layering and perennials. No where is his expertise more apparent than the majestic display of plants at his Brandywine Cottage, a garden listed in the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Gardens and regularly highlighted by Martha Stewart Living and HGTV.
Class Dates: July 11 and 18, 2013; Exam: July 18, 2013, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: July 5, 2013
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can’t find the answer to or a bug you can’t identify? A Master Gardener will be at the Extension office in Milford to assist you with your questions, and best of all it’s free!
Understand how benchmarking can help you and your team reach effective decisions to maximize profitability.
Local chef Marcia Dunsmore presents a second workshop on preparing, preserving and cooking with fresh herbs. Marcia will also include some thoughts and uses of exotic spices and flavorings that can be grown locally (lemongrass and epazote, for instance).
The Second Saturday Gardening Series is a series of gardening workshops presented by the Penn State Master Gardeners in Philadelphia County held on the second Saturday of each month through November. The workshops are presented to the general public and gardening enthusiasts on a variety of gardening topics. The topic for July 13, 2013 is "Do-It-Yourself Garden Ponds and Water Features." Sandy Grimwade, a Penn State Master Gardener in Philadelphia County and “keen ponder," will teach you how to plan and build a pond, stream or fountain for your garden with minimal expense and effort. Constructing a water feature will enhance your garden, whether large or small, and bring you years of enjoyment.
Mark your calendars now for the 2013 International Fruit Tree Association Study Tour July 16-17, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The theme of the tour is Heritage and Innovation. Plan on a barbecue at the Round Barn Orchard on the first night of the tour. The Young Grower Alliance (YGA) led the planning for the tour, which will include optional opportunities to visit orchards on the 15th in Bedford County and the 18th in Thurmont, Maryland. The Historic Gettysburg Hotel will be the tour Headquarters.
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.
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Herbal Highlights: Oregano, Sweet Marjoram, Basil
Herbal Highlights: Oregano, Sweet Marjoram, Basil
Opportunities for growers and industry personnel to learn about the latest Penn State research, to tour facilities and research field plots, and engage in Q & A with research and Extension faculty.
Class Dates: July 18 and August 1, 2013; Exam: August 1, 2013 at 12:15 PM; Registration Deadline: July 11, 2013
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 is a hands-on, interactive session using live plant samples. Participants will be asked to go through the samples on their own, naming the plant and what is wrong with it. Then, we will go over the samples together, emphasizing integrated pest management strategies for control. Pesticide Credits and Continuing Education Units will be awarded.
Home canning can provide quality, nutritious food for your family, and be a satisfying and rewarding experience. However, improperly canned foods can be a source of frustration, wasted food, money and time; serious illness and even death.
The Mercer County Master Gardeners are sponsoring a bus trip on Monday, July 22 to Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The bus will leave the Mercer County Extension office at 6:00 a.m. promptly. We will be returning on Wednesday, July 24 at 8:30 p.m. (time tentative).
Class Dates: July 23 and 30, 2013; Exam: July 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: July 16, 2013
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Renewable Energy Academy - 3 hour workshop on Small Scale Hydro Applications for Farms, and Business
Advisory teams can easily be inundated with data when trying to investigate and monitor their goals and objectives.
Home canning can provide quality, nutritious food for your family, and be a satisfying and rewarding experience. However, improperly canned foods can be a source of frustration, wasted food, money and time; serious illness and even death.
Success in the landscape begins with a comprehensive knowledge of plant material available in the trade and matching site conditions with appropriate woody plants. Green industry professionals cannot give accurate estimates if they are unable to identify the plants in a landscape because they will not be aware of the maintenance requirements. In this six-week, hands-on class, Sandy Feather and Nancy Knauss, Penn State Extension Horticulture Educators, will teach participants to identify shade and flowering trees by their unique characteristics, while gaining an understanding of their growing requirements, as well as their common insect and disease problems. Continuing Education Units and Recertification Credits will be awarded. Dates - July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2013.
The Strengthening Families Program: for Parents and Youth 10-14 is a family skills-building curriculum designed to prevent teen substance abuse and other behavior problems; strengthen parenting skills; build family strengths.
Plan now to attend GU’s 17th International Conference (scheduled for July 30 to Aug. 2, 2013) and lock in the best rates. Here's the scoop: The Theme: "Intergenerational Pathways for Strengthening Communities"
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
The shift to Philadelphia gives the show something it’s never had before: opportunities for socializing in a richly diverse cultural and historic urban hub.
August 2013
ServSafe®, a nationally-recognized certification program, offers valuable instruction to help reduce problems caused by food mishandling.
Exam starts at 4:00 PM; Registration Deadline: July 29, 2013
Class Date for Certification and Recertification: August 5, 2013; Exam for Certification Only: August 12, 2013 at 9:00 AM; Registration Deadline: July 31, 2013
Class Dates: August 5 and 12, 2013; Exam: August 12, 2013 at 10:00 AM; Registration Deadline: August 1, 2013
Class Dates: August 5 and 7, 2013; Exam: August 13, 2013 at 9:30 AM-12:00 PM; Registration Deadline: July 29, 2013
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
1. Review Past Program Activities 2. Review Finances Report & Previous Meeting Minutes 3. Discuss Upcoming Programs & New Business
Home canning can provide quality, nutritious food for your family, and be a satisfying and rewarding experience. However, improperly canned foods can be a source of frustration, wasted food, money and time; serious illness and even death.
The Second Saturday Gardening Series is a series of gardening workshops presented by the Penn State Master Gardeners in Philadelphia County held on the second Saturday of each month through November. The workshops are presented to the general public and gardening enthusiasts on a variety of gardening topics. The topic for August 10, 2013 is "Culinary Herbs: Fragrant, Flavorful, and Festive Foods." Linda Grimwade, a Penn State Master Gardener in Philadelphia County, will show how to grow herbs from seed and preserve them by drying or freezing. Participants will also have an opportunity to contrast and compare the fragrance and flavor of herbs, and use fresh herbs in recipes.
Class Dates: August 12 and 19, 2013; Exam: August 19, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: August 2, 2013
Visitors to the Equine Pasture Management and High Density Grazing Demonstrations during Ag Progress Days, Aug. 13-15, can learn about best practices to enhance their farm or property.
Class Dates: August 13 and 20, 2013; Registration Deadline: August 9, 2013
Herbal Highlights will Focus on the Lemon Herbs: Lemon verbena, Lemon thyme, Lemon basil
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Herbal Highlights will Focus on the Lemon Herbs: Lemon verbena, Lemon thyme, Lemon basil
Class Date: August 14, 2013; Registration Deadline: August 9, 2013
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.
Forester Paul Kowalcyzk will discuss tree and wildlife species, thoughts on forest management, and answer questions on a walk through this local forest.
Managing Farm Chemical Emergencies; Farm Confined Space Emergencies
Bring the kids, and your gardening questions, and join the Penn State Master Gardeners of Allegheny County on Saturday, August 17th from 9am to 1pm for our annual field day of fun and educational activities.
Pest identification and management for turf and landscape professionals.
Join us for this end-of-season landscape update. Review the past season’s pest problems and pick up a few timely core and category pesticide credits.
Class Dates: August 20 and 27, 2013; Exam: August 27, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: August 16, 2013
A basic course in Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point certified by the International HACCP Alliance. Taught by certified instructors with extensive experience in food safety training, the course provides participants with hands-on experience in developing a HACCP plan. Emphasis is on FDA regulated food products including juice and cider, fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, baked goods, confections, snack foods, and egg and dairy products. The dates and times for this event are August 20, 2013 - 9:30 AM-5:00 PM; August 21, 2013 - 8:00 AM-5:00 PM; and, August 22, 2013 - 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM.
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Tomato Tasting, Contests & Recipes, Tomato Salsa & Preserving Demonstrations
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
This hands-on program covers identification of ornamental insects and diseases, plant symptoms, chemical and non- chemical management options.
September 2013
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Garlic Tasting Party Plus how to grow this delicious herb! Taste 10-20 different varieties!
Exam starts at 4:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 2, 2013
Class Dates: September 9 and 23, 2013; Exam: September 23, 2013 at 12:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 2, 2013
Speaker Dr. Joye Norris is a nationally known expert and trainer on the dialogue based approach to group learning. This method focuses on engagement and interaction to transform teachers and learners. During this workshop, you will discover and practice how to create learner-centered programs that tell less, teach more, and change people’s lives.
Both new and experienced producers should plan to attend. Equipment will be furnished. Wear work clothes and bring gloves.
Class Dates: September 10 and 17, 2013; Exam: September 17, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 3, 2013
Instruction covers fundamentals of HACCP with application in meat and poultry processing operations. The course provides participants with hands-on experience in developing a HACCP plan. Taught by instructors certified by the International HACCP Alliance with extensive experience in food safety training. Meets USDA requirements for HACCP training for fresh and further-processed meat and poultry processors. The dates and times for this event are September 10, 2013 - 10:00 AM-5:00 PM; September 11, 2013 - 8:00 AM-5:00 PM; and, September 12, 2013 - 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Is your local organization struggling to stay productive? Is membership falling? Are you challenged to find or manage resources? Does the group feel like it is going in too many directions, or maybe no direction at all? Six Steps to a Highly Effective Organization works with a leadership team from your organization to identify and develop concrete steps to increase effectiveness. Six monthly workshops will focus on how your organization operates: leadership, structure and committee roles, decision-making and resource management and much more.
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Class Dates: September 12 and 19, 2013; Exam: September 19, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 6, 2013
Photographer and local Anthill farmer Larry Braun will share best practices for getting the most of wildlife shots outside your front door.
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP FOR THE HOME GARDENER - Topics include: Raising Monarchs - Get the Digs on Dirt - A Day in the Fall, Setting the Stage for the Birds - Description of Plants in Murder and Mayhem - Gardening for EVERY BODY - Native Alternatives to Invasive Garden Plants - Insects - Cast a Leaf - The Healing Garden - What's Happening in My Garden? - Vegetable Gardening from November to January
The Second Saturday Gardening Series is a series of gardening workshops presented by the Penn State Master Gardeners in Philadelphia County held on the second Saturday of each month through November. The workshops are presented to the general public and gardening enthusiasts on a variety of gardening topics. The topic for September 14, 2013 is "Organic Gardening Panel." Have questions on organic gardening? A panel will cover soil preparation, IPM, as well as general questions about the what and why of organic gardening, understanding your garden site and choosing the right plants for the right place.
This meeting focuses on weed management in industrial and right-of-way settings. Industry and university specialists present the latest weed management information.
The Hardwood Lumber Grading Short Course will cover and explain the NHLA hardwood lumber grades and will offer hands-on grading of hardwood lumber. The course will benefit anyone involved in the lumber industry who needs a basic understanding of hardwood lumber grades, including: traders and sawyers; those who edge or end trim lumber; lumber buyers and rough-mill managers; and sales representatives.
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Join us for this end-of-season landscape update. Review the past season’s pest problems and pick up a few timely core and category pesticide credits.
Join us for this end-of-season landscape update. Review the past season’s pest problems and pick up a few timely core and category pesticide credits.
Join us for this end-of-season landscape update. Review the past season’s pest problems and pick up a few timely core and category pesticide credits.
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.
Class Dates: September 23 and 30, 2013; Exam: September 30, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 13, 2013
Class Dates: September 24 and October 1, 2013; Exam: October 1, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 17, 2013
Do you have a garden or lawn question you can't find the answer to or a bug you can't identify? A Carbon County Master Gardener Volunteer will be at the Extension Office, 529 Lentz Trail in Jim Thorpe to assist you with your questions. Best of all, it's free!
Join us for this end-of-season landscape update. Review the past season’s pest problems and pick up a few timely core and category pesticide credits.
Everything one needs to know about preparing, growing, harvesting and storing garlic with Brian Fox of Salem Mountain Farm.
Renewable Energy Academy - 3 hour workshop on Wind Energy Systems for Homes & Business
Class Dates: September 30 and October 7, 2013; Exam: October 7, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 27, 2013
October 2013
Class Dates: October 1 and 8, 2013; Exam: October 8, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 27, 2013
Are you considering launching a small farm enterprise, but were not sure where to start? This is the course for you!
Autumn is the time to enjoy the bounty of your work and to prepare your garden for the following year. Come and listen to Master Gardener Erin Gordon as she shares with us ideas to get ready for a more successful garden next spring.
Exam starts at 4:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 30, 2013
Class Dates: October 7 and 15, 2013; Exam: October 15, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 27, 2013
Class Date: October 8, 2013; Exam: October 15, 2013 at 8:00 AM; Registration Deadline: October 1, 2013
Class Dates: October 8 and 15, 2013; Registration Deadline: October 4, 2013
Class Date: October 9, 2013; Registration Deadline: October 4, 2013
Class Dates: October 10 and October 24, 2013; Registration Deadline: October 3, 2013
Going green saves green. Designing and maintaining a corporate or industrial site can be an expensive undertaking. This workshop will showcase sustainable landscape practices that can reduce costs, support a healthier, more productive workforce, and protect water quality.
The Second Saturday Gardening Series is a series of gardening workshops presented by the Penn State Master Gardeners in Philadelphia County held on the second Saturday of each month through November. The workshops are presented to the general public and gardening enthusiasts on a variety of gardening topics. The topic for October 12, 2013 is "Historic Gardens ... Bartram's Garden." “whatsoever whether great or small ugly or handsom sweet or stinking…everything in the universe in thair own nature appears beautiful to mee.” John Bartram, 1740. Join Joel Frye as he talks about the garden's history and the relevance of heirloom plants for today’s gardener.
The short course is a comprehensive two-and-one-half day lecture and hands-on lab/demonstration program on the essentials of sanitation practices that prevent food contamination in commercial food facilities.
Class Dates: October 15 and 22, 2013; Exam: October 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: October 8, 2013
Class Date: October 16, 2013; Exam: October 23, 2013, 8:00-10:00 AM; Registration Deadline: October 9, 2013
Class Date for Certification and Recertification: October 21, 2013; Exam for Certification Only: October 28, 2013 at 9:00 AM; Registration Deadline: October 16, 2013
Class Dates: October 21 and 28, 2013; Exam: October 28, 2013 at 10:00 AM; Registration Deadline: October 17, 2013
This three-day short-course is taught in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and includes lectures and laboratory sessions on regulations, cleaning and sanitizing, pasteurization, instrumentation, and other operational procedures in milk plants.
Class Date: October 28, 2013; Exam: November 4, 2013, 8:00-10:00 AM; Registration Deadline: October 21, 2013
Class Dates: October 28 and November 4, 2013; Exam: November 4, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: October 18, 2013
Class Dates: October 31 and November 7, 2013; Exam: November 7, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: October 25, 2013
Class Dates: October 31 and November 14, 2013; Exam: November 14, 2013 at 12:15 PM; Registration Deadline: October 28, 2013
November 2013
Exam starts at 4:00 PM; Registration Deadline: October 28, 2013
Class Dates: November 4 and 18, 2013; Exam: November 18, 2013 at 10 AM; Registration Deadline: October 31, 2013
A program to build & sustain the Alletta Schadler Scholarship Fund & to provide awareness of existing extension programs.
Class Dates: November 4 and 11, 2013; Exam: November 11, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: November 1, 2013
A program to build & sustain the Alletta Schadler Scholarship Fund & to provide awareness of existing extension programs.
The Second Saturday Gardening Series is a series of gardening workshops presented by the Penn State Master Gardeners in Philadelphia County held on the second Saturday of each month through November. The workshops are presented to the general public and gardening enthusiasts on a variety of gardening topics. The topic for November 9, 2013 is "Build a Terrarium Workshop." Terrariums, popular in the 70's, have rebounded in popularity. Lori Hayes, a Penn State Master Gardener in Philadelphia County, will show you how to design, make, and maintain these miniature gardens in a glass container. This is a hands-on workshop. Participants must provide a small glass container and plants will be available to purchase at the workshop. Space is limited to 20. Pre-registration is required.
Class Date: November 12, 2013; Exam: November 26, 2013 at 8:30 AM; Registration Deadline: November 5, 2013
Class Dates: November 13 and 20, 2013; Exam: November 20, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: November 8, 2013
December 2013
Exam starts at 4:00 PM; Registration Deadline: November 25, 2013
Class Date for Certification and Recertification: December 2, 2013; Exam for Certification Only: December 9, 2013 at 9:00 AM; Registration Deadline: November 27, 2013
Class Dates: December 2 and 9, 2013; Exam: December 9, 2013 at 1:00 PM; Registration Deadline: November 22, 2013
Renewable Energy Academy - 3 hour workshop on Renewable Liquid Biofuel Technologies and their applications
Make a wreath, swag or grave blanket in time for the holidays. Presented by Master Gardeners Wanda Eisenhauer and Mary Fenton. Free admission, $5 each item made.
