Upcoming Events
April 2013
Join the Master Gardeners in this three-part series all about roses.
A season long, highly rated, weekly vegetable garden growing experience. Master Gardeners of Franklin County, led by Darl Hospelhorn and Linda Horst, will teach everything you need to know to grow great vegetables, beginning with spring garden preparation, and ending with the final fall harvest.
May 2013
The National Egg Quality School is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to providing continuing training in the area of shell egg quality and safety throughout the food production and marketing chain.
Class Date: May 22, 2013; Exam: May 29, 2013 at 8:00 AM; Registration Deadline: May 15, 2013
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!
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.
K7 C1 79 Eating Your Way Through the Alphabet
June 2013
K6 C2 61 Enhance your Authentic Self
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.
Silvopasturing allows for the sustainable production of timber, forages, and livestock on the same land.
At this workshop, you will learn more about planning and strategies to help mitigate EAB-related risks.
August 2013
Managing Farm Chemical Emergencies; Farm Confined Space Emergencies
September 2013
Class Dates: September 9 and 23, 2013; Exam: September 23, 2013 at 12:00 PM; Registration Deadline: September 2, 2013
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.
October 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 31 and November 14, 2013; Exam: November 14, 2013 at 12:15 PM; Registration Deadline: October 28, 2013
