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Registration for the Pruning for Prfessionals workshop will need to be received by March 1. The workshop will be on Friday, March 8, 2013, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm, Keystone College, Hibbard Campus Center, Evans Hall, LaPlume, PA...
Registration for the Maintaining Healthy Landscapes: A workshop for the Landscape Industry must be received by March 11. The workshop will take place on Tuesday - March 19,9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m, Luzerne County Community College, Conference Center, 1333 South Prospect Street, Nanticoke, PA...
Gradually, the winter season is coming to a close. The weather pattern is still unpredictable; cycles of warm and cold will taunt us for a while longer...
Dave Messersmith, Extension Educator, Wayne County will be presenting at the Agronomy Update Meeting...
Commercial berry growers will meet on March 6, 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The Iron Skillet restaurant at the Petro Plaza in Avoca (exit 178-B off I-81) is where berry growers will meet...
There will be a Crops Meeting in Wyoming County to review the 2012 growing season...
Did you know that potatoes are fat free, cholesterol free, and sodium free? They are high in vitamin C and a good source of potassium...
Even though the temperature is below freezing and our landscapes look stark and lifeless, it is the perfect time to walk your property and evaluate your trees branch structure while the leaves are off the tree and not blocking your view to the interior of the canopy...
When fuel prices are high, homeowners tend to burn more wood to heat their homes. Some folks tend to think of the ashes as waste to be disposed of...
Growing tree fruit in your backyard can be challenging and rewarding. Peaches are particularly challenging to grow in Northeastern Pennsylvania...
Each and every year, in the dead of winter, we have a string of warmer weather, as this past week has shown. Then it moves to get colder again. Slowly the days are getting longer and the sun is getting stronger...
This winter the Penn State Extension Green Industry Team will be offering a series of five sessions called the Green Industry Winter Updates...
When most people think about color in their landscapes, they‘re thinking about spring and summer flowers, but there are some plants that can add wonderful colors and interest to your landscape in winter...
The holiday season brings with it a series of challenges: finding the right tree, fixing the one bulb in the string of lights, the crowded malls, highways choked with travelers…
My last article spoke of soil basics. I would like to discuss in more detail how to improve your soil to the point in which your plants will grow their best...
Some people think it is wasteful and harmful to the environment when Americans cut down and use 30 million live trees to celebrate Christmas...
As you are putting up holiday decorations, doing some last minute outside repairs, or cleaning up around your yard, keep an eye out for two potential problems: squirrels and chipmunks. They can easily settle around and even inside your house for the winter, plus they can damage your plants...
The more we learn about soil the more appreciation we have for it. We are blessed by the intricate relationship between the mineral, air, water, and organic components of soil...
There is one familiar furry resident in your home landscape which does tremendous damage in the upcoming winter months...
Indoors it is, as the weather is unpredictable, and the days are growing shorter faster...
