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June 2020
Rhubarb Preservation Demonstration (online)
Rhubarb is one of Maine's earliest crops ready for harvest. Join Cooperative Extension for a demonstration on freezing this delicious and nutritious perennial. Learn about best practices for safe food preservation. We will also review other methods for preserving rhubarb as well as using it fresh. Recipes will be provided to participants. Presented by Laurie Bowen, UMaine Cooperative Extension community education assistant.
Find out more »Preserving the Maine Harvest: Preserving Herbs (online)
Join University of Maine Cooperative Extension food preservation staff for a lively discussion and demonstration on how to preserve Maine foods throughout our growing season. In this session, we will: Discuss a variety of methods for preserving herbs, demonstrate how to make herbal vinegars and herb pesto, and answer your questions. $5 suggested donation. Registration is required. Participants will receive the Zoom information after registering for this event.
Find out more »Food Preservation Demo (Old Town)
Join Cooperative Extension for an evening of hands-on food preservation methods as we preserve that Maine kitchen staple, rhubarb. Participants will get some hands-on experience with preserving rhubarb by three different methods: water bath canner, freezing and drying. Laurie Bowen is a community education assistant with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. She works as a food system program assistant, providing food preservation workshops as well as Cooking For Crowds, a food safety training for volunteers.
Find out more »Fourth Friday Plant Clinic (via Zoom)
Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event is now being conducted via Zoom. Visit the website for the Zoom link. Piscataquis County horticulture staff are going on the road. We will be answering your gardening questions throughout Piscataquis County. Stop by and say hello, and let us know how we can help. Bring a diseased plant or tree branch for diagnosis, a bug for identification, and share your gardening questions and successes. This year our Fourth Friday Plant Clinics are a…
Find out more »Preserving the Maine Harvest: Drinks from the Garden (online)
Join University of Maine Cooperative Extension food preservation staff for a lively discussion and demonstration on how to preserve Maine foods throughout our growing season. In this session, we will: Demonstrate how to make a fruit shrub for cocktails and mocktails, explain how to make a flavored water kefir, discuss other creative uses of fruit, herbs, and vegetables in drinks, and answer your questions $5 suggested donation. Registration is required. Participants will receive the Zoom information after registering for this…
Find out more »July 2020
Fourth Friday Plant Clinic (via Zoom)
Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event is now being conducted via Zoom. Visit the website for the Zoom link. Piscataquis County horticulture staff are going on the road. We will be answering your gardening questions throughout Piscataquis County. Stop by and say hello, and let us know how we can help. Bring a diseased plant or tree branch for diagnosis, a bug for identification, and share your gardening questions and successes. This year our Fourth Friday Plant Clinics are a…
Find out more »August 2020
Fourth Friday Plant Clinic (via Zoom)
Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event is now being conducted via Zoom. Visit the website for the Zoom link. Piscataquis County horticulture staff are going on the road. We will be answering your gardening questions throughout Piscataquis County. Stop by and say hello, and let us know how we can help. Bring a diseased plant or tree branch for diagnosis, a bug for identification, and share your gardening questions and successes. This year our Fourth Friday Plant Clinics are a…
Find out more »September 2020
Fourth Friday Plant Clinic (via Zoom)
Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event is now being conducted via Zoom. Visit the website for the Zoom link. Piscataquis County horticulture staff are going on the road. We will be answering your gardening questions throughout Piscataquis County. Stop by and say hello, and let us know how we can help. Bring a diseased plant or tree branch for diagnosis, a bug for identification, and share your gardening questions and successes. This year our Fourth Friday Plant Clinics are a…
Find out more »October 2020
Maine Compost School (Highmoor Farm, Monmouth)
Maine Compost School is the longest-running Compost School in the United States. The Maine Compost School offers both classroom and laboratory hands-on activities. For people interested and/or involved with medium and large-scale composting operations. This course is a certificate program and trains personnel to be qualified compost site operators. This course takes place over one week starting Monday, Oct 19 and ending Friday, Oct 23.
Find out more »Maine Compost School (Highmoor Farm, Monmouth)
Maine Compost School is the longest-running Compost School in the United States. The Maine Compost School offers both classroom and laboratory hands-on activities. For people interested and/or involved with medium and large-scale composting operations. This course is a certificate program and trains personnel to be qualified compost site operators. This course takes place over one week starting Monday, Oct 19 and ending Friday, Oct 23.
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