Apple baking tips
With the holidays upon us, are you curious to know the most appealing apple varieties to bake with or eager for a new recipe to try. Here are some tips on baking with apples ...
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Holiday party pix
If you missed the Plant Science Community Holiday Party last week — or just want to recapture the spirit of the day — Carol Grove has kindly posted pictures from the event.
Signs of Sustainability
Each December, Sustainable Tompkins celebrates Signs of Sustainability in and around Tompkins County. Among the 2013 signs of horticultural interest: The Growth Chamber Phase One Energy Conservation Project saves Cornell University $19,000 and 580 ...
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New publication: Woody Shrubs for Stormwater Retention Practices
Rain gardens, filter strips and bioswales are a great way to help reduce runoff, flooding and pollution while increasing groundwater infiltration and aquifer recharge – especially in urban areas. These stormwater prevention practices are ...
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Two plant sciences majors honored
Reposted from CALS Notes: Every year the Seed Committee of the New York State Agri-business Association, together with the American Seed Trade Association, honors Cornell undergraduates in the plant sciences who have demonstrated academic ...
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Grape thinning saves growers up to $15 million
Concord grape growers in western New York this season expanded the use of mechanical crop thinning techniques pioneered by three generations of Cornell viticulturists to maximize the value of an abundant harvest in what ...
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Art of Horticulture final projects
If you’d like to catch a glimpse of students’ final projects in Marcia Eames-Sheavly’s Art of Horticulture class, you can sneak a peak online. You can also see previous class’s work (as well as ...
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Dilmun Hill season overview Dec. 7
Via Katharine Constas, Dilmun Steering Committee Member: On behalf of Dilmun Hill Student Organic Farm, I would like to invite you to join us this Saturday for our season overview December 7, 11:30 a.m. ...
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Online botanical illustration courses start January 27
Learn botanical illustration online. Three courses taught by Marcia Eames-Sheavly start January 27, 2014: Basic Drawing Techniques Working with watercolor Advanced Techniques You can view works by students in previous classes on display in ...
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Deer fencing installed at Freeville farm
Staff at the Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., recently installed one mile of eight-foot-tall woven wire fence to protect 30 acres of organic research projects — including tomato-, pepper- and cucurbit-breeding, trials ...
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