CALS online permaculture course returns [CALS Notes 2013-08-05] – Registration is again open for the online course Permaculture Design: Fundamentals of Ecological Design, offered September 9 to October 24, 2013 through the Department of Horticulture’s distance learning program.
Great Lakes grapes [CALS Notes 2013-08-04] On July 25, the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program hosted a summer conference at the Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory to highlight new technology and new grape production and pest management practices developed at the lab. Attendees learned the latest information on a range of topics related to vineyard-based integrated pest management (IPM), and the implementation and economics of precision viticulture.
Gardeners’ delight? Or fright? [CALS Notes 2013-08-02] – Bernd Blossey, an associate professor in the Department of Natural Resources, was studying the effects of three types of non-native plants believed to be disrupting ecosystems in 15 Northeastern forests when he stumbled upon the real culprit: Non-native earthworms.