Listen to report. Broccoli has gotten a bad rap (again) in this week’s Supreme Court debate of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. But in this Marketplace radio report from American Public Media, ...
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Students in Hands-On Horticulture for Gardeners (HORT 1102) have helped the class live up to its name in recent weeks, whether creating floral arrangements … … pruning shrubs and cleaning up around Bailey Plaza ...
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“2011 was a year of extremes in New York, with a wet spring followed by a very hot and dry early summer,” reports Stephen Reiners (right), Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University in ...
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From Bruce Reisch: VitisGen (the Specialty Crop Research Initiative project to apply molecular technology to grape breeding programs) will host a meeting of all Project Directors along with its Industry Advisory Committee here in ...
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Frosty night threatens early-budding fruit crops – “This is absolutely the earliest we’ve seen,” Cornell University horticulture professor Susan Brown (right) said of the combination of freezing weather and plants that ...
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If you’re planning what annual flowers to grow in your garden or containers this season, check out the 2011 gallery at the Bluegrass Lane Annual Flower Trials website. Last year was the eighth season ...
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If you missed Johannes Lehmann’s presentation March 12 on Integrated biochar systems for soil fertility management, it’s available online.
Michelle Shearer, 2011 National Teacher of the Year, will speak on “Teaching, Learning and the Power of the Human Factor” on April 24 at 7 p.m. in 233 Plant Science Building on the Cornell ...
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Moving Beyond the Natives/Exotics Debate – Disturbed soils and other factors in the urban environment present challenges for well-intentioned gardeners, not to mention for the plants they wish to grow, ...
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‘Wee Stinky’ draws crowds to Cornell – The towering titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) attracted about 10,000 visits, including more than 3,500 on March 19 alone. Read more in the Cornell Chronicle. Time lapse: Shows ...
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