Putting your Garden to Bed: A FREE Workshop for gardeners
On Thursday October 13th, 2011, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County and Syracuse Grows are hosting a free Winterizing your Garden workshop open to all area gardeners. The workshop will be held at the Southwest Community Farm at 100 Bellevue Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13204 from 5:15 to 6:30 pm.
Through this workshop gardeners will learn how to best prepare their garden for winter and for next year’s growing season. Strategies include cover cropping, mulching and composting, fall planting, and crop rotation. Simple plans for rotating vegetable crops can help manage pests, diseases, and soil fertility. This hands-on workshop will showcase practices implemented by the gardeners at the Southwest Community Farm and highlight the research of the Cornell Fruit and Vegetable team.
‘Winterizing your Garden’ will be led by Judson Reid and Kayleigh Burgess. Judson Reid is a specialist with the Cornell Vegetable Program. Kayleigh is a Community Educator with CCE Onondaga. Funding for this workshop is provided by the Future Fund of Central New York and the Onondaga County Department of Water Environment Protection.
If you have any questions, or to RSVP, contact Kayleigh Burgess at kmb337@cornell.edu or (315)424-9485 ext. 229.
NOFA-NY Presents the 1st Annual NOFA-NY Organic Dairy and Field Crop Conference
Join NOFA-NY on November 4, 2011 for our 1st Annual Organic Dairy and Field Crop Conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Syracuse, NY, featuring experienced organic keynote speakers: Ed Maltby, Executive Director of the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, and Mary-Howell Martens, Owner of Lakeview Organic Grain, LLC.
The conference will also feature 8 different workshops covering everything from organic dairy animal care to growing and marketing food-grade grains. Lunch will be an organic community potluck, and attendees are encouraged to bring a dish to share.
To read more about this conference or to register, please click here.
You can also click the site link to go to the NOFA: http://www.nofany.org/
Funding Trees in Community Landscapes * BENEFITS OF TREES
A Workshop for Municipal Officials, Tree Board Members, Planning and Zoning Boards and Community Tree Enthusiasts.
New York State Fairgrounds – Syracuse, NY
Art and Home Center – Demonstration Kitchen
Thursday, October 27, 2001
Session 1: 1:30 – 3:30pm
or
Session 2: 5:30 – 7:30pm
For more details about this workshop, please click here.
What’s Hot – The Horticulture Hot Line at CCE Onondaga
The Horticulture Hot Line is available Tuesday and Thursday from 1-4pm!
Call: 315.424.9485 ext 236
Burning Bush – Euonymus alatus – one of fall’s glorious colors, that’s green all season long and turns colors in the fall. Word of warning it must be planted in full sun to obtain this brilliant fall color, which is produced by the sugar in the foliage.
Syracuse Grows Fall Harvest Dinner 2011
Syracuse Grows Fall Harvest Dinner 2011
Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2011, 5:48 PM
Video by David Lassman
The Syracuse Grows Annual Fall Harvest Dinner takes place at the Southwest Community Farm, corner of Bellevue and Midland Ave. This farm-to-table celebration includes items raised by the community gardeners for this potluck style dinner prepared by Sparky Town.
To see this video, please click here.