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May 20, 2009
Pasture Management Education Program
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Lewis Waite Farm, Lewis Hill Rd, Jackson NY
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County is conducting a series of monthly pasture walks through the 2009 pasture season to help livestock owners increase productivity and profits. Owners of any grazing livestock are welcome – sheep, goats, horses, alpaca, cows, etc. The first pasture walk will be Wednesday, May 20, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, hosted by Alan and Nancy Brown of Lewis Waite Farm, on Lewis Hill Rd. in Jackson (off Cambridge-Battenville Rd.). Each month a different farm will host the pasture walk to see a variety of fencing and watering system for intensive grazing management. Each meeting will have a specific management topic. At the May 20 pasture walk, the topic is grass and legume species for pastures along with establishing and renovating pastures. The Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District will display their no-till forage seeder at this meeting. Topics covered through the season will be weeds & poisonous plants (June); fly control (July); internal parasites (August); and animal nutrition for grazing animals (September).
These meetings are free, but please register by calling CCE Washington County, 800-548-0881. For more details talk to Aaron Gabriel.
May 27, 2009
Purina Mills Feed Horse Owners Workshop (H.O.W.)
6:30pm-9:00pm
CCE of Saratoga 4-H Training Center, 556 Middleline Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Featured Speakers/Activities: Ruth Ventela Equine Nutrition Specialist - "Hands on Body Condition Scoring"
Comments: CCE Equine & Purina Mills bring you a Hands On Workshop on Body Condition Scoring the Horse, and Tips on Getting the Most out of Your Feed Program. The Horse Owner's Workshop will begin at 6:30 pm at the 4-H Training Center on Middleline Road in Ballston Spa.
Admission is Free, Please R.S.V.P. to Jennifer Conte at 518-885-8995 to reserve your workshop materials.
More Information can be found here - http://www.cceequine.org/
Contact: Jennifer Conte
Contact Phone: (518) 885-8995
May 28, 2009
Pond Workshop
Date: Saturday, May 30 Registration deadline: May 28
Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Cost: $15.00 per person
Presenter: Rick Burstell, Extension Educator
Many rural landowners are interested in having a pond. There are many factors to consider including your goals and matching them with site appropriateness. This workshop will cover pond design for new construction, aquatic vegetation management, fisheries management, potential benefits and design for other wildlife. A great Cornell publication, The Pond Guidebook, will be available for $20.00. Landscape Painting in Plein Air Weekend Workshop with James Coe
Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY. If you would like to register, please call the office at 518-622-9820.
May 30 , 2009
Forest Management Consideration in Tough Economic Times
Date: Saturday, May 30 Registration deadline: May 28
Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m. Cost: $10.00 per person
Presenter: Mike Greason, Certified Forester
Are you a forest landowner who would like to make informed decisions about your woodlands? Gain information that will help to guarantee that you have a healthy and productive forest now and in the future. During these tough economic times, poor decisions can negatively impact short and long term values of your woodlands. For example, landowners who sell wood without professional input get significantly less income and end up with potentially unproductive forests for many years to come. Also, as the stock market sputters along, your trees keep growing. Although tree stumpage prices have gone down they have always rebounded, so your woodland ownership may be one of your best investment portfolios. Come and learn how to protect this investment
Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY. If you would like to register, please call the office at 518-622-9820.
June 19, 20, 21
Dates: June 19, 20, 21 Registration deadline: June 5
Times: Friday, 7:00-9:00 p. m. Cost: $200 per person
Saturday and Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Materials: You will be provided a list of necessary materials when you register.
Presented by: James Coe, Artist and Naturalist
This intensive weekend program explores the challenges of working in plein-air directly from the landscape and provides an introduction to the traditional methods and materials of alla prima (direct) painting in oil paints. Instruction will include a PowerPoint lecture and orientation session Friday evening during which we will discuss topics ranging from the history of plein-air painting, to the preparation of painting panels for use in the field, to step-by-step presentations of the instructor painting from a landscape and in the studio. On both weekend days in the field, the sessions will begin with a demonstration by the instructor. Following the demonstration, students will receive individual instruction as they work on their own paintings. Appropriate for beginners as well as experienced painters.
Artist and naturalist James Coe is known nationally as the author and illustrator of the Golden Field Guide Eastern Birds, and has contributed illustrations to numerous other guides, including the recently reissued Easy Bird Guide: West. Jim is also a widely-exhibited painter of plein-air landscape paintings. His landscapes, which typically feature natural settings and rural scenes from New York’s Hudson River Valley and Northern Catskills, are recognized for their naturalistic palette and deft painterly handling.
Jim’s artwork has been featured in Wildlife Art and Fine Art Connoisseur (formerly Plein Air magazine), and his paintings have appeared on the covers of Sanctuary, Bird Watcher's Digest, Birding World, and The Auk, professional Journal of the American Ornithologist’s Union. He is represented in permanent collections of the New York State Museum, Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Massachusetts Audubon Society, and Bennington Center for the Arts. Today he is represented by the Windham Fine Arts Gallery in Windham, NY; Mark Gruber Gallery in New Paltz, NY, The Banks Gallery in Portsmouth, New London, and North Conway, NH, and the Gregory James Gallery in New Milford, CT.
Jim lives with his wife and two children in a farmhouse on the Western rim of the Hudson River Valley, where he continues to seek a balance between plein air landscapes and larger studio canvases of birds in natural settings. To learn more about Jim, visit www.jamescoe.com. Please contact our office for information on lodging, if needed.
Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY. If you would like to register, please call the office at 518-622-9820.
All programs take place at the Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY 12405. Pre-registration is required for all programs by calling the office 518-622-9820.
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Green Jobs Forum
Date: Thursday, June 25
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Cost: Free
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Cornell University will host a Green Jobs Forum on Thursday, June 25, 10:00 a.m. to noon. The forum will be broadcast to Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Greene County, located at the Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY, via Cornell’s distance learning video conference network. The forum is free and open to the public. Information on the following topics and issues will be addressed:
Defining "green jobs"
Where to find “green jobs”
Information on available training programs
The future for the "green jobs” sector
Becoming a Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® contractor
General information about the Workforce Development Institute and the New York State Apollo Alliance will be presented, as well as resources available to the general public around the topic of green jobs. Legislative initiatives and other partnerships designed to bolster the clean energy economy in New York State and elsewhere will be discussed.
Representatives of NYSERDA will also provide information on training programs in place and financial incentives available to entrepreneurs and home improvement contracting firms that want to expand into the home performance field.
This Forum is sponsored by the New York Energy $martSM program, which is funded by a System Benefits Charge (SBC) paid by electric distribution customers of Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation, Con Edison, NYSEG, National Grid, Orange and Rockland, and Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation. NYSERDA is a public benefit corporation established by law in 1975 and administers SBC programs under a competitive agreement with the Public Service Commission. The program initiatives are available to electric distribution customers of New York’s investor-owned utilities.
Seating for the Green Jobs Forum is limited
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Water Film Series – After the Storm
Date: Thursday, June 25 Registration deadline: June 23
Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. Cost: Free
Presenter: Liz LoGiudice, Extension Educator
After the Storm is a video co-produced by the U. S. EPA and The Weather Channel that introduces the concept of watershed in an engaging and informative manner. Three case studies focus on the interconnections between water supply, water quality and the economic vitality and quality of life in our communities. A brief discussion of water resource issues will follow the film.
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The Enabled Gardener: Creative Ideas for Gardeners with Limitations
Dates: Saturday, June 27 Registration deadline: June 25
Times: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Cost: $10.00 per person
Presenters: Elizabeth Case, Master Gardener
Although gardening is a breeze for some people, it may not come as easy to others. After living with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Master Gardener Elizabeth Case proved to herself that having a fabulous garden is something within our reach. Many gardening tasks can be simplified when our capabilities are recognized. This presentation contains plenty of information for people with physical limitations. It also has a multitude of ideas that can be utilized to make gardening easier and more enjoyable for everyone.For those of you who have thought, I’ll never be able to garden again, please come and learn these tips and techniques. You may realize a lush and fulfilling garden is still within your reach.
Permaculture and Forest Gardens Series
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Introduction to Permaculture & Lawn to Garden Conversion, Sunday, July 28 9:00-1:00 Registration deadline: June 25
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Edible Forest Gardens, Sunday, July 26 9:00-1:00 Registration deadline: July 23
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Mycoscaping: Mushrooms in the Edible Landscape, Sunday, August 30, 9:00-1:00
Registration deadline: August 27
Cost: $20 each session or $55 for all three
Permaculture is an approach to designing where humans live and perennial agricultural systems that mimic the relationships found in nature. It works to create sustainable, labor-saving ways of meeting our needs for food, shelter, and infrastructure. As both a design science and a global movement, it is accessible to ordinary folks while being scientifically grounded. Permaculture is a powerful way for individuals and communities to take charge of their livelihoods and their ecological impacts. On Sunday, June 28 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene County will be offering an Introduction to Permaculture and Lawn to Garden Conversion. This workshop will introduce participants to the history, ethics, principles, strategies, and techniques of permaculture. We'll have a special hands-on focus on how to quickly and easily convert your lawn into an oasis of delicious veggies and long-lasting fertility. Future workshops include Edible Forest Gardens on Sunday, July 26 and Mycoscaping: Mushrooms in the Edible Landscape on Sunday, August 30.
Course instructor Rafter T. Sass has been studying, practicing, and teaching permaculture since 2003. He is currently enrolled in graduate school, studying ecological design in the Plant and Soil Science Department, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, at the University of Vermont.
June 23, 2009
Pasture Walk: Poisonous Plants and Weeds
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Ensign Brook Farm, hosted by Karin Kennedy and family (1930 Co. Rte 113, just south of the Rte 113/Cheese Factory Rd. intersection)
Dan Brown, poisonous plant expert from Cornell will lead our pasture walk. Aaron Gabriel, CCE – Washington County will discuss pasture weed management. Limited to 25 people. Please bring any pasture plant about which you would like information. (Dig it up keeping the soil on the roots; place it in a bucket; and water it to keep it fresh.). No cost, but please register by calling CCE Washington County 800-548-0881.
Aaron Gabriel
Extension Resource Educator
Crops and Soils
415 Lower Main St.
Hudson Falls, NY 12839
518-746-2560 ofc
518-746-2419 fax
June,2009
Silvopasture-Grazing Livestock in Your Forest
Container Workshop
Basic Vet Care for Beginning Livestock Production Practitioners
Tree Identification
Landscape Painting
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene County has some exciting programs taking place over the next two weeks. The programs will take place at the Agroforestry Resource Center of Cornell Cooperative Extension located at 6055 Route 23 in Acra, NY. Class sizes are limited and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Advance registration is required for all programs by calling the office at (518) 622-9820. For a complete program listing, or other information on the Center, visit the web site www.agroforestrycenter.org.
Silvopasture: Grazing Livestock in Your Forest. Saturday, June 6, 10:00 a.m -4:00 p.m. $15.00 per person, $25/family (includes lunch). The term silvopasture is currently being used to describe an interactive, complementary combination of high-value timber, high-quality forage, and highly-efficient livestock enterprises. The Hudson Mohawk RC&D, along with CCE Greene will be hosting this silvopasture workshop devoted to a cursory, but comprehensive study of these integrative systems and of how the landowner can put them to use; considering their own specific sets of resource circumstances, and objectives for their land. Information concerning planning of the systems, all the way through “how-to” implementation techniques and systems analysis will be offered in the training.
Container Workshop. Wednesday, June 10, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Cost: $10.00 per person. Even the smallest patio or porch can boast a crop of vegetables or a garden of flowers in containers. Planter boxes, wooden barrels, hanging baskets and large flowerpots are just some of the containers that can be used. The container gardener is limited only by his imagination. Container gardens allow you to enjoy plants in areas where a traditional garden is awkward or impossible. Even with limited space in an urban apartment, you can grow fruits, vegetables, flowers and shrubs just about anywhere. Plants thrive on rooftops, decks, balconies, stairs and even on the stoop of your mobile home. Come and learn the “how to’s” of getting started with your own container garden.
Basic Vet Care. Saturday, June 13, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Cost: $10.00 per person. This program is intended to assist beginning, livestock "production practitioners" with learning about certain practices they can do on their own without having to call a veterinarian, or that they can proceed with before the vet arrives. Discussion of how to set up an overall “Health Care Program” for the farm and how to administer it, working closely with a veterinarian's guidance. Basic nutrition, vaccinations, types of medications, worming, and various veterinary surgical procedures that the livestock producer can perform for themselves will be a large part of the training. A veterinarian will be with us to present information about the systems and practices, and CCE staff will add to the discussion.
Tree Identification. Saturday, June 20, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p. m. Cost: $10.00 per person. Have you ever wondered what kind of trees are in the landscape around you? Have you ever wanted to complete a tree identification leaf project for fair, but didn’t know how to begin? This program will provide participants the chance to learn some tricks on tree identification and how to use tree identification books. We will also go on a stroll through the lovely Siuslaw Model Forest and use our tree identification skills. After the walk, information will be provided as to how you should mount and properly label specimens for a tree identification leaf project.
Landscape Painting in Plein Air Weekend Workshop with James Coe, Artist and Naturalist. June 19, 20, 21, Times: Friday, 7:00-9:00 p. m. Saturday and Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Cost: $200 per person. A list of necessary materials will be provided upon registration. This intensive weekend program explores the challenges of working in plein-air directly from the landscape and provides an introduction to the traditional methods and materials of alla prima (direct) painting in oil paints. Instruction will include a PowerPoint lecture and orientation session Friday evening during which we will discuss topics ranging from the history of plein-air painting, to the preparation of painting panels for use in the field, to step-by-step presentations of the instructor painting from a landscape and in the studio. On both weekend days in the field, the sessions will begin with a demonstration by the instructor. Following the demonstration, students will receive individual instruction as they work on their own paintings. Appropriate for beginners as well as experienced painters.
If you have special needs related to program attendance, please contact the office in advance.
Cornell Cooperative Extension provides equal program and employment opportunities.
Angela Tallarico
Senior Extension Administrator
Cornell Cooperative Extension Greene County
Agroforestry Resource Center
6055 Route 23, Acra, NY 12405
Phone: 518-622-9820 X21
July 16, 2009
JULY
Pasture Walk – Fly Control
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Ewetopia Farm, 547 Co. Rte 18, Whitehall (a little west of the Co. Rte 21 intersection
Hosted by Max and Christine Crossman,Ewetopia Farm. Ken Wise, Eastern NY IPM Specialist, will discuss fly management in pastures. Please share this meeting information with those that are interested.
Thank you for your help.
Aaron Gabriel ~Extension Resource Educator, Crops & Soils
CCE Washington County
518-746-2560 ofc
July 31, 2009
Pasture Management for Horse Owners\
1:00pm-5:00pm
Hosted by CCE Equine at 11 Acre Farm in Scotia, NY. Please join us to learn more about horse pasture management. Presenters will be Jeffery Harrison, SUNY Cobleskill and Aaron Gabriel, CCE Washington County. If you have questions on what to do or how to improve your pastures this is the perfect class to attend. For more information or to register please . There is no fee for this course.
contact Sharon LaPier, (518) 885-8995 or stl32@cornell.edu
AUGUST 21-22, 2009
4H COUNTRY AUCTION
Sponsored by
Cornell Cooperative Extension Franklin County
Franklin County Fairgrounds, Malone, NY
New Tack Friday evening 6-9:00pm & Horses Viewed
Saturday 9:00 am Poultry Auction !
Saturday 9:00-11:00am New Tack. 11:00-12:00 Consigned Used Tack
& Horse equipment
Horses Auctioned-12:30pm-done. Small livestock auctioned after
horses. Pigs, sheep, llamas, goats, rabbits, etc.
Tables available for Flea Market & Craft Sales!
Food Available
All proceeds to benefit 4H Programs in Franklin County
518-483-7403
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Small Farms & Beginning Farmer Information
Bernadette Logozar
CCE Franklin
355 West Main Street
Malone , NY 12953
bel7@cornell.edu 518-483-7403