Cornell Cooperative Extension Community Horticulture

National trend…planting vegetable gardens! Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:06:44
If the weekend paper insert Parade magazine says something is a national trend isn’t that mainsteam and so? Did you see the article?  Note what is in paragraph 4 (quoted below)? What America Really Eats By Lynn Schnurnberger … But the cost of healthy foods like vegetables also has gone through the roof. As a result, 21% of those surveyed [...]

Topics for July 09 State Master Gardener Volunteer Conference Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:06:36
The bi-annually state MGV conference will take place July 22-24th 2009.  We want to create a schedule that is attractive to MGV and highlights our campus resources. Please take a few minutes to respond to this brief survey ASAP (no later than Dec 8th): http://surveys.cit.cornell.edu/Survey.aspx?s=6edc0b4757d6437e9cec8f34a7dc7ba1

Mann Library Survey of CCE Information Needs Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:06:28
Cornell’s Mann Library seeks your assistance in identifying the information needs of Cooperative Extension staff in counties throughout NY State. Your feedback will help us allocate our resources to best enhance your work life as a Cornell Cooperative Extension staff member. This one page survey should take about 10 minutes to complete, and you can [...]

Community Horticulture PWT Fall ‘08 meeting minutes Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:06:07
Find meeting minutes at this link: http://www.hort.cornell.edu//department/faculty/bushway/comm_hort_blog/Oct%202008%20PWT%20Minutes.pdf

Reference checking for MGV Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:05:59
In our last state conference call in October we talked about Master Gardener Volunteer reference checking so I can work to establish some guidelines based on what people are already having success with. Notes from that call are at this site. I aim to schedule conference call monthly on subject matters most pressing to [...]