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Horticulture / Gardening

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Make Compost!

Find resources here on how to start and maintain a home compost bin! Learn how to turn food and yard waste into "black gold" for your garden!

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Cool Season grasses and broadleaf weeds in a closeup of a lawn

Sustainable Lawns

Find out how to grow a dense, vigorous lawn that will provide many environmental benefits, in these links, videos and resources from Cornell!

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Contact

Brian Gilchrist
Executive Director
btg5@cornell.edu
(518) 746-2560

Last updated May 16, 2019

Horticulture / Gardening

  • Annual and Perennial Flowers, Bulbs and Ornamental Grasses
  • Avoiding Lyme Disease
  • Climate Change & Gardening
  • Compost Resources
  • Deer Resistant Plants
  • Food Gardening
  • Growing Techniques
  • Houseplants
  • Jumping Worm
  • Lawns & Ornamentals
  • Master Gardener
  • Pet Safe Gardening
  • Plant Pests
  • Soil pH: Importance, Testing & Sampling
  • Vegetable Gardening

Stink Bugs

Now is the time of year for brown marmorated stink bugs to look for overwintering spots in homes and buildings. Learn how to identify them and prevent them from entering your home with Cornell’s Community IPM guidelines at:

Community IPM: The Unwelcome House Guest: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug – A Guide for Residents, Property Managers, and Pest Management Professionals

Cornell Insect Diagnostic Laboratory: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

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  • 4-H Shooting Sports - Southern Program
    Saturday, March 4
    8:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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    Monday, January 2
    12:00 PM - 12:00 PM

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