Student-built home in Lexington almost done Nov 10, 2009
The Minuteman Horticulture program will do the landscaping, putting attractive finishing touches on the property. What s left. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Straw should be OK to stay Nov 6, 2009
What type jobs are possible with a horticulture degree ... Scott Angle, dean of the University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, says starting salaries of students in agriculture/horticulture, including bonuses, are second among UGA colleges behind only the Terry College of Business ... com for details on careers in horticulture. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Full story..... Nov 6, 2009
Mrs. Springfield takes obvious pride in her family and in her horticulture, and Stair said talking to her was like getting a lesson on native plants. Some of her plantings have included cenizo or ceniza, wild cherry trees, algerita, whitebush, native oaks and jujuba (also called paw-paw). (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
David Robson: All about pumpkins Nov 5, 2009
David Robson is a horticulture educator for the University of Illinois Extension. For more gardening information or for your local extension unit office, go to. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
County cuts to impact services Nov 4, 2009
Agents would have less time to answer farmers questions on matters like fed rations, land rental rates, and horticulture matters. You are either not going to get it or you are going to wait longer before you do get it, Knapp said. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Hes the presidential pooches right-hand man Nov 4, 2009
After getting a degree in horticulture from Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, N.C., he continued his training in Washington and basically was discovered for his green thumb, as he tells the story. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Politics)
For African violets, 'hands off' means healthier Nov 4, 2009
A recently published study by scientists Julia C. Brotton and Janet C. Cole from the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Oklahoma State University (in a recent issue of HortTechnology) could provide african violet enthusiasts with important care information about the finicky flower. Because of their brightly colored flowers and hairy leaves, people are attracted to african violets and often want to touch the leaves and flowers. (EurekAlert!)
Pecan trees benefit from thinning technique Nov 4, 2009
To address this issue, researchers at the University of Georgia's Department of Horticulture studied the effects of mechanical fruit thinning on pecan yield, nut quality, and profitability using 'Sumner' and 'Cape Fear' pecan trees, two important cultivars prevalent in areas of the southeastern U.S. The research study was published in a recent issue of HortTechnology. Ten 20-year-old trees of both 'Sumner' and 'Cape Fear' were used for the study. (EurekAlert!)
Onion MEP up by $145/ton Nov 4, 2009
While traders and retailers have attributed the rise in rates to dip in availability following floods in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, state-owned National Horticulture Research and Development Foundation has blamed speculators and retailers, saying the supply crunch is not as dramatic as the surge in prices. Onion from the southern part of the country is exported mainly to Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore, while that from Nasik is sent mostly to Gulf countries. (India Times)
Obama asks for bold, innovative action to create jobs Nov 3, 2009
Haney, 57, has a degree in horticulture from Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, N.C. He has been a White House fixture since 1972. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
* Taipei inks expo cooperation deal Nov 3, 2009
The Taipei City Government signed a letter of intent yesterday with 20 local governments who will help put together the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition (Taipei Flora Expo) ... Under the theme Flower, River, New Horizon, the Taipei Expo will feature 14 pavilions that will focus on flora and horticulture, culture and arts, environmental ecology and pioneering technology, the mayor said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
A rose show and an upcoming ball for all Nov 3, 2009
The Rose Show has three main sections for entries: horticulture, arrangements, and photography. There are about 75 categories in these sections in which winners can receive certificates or trophies. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Sweeter: My memory was malfunctioning last issue (2) Nov 1, 2009
SAEs show off the work they did on various projects, like livestock care, crop production or horticulture production. Look for videos from the 2008-09 state FFA officers on our Web site. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Top banana needed to resolve food price rows Nov 1, 2009
AN OMBUDSMAN is needed to help resolve disputes between growers and buyers, horticulture industry experts said yesterday. The Federal Government will examine the suggestion after members of the industry's Horticulture Code of Conduct committee reviewed Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recommendations to amend the code ... Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Tony Burke said the horticulture sector was worth $9 billion a year and supported about 30,000 growers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
UGA prof perfecting pumpkins Oct 31, 2009
Horticulture professor George Boyhan stands near two of the disease-resistant pumpkins that he has created at the University of Georgia. He crosses traditional American pumpkins with their relatives from Brazil. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Sally Scalera: What to do in garden once weather cools Oct 31, 2009
Contact Scalera, Brevard County's horticulture extension agent, at 3695 Lake Drive, Cocoa, FL 32926, or 633-1702, or. 1. (Florida Today)
Yard and Garden: Master gardener offers lessons in Hydrangeas 101 Oct 31, 2009
If you have any horticulture questions, call the U of I Extension office 345-7034. Volunteer Master Gardeners are in the office from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday and Thursday to answer questions. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Rwanda: Habyarimana New Head of NURC Oct 29, 2009
Other appointments that were made included that of Dr Magnifique Ndambe Nzaramba as the head of Rwanda Horticulture Development Authority (RHODA), a position that has been held by Peter Muvara. Appolinaire Mushinzimana was named the coordinator of the National Decentralisation Implementation Secretariat (NDIS) while Edouard Ngirente and Leonard Rugwabiza were appointed to the Ministry of Finance. (allAfrica.com)
Butte gets new extension agent Oct 28, 2009
Weber replaces former extension agent Toby Day, who left in June to work as the horticulture specialist at MSU.. Weber may be contacted at 723-0217. (Montana Standard, MT)
Ala. county's sweet potato yield cut by rains Oct 28, 2009
Arnold Caylor, director of the North Alabama Horticulture Research Center, estimated up to 80 percent of the county's crop will be lost. The county usually ranks second in the state in sweet potato production. (WSJA.com, AL)
Lawrence Halprin - landscape architect - dies Oct 28, 2009
In 1940, while a horticulture student at the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Halprin married Anna Schuman, a dancer and fellow student who became his creative as well as marital partner. It was Anna who suggested that they take a weekend trip to see Taliesin, the home of infamous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Just for show: Fall decorating relies on veggies Oct 27, 2009
"We don't just decorate for Halloween anymore but for the entire fall season," said Amanda Sears, an extension agent with the University of Kentucky's Department of Horticulture. Many farmers and roadside retailers make financial hay selling multicolored ears of Indian corn, pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks and straw bales for home decorating. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Feds back off marijuana busts in some states Oct 25, 2009
Pro Legalaize wrote on Oct 22, 2009 12:36 PM:" 1 pound of a plant is not realistic from one plant, a mature female in an indoor garden may produce an ounce of cured buds if grown by someone who knows indoor horticulture. . ". CindyLou wrote on Oct 22, 2009 10:07 AM:" now would be a good time to open a grow/head shop! ". (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Fall notes (23) Oct 25, 2009
Annette MaCoy is the consumer horticulture extension educator and master gardener coordinator for Penn State Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County. If you have garden questions, contact Annette at 240-6500 or by e-mail at. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
In search of native plants Oct 25, 2009
University of Idaho consumer horticulture specialist Stephen Love collects native plant specimens from the arid mountains of Idaho. University of Idaho, Bill Loftus / AP photo. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Where are the fall colors? Oct 24, 2009
Record low temperatures earlier this month jarred the state's deciduous trees' normal transition between fall and winter, said Toby Day, Montana State University extension horticulture specialist ... Toby Day, Montana State University extension horticulture specialist, said temperatures must drop to between 30 and 40 degrees below zero for 10 straight days to kill the insects. (Montana Standard, MT)
County FFA participates in statewide career event Oct 22, 2009
Mineral County's Agriculture Education program offers diverse course programs including Agriculture Science I and II, Agricultural Mechanics I and II, Animal Science Small Animals, Animal Science Large Animals, Animal Science and Production, Aquaculture I and II, CAD, Equine Science, Forestry I and II, Greenhouse Management, Horticulture, Introduction to Majors, Oxy Acetylene Welding, Small Engines, and Wildlife Management. Chapter FFA advisors include Charlie Bennett, John Ritchie, Julie Sions,... (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
The blue GM rose on sale in Japan Oct 22, 2009
Helen Bostock, a horticulture advisor at the UK's Royal Horticultural Society, says that while a true-blue rose sounds fabulous, it could stand out like a "sore thumb". "A natural blue rose would signify something that is expensive and rare. It would signify exclusivity. "It has been the Holy Grail to rose breeders, but, personally, I think it would look odd - a bit like a plate of blue chips. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Greenlee pushes 'The American Meadow Garden' Oct 22, 2009
"It's one of the most exciting new directions in horticulture and design. You couldn't have made the gardens in the book 10 years ago, even five years ago, because no nurseries were growing the plants.". In the book, Greenlee, a pioneering nurseryman and designer who lives in Brisbane, recounts his own fascination with meadow gardening and describes exemplary natural meadows, from coastal grasslands and the Sierra to Midwestern prairies and Southern pine savannahs. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nano-Agriculture: Huge Effect On Plant Growth Oct 22, 2009
"This observed positive effect of CNTs on the seed germination could have significant economic importance for agriculture, horticulture, and the energy sector, such as for production of biofuels," they add. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
Cold desert of Lahaul & Spiti now home to apples Oct 21, 2009
If the claims of horticulture department are to be believed, the apple produce in Lahaul-Spiti has been over 125 metric tonnes from 450 hectares this year and is likely to double in the next five years ... Enthused by the growing business, the horticulture department has set a target of apple plantation in 50 hectares area per annum ... "Saplings would be planted in minimum 50 hectares of land every year. In the next five or six years, Lahaul is going to be hub of apple production," Lahaul-Spiti... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Kohl Secures Funding for Wisconsin Projects in 2009 Agriculture Spending Bill (12) Oct 19, 2009
- 400,000 for Urban Horticulture - These funds will support education and training in urban horticulture though development of community gardens in collaboration with UW Extension and Growing Power, a non-profit organization in Milwaukee. Among the provisions designed to help Wisconsin agriculture and farm communities, the bill includes. (Agri-View, WI)
Composted Dairy Manure In Foliage Plant Production Oct 18, 2009
Scientists Qiansheng Li, Jianjun Chen, Russell D. Caldwell, and Min Deng from the Department of Environmental Horticulture and Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC) at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, published a research report in HortTechnology that evaluated the potential for using cowpeat, a composted dairy manure, as a component of container substrates for foliage plant propagation. For the study, a commercial formulation (20% perlite and... (Science Daily)
Boktoberfestplant sale kicks off Saturday Oct 18, 2009
Education will be provided by Master Gardeners, plant societies, garden clubs and the UF-IFAS Extension Service including Dr. David Shibles, Polk County s residential horticulture agent and extension agent emeritus Tom MacCubbin ... Nick Baker, director of horticulture, Bok Tower Gardens. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Yard and Garden: Tips for harvesting and storing sweet potatoes Oct 17, 2009
Click on Horticulture & Environment ... If you have any horticulture questions, call the U of I Extension office at 345-7034 ... Tony Bratsch is a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
School board sends council new proposal for police liaison services Oct 17, 2009
Approved a science equivalency credit for horticulture. PLEASE NOTE. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
NH getting agricultural funds Oct 17, 2009
Specialty crops are defined as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops. Funding for these projects is provided by the USDA and will go to eight different projects across the state. (Concord Monitor)
Fungus invading, killing trees in laurel family Oct 16, 2009
Mark Warren, an agriculture and horticulture agent for Cooperative Extension Service in Flagler County, also expects it to wipe out avocado trees growing in the yards of many Palm Coast residents. Once the disease took hold in the county, it moved quickly, wiping out redbay trees all along Florida Avenue in Palm Coast. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Kenya: Food Security at Lowest Ebb in 20 Years Oct 15, 2009
The country's hunger situation is blamed on poor rains coupled with the global financial crises which has affected the tourism and horticulture industries' earnings resulting in layoffs as firms cut cost. Concern Worldwide country director, Anne O'Mahony, says the majority of Kenyans facing hunger are the poor based in rural areas and those living in urban slums. (allAfrica.com)
Grow suburbs, not vegies: developers Oct 13, 2009
However, the chairman of the NSW Farmers' Association horticulture committee, Peter Darley, said that the city needed to retain its farms because they had a more reliable water source than those further west, especially during drought. You must also maintain food security close to your population base,'' he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Good rains see spurt in garlic acreage Oct 13, 2009
Also, MP which is the major garlic grower, has received good rains this year, said Hariprasad Sharma, assistant director of National Horticulture Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF). Thus garlic, which is a rabi crop, is expected to sown on more than 68,000 acres in MP. Gujarat, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are the other important garlic growing states. (India Times)
Suburbs will swallow Sydney's market gardens Oct 12, 2009
The overwhelming impression was that the Sydney vegetable industry is shrinking,'' says the report, funded by the department and Horticulture Australia Ltd. It now occupies 2025 hectares, much less than the 5000 hectares documented in two reports six years ago. Anecdotal evidence from many industry observers also suggests that the vegetable industry, not only in Sydney but also in Gosford and the Hunter Valley, has shrunk dramatically over the last 20 years,'' it says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
County officials on a floral mission Oct 12, 2009
The Volusia County Department of Economic Development is in Amsterdam this week with a delegation of 30 growers, businesses and industry experts to boost one the county's biggest industries -- horticulture. The department's trade mission includes one-on-one sales meetings with potential importers, site tours and briefings with key Dutch traders and experts, and the 2009 Horti Fair. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Business)
Horizontal learnings Oct 12, 2009
Really, all you have to do to find examples is to look around you: the world is full of people only too delighted to call a spade a laterally-constructed earth-reassignment implement that delivers key diggable strategies across all domestical gardening operations and excavational green-field sites in important industry streamings to ensure proper holing, careful foilaging induction and subsequent replacementing of surplus dirtings to enable customers and stakeholders in growing the horticulture... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
FFA students in new agriculture world Oct 11, 2009
In response, Red Mountain educators have built a "land lab," where students learn about landscape management by growing their own crops, learn about horticulture with about 1,700 plants inside several greenhouses, and learn about animal science by raising goats, sheep and other animals. The goal is to make it look like a farm. (AZCentral -- News)
U of M Extension continues efforts, help lines for flood victims (2) Oct 11, 2009
The Flood Information Line (800) 232-9077, staffed by Extension personnel Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is a resource for questions about water, crops, horticulture and climatology issues. Questions at other times of the day and on weekends can be left on voice mail and will be returned during staffed hours. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Oxygen content in Ladakh up 50%: Scientists Oct 11, 2009
"Oxygen content in the atmosphere has gone up by 50 percent. Wheat cultivation, horticulture and greenhouses are also adding to the oxygen delivery," W. Selvamurthy, chief controller (Rthe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), told IANS. ... "We have now 78 varieties of vegetables being produced by locals here. We have given various greenhouses to the army and the locals for horticulture," said DIHAR's director Shashi Bala Singh. (India Times, India)
Arboretum friends hope to raise funds for facility Oct 11, 2009
Pictured to the right are Dr. Tony Brannon, dean of the School of Agriculture, and Dr. Pat Williams, associate professor of horticulture ... Murray State University officially kicked off its Friends of the Arboretum group Friday afternoon to raise money for the completion of what officials promise will be one of the finest displays of horticulture in western Kentucky ... Dr. Pat Williams, assistant professor of horticulture, said that when he arrived at MSU eight years ago, he looked down the... (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
Cobb: Cherry trees under stress (and so am I) Oct 10, 2009
Matter of fact, Cobb has an extension agent in the area of home horticulture and I consulted him recently about a dying tree I have. Columns and blogs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
No onion shortage: NHRDF Oct 10, 2009
PUNE: Even though onion prices are rising in the country in anticipation of crop damage due to floods in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the Nashik-based National Horticulture Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF) has said there is no shortage of the commodity in the country. According to the latest NHRDF report on on 00004000 ion availability in the country, there is stock of 10 lakh tonnes left over from the 25 lakh tonnes that was stored after the last rabi crop. (India Times)
Sally Scalera: Start preparing for fair contests Oct 10, 2009
I hope many of you will enter one or more of the horticulture competitions that will be at the Brevard County Fair, which will be March 18 through 28 at Wickham Park in Melbourne. The horticulture competitions include container gardens, hanging baskets, oddest-shaped vegetable, largest vegetable, best quality vegetable and best quality fruit ... Here is a summary of the different classes for the horticulture sections. (Florida Today)
Double whammy for rice bowl Oct 9, 2009
Apart from foodgrains, horticulture crops have also suffered extensive damages in the districts like Guntur, Krishna, Mahbubnagar and Kurnool. While Mahbubnagar produces vegetables in large quantities, Kurnool is famous for onions and tomatoes. (India Times)
Pumpkin shortage? Not in Illinois Oct 9, 2009
Part of the confusion about possible shortages is because there are many different pumpkin varieties,; said Bill Shoemaker, researcher at the University of Illinois Horticulture Research Center in St. Charles. Processing pumpkins for canned pumpkin are great big football-shaped squash, a sort of tan color ; not the kind of decorative jack-o-lantern pumpkin that consumers are used to seeing. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Social Scene Oct 8, 2009
Andrew graduated from Ankeny Public High School in 1997 and from Des Moines Area Community College in 2002 with a degree in commercial horticulture. He is currently self-employed with his own lawn care business and rental properties. (Mt. Lake Observer/Advocate, MN)
Tending the soil Oct 7, 2009
Dr. Pat Williams, associate professor of horticulture, will update everyone on the university's vision for the arboretum and its progress ... We're excited about the potential of the benefits it will bring to the region's plant and horticulture industry, he said. (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
Specialty crop grants go to 15 projects Oct 7, 2009
Fifteen projects, including four in western South Dakota, have been awarded grants adding up to 185,625 for specialty crops such as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. The Specialty Crop Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture came through the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Funds awarded for S.D. specialty crops (38) Oct 7, 2009
The grant program defines specialty crops as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. SDDA received $185,625. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Boston Globe writer Carol Stocker to speak in Wellesley Oct. 6 Oct 6, 2009
Stocker s presentation, Confessions of a Garden Writer, will cover how her career took her from writing about crime and murder in Detroit to writing about Boston horticulture ... In 1992, she became the Boston Globe s garden columnist, and continues to cover new horticulture for the Globe while answering reader s questions online at the Globe s Web site. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Explore the art and science of plants this fall at Wellesley College Oct 5, 2009
The fee is $75 for Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture or Arnold Arboretum members, $90 for non-members ... Call 781-283-3094 or e-mail horticulture@wellesley ... The fee is $10 for Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture members, $13 for non-members. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Storm gathers over Great Southern plantations Oct 4, 2009
But the position of other investors in the horticulture schemes such as almonds, olives, grapes and vineyards and the softwood and high-value timber businesses is a great deal less certain. Mr McGrath said there had been ''limited'' interest in replacing Great Southern Managers and that the proposals received so far had been ''largely underdeveloped. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
1,200-Pound Pumpkin Shatters NC Record Oct 3, 2009
Holder's pumpkin, which will be showcased with other large and interesting horticulture displays, might take a little longer than that. Distributed by Internet Broadcasting. (KIRO TV, WA)
Fair game: It's all about the pie Oct 3, 2009
(AP Photo / Russel A. Daniels) This photo taken Sept. 30, 2009 shows A first place orange in the horticulture building at the Caruthers District Fair in Caruthers, Calif. While some fairs draw crowds for their deep-fried twinkies, the District Fair in this town of 2,103 in California's raisin region serves up mainly locally grown food, assembled for sale by the dozen or so churches and service clubs whose emblems hang on the town's giant welcome sign. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Protect food source Oct 3, 2009
"I have not seen the students this excited about something in years," Irwin Goodman, a horticulture professor who is vice dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences said of the buzz on campus about Pollan's field-to-table philosophies. Women farmers reaping more, using personal touch with customers, plants. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Bonsai: A living art Oct 3, 2009
The art of growing a bonsai tree goes beyond a typical hobby in horticulture ... It is a unique blend of horticulture and art, so essentially, it is a living art, said Nixon, 57, who has grown bonsai as a hobby since 1973, and has studied a variety of trees, as well ... You should really appreciate the fact that this is a combination of horticulture and art, so you really should have an appreciation for the theory behind it and learn what is so esoteric about it, he said. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Yard and Garden: I love those four seasons Oct 3, 2009
Hardy mums make a great addition to the fall garden, said University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator Matt Kostelnick ... If you have any horticulture questions, call the U of I Extension office at 345-7034. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
