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Cheshire County eNewsletter               September 2012
Upcoming Events

September 19-30

Help Support Your Local   

4-H Clubs 

by adding $1 at checkout 

at Tractor Supply Co.

Walpole NH   

 

September 22  

 NH Tree Farm Field Day 

8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

to honor Ben and Debbie Kilham    

Dartmouth Skiway

Lyme, NH    

 

September 23 

Winch Town Forest

Timber Harvest Tour

Sullivan NH
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

     

September 27-30  

Deerfield Fair    

Deerfield NH    

   

September 28

Habitat Seminar  

5:00 to 7:00 PM  

Unity NH

(Flyer)  

 

October 27

First Annual Maple School 

 Tilton NH
(Brochure or to Register Online)

November 3  

Managing for Red Oak  

Maynard Forest 
Keene, NH 
8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
 

November 14

Food Protection Certification Course and Exam

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Claremont, NH

$140 per person, includes:Essentials Book, Exam & Refreshments. Lunch is on your own. For more info. contact Deb Maes at 603-787-6944.  Registration must be received 4 weeks prior to class.  

 

February 8 & 9 
Help Us Celebrate our
30th Anniversary!
Radisson Hotel 
Elm Street, Manchester
 

 

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Forestry 

Time for Fall Webworm

fall webworm

   This is the time of year when we see those light and silky nests appearing in our trees. Fall Webworm is here and adds a spooky quality to the fall landscape. Although we don't see the nests until late summer or early fall, adults emerge in late spring or early summer after overwintering as a pupa. After mating, females lay eggs on the underside of leaves. Larvae emerge in late summer - and they are hungry! Gathered together, the larvae produce the silky web we see, which protects them as they feed. The web expands as the larvae move to new areas to eat. Larvae eventually leave the protection of the web to find a safe place to spin a cocoon and spend the winter as a pupa.

 

   Fall Webworms do most of their damage to leaves late in the growing season, when the trees are preparing to drop their leaves. If the tree is healthy to begin with, Fall Webworms will not cause any long term damage to the tree. Plus, the Fall webworm has several natural enemies that either parasitize or prey on it. It is often just fine to do nothing about these pests. Read more about Fall Webworm here.

 

Fallen oak shoots may be work of the twig pruner If you find oak shoots with green leaves on your lawn this time of year, don't worry; it is probably caused by a beetle, and it won't hurt your tree.  

 

State Officials Confirm Emerald Ash Borer Detected in Massachusetts for First Time

Boston - September 12, 2012 - Officials with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Department of Agricultural Resources (DAR) today announced that the Emerald ash borer (EAB) has been detected in Massachusetts. The destructive beetle was detected in the western Massachusetts town of Dalton on August 31, 2012, and was confirmed by federal officials on September 6. Massachusetts is the 18th state in the country to detect EAB. (Full Press Release)  

 

4-H and Youth   

national 4-H week   

4-H National Youth Science Day

   On October 10, 2012, millions of young people across the nation will become scientists for the day during the fifth annual 4-H National Youth Science Day (NYSD). NYSD is the premier national rallying event for year-round 4-H Science programming, bringing together youth, volunteers and educators from the nation's 111 land-grant colleges and universities to simultaneously complete the National Science Experiment. (How to Get Involved)  

 

Celebrate National 4-H Week in New Hampshire by participating in this year's National Science Day experiment on October 10, 2012. Learn more by contacting the 4-H Office in Cheshire County at 352-4550. 

Agriculture       

Storing Fall Crops

   Having enjoyed a good month of peak productifall cropson from the vegetable  garden by now, there's been an abundance of green beans, tomatoes, and sweet corn, sometimes even a surplus. Many people know about preserving these crops with canning and freezing, and they work hard during the summer putting up jars of pickles or tomato sauce, and they stock their freezers with packages of frozen vegetables to enjoy some time later in winter.

 

   But fall is when more later-maturing and cold-tolerant crops become prominent - late plantings of beets or carrots, hearty greens like cabbages or kale, and winter squashes. While there are certainly ways to can or freeze some of these crops as well, there are other ways to store these crops for later use.

 

   One of the easiest methods of storing these crops is to simply leave them in the field as long as possible. Kale and Brussels sprouts tolerate cold temperatures very well, withstanding not only hard frosts but a few freezes. Kale, in particular, will do just fine into early December until night temperatures dip into the low twenties or upper teens. With the exception of sweet potatoes, most root crops can withstand frost. (Full Article) 

Food & Nutrition 

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Makes a Difference

   Health and wellness topics are daily news these days. Public health trends, breakthroughs in nutrition research, and topics related to food and agriculture make frequent headlines. It can give a person indigestion! Nutrition Connections education programs invite people to make small and meaningful changes in their daily lives. They learn to establish their own lists of needs and priorities, whether they are trying to stretch food dollars, increase fruit and vegetable consumption, or improve family meal time. Following are some of the things recent participants have had to say about how Nutrition Connections:

 

"I have started to like to cook so I can help my mom in the kitchen."                                 Youth participant, Keene, NH

 

"It was a good bonding between my daughter and I. The girls in the class are very nice and we made lots of friends."

                        Parent in child/parent cooking class, Hinsdale, NH

 

"I learned a lot of different things about foods and products, got to taste new foods that otherwise I wouldn't have tried and different foods that I would not think of putting together..."

                              Parent in child/parent cooking class, Troy, NH

 

"At lunch, students seem proud of themselves when they eat 'greens'."                                           Teacher, Hinsdale, NH

 

   Nutrition Connections programs are available to all income eligible households and locations (for example, schools) serving the needs of households with children, children, or senior citizens. For more information, contact Christine Parshall at the Cheshire County UNH Cooperative Extension, 352-4550 or [email protected].

 

Eat Healthier and Save Money: This brochure explains how individuals can sign up for Nutrition Connections.

Nutrition Connections: this brochure provides information for agencies that may wish to sponsor a Nutrition Connections class.

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