Extension News Extension News Stories Fight The Winter Blues With Plants The Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association Winter Webinar Series Begins Feb. 11 Gardening Journal: A Simple Tool That Pays Off This 'Winter Salt Week' Highlighted All The Road Salt We Use, And How To Reduce It Calling All Vermont 5th-12 Graders! Come Check Out Discover Engineering Day At UVM Planning To Apply Pesticides In Vermont? Registration Is Open For Initial Certification Vermonters who need their initial pesticide certification can now register for a meeting at one of... Learn How To Improve Milk Quality In Dairy Goats And Sheep Join a Feb. 14 presentation organized by UVM Extension with Dr. Michelle Buckley of Cornell... Garden Health And Soil pH Gardeners know that healthy soils lead to healthy plants. But how do we ensure our soils have what... Amid Extreme Weather, 2026 No-Till & Cover Crop Conference To Offer Farmers Tools For Resilience "Part of building farmers' resiliency on their farms to the weather extremes is building soil... Can Old Seeds Still Grow? It’s that time of year — seed packet displays are appearing everywhere, from grocery stores to... Building A Dish Garden While indoor gardening helps stave off post-holiday blues and cabin fever, windows providing full... New Year's Resolutions for Gardeners It’s that time of year when we celebrate the end of another year and New Year’s resolutions are... Houseplant Care During the Winter Months Winter has officially arrived, bringing unique challenges in caring for houseplants.At this time of... It's Sharp to Keep Your Garden Tools Maintained Home gardeners use a variety of hand tools to achieve their desired results for gardening and... Oh, Christmas Trees! The Christmas tree is a well-known symbol of the holiday, but it wasn’t always so. Decorating... Holiday Decorating, Naturally As you prepare to decorate your home this holiday season, consider the bounty of garden elements... Considerations When Giving Holiday Plants During the hectic holidays, an eye-catching display of plants may seem like the perfect gift... Register Now for 2026 UVM Gardening Course he University of Vermont (UVM) Extension is offering its signature Extension Master Gardener (EMG)... More Than a Side Dish: Getting to Know the Cranberry Thanksgiving is just around the corner, with cranberry sauce playing a supporting role in... Open House for Vermont Maple Syrup Producers The UVM Extension Maple Syrup Quality Testing Lab is excited to invite all maple syrup producers to... Research Takes Root at Upcoming Gardening Conference The University of Vermont (UVM) Extension Community Horticulture Program is excited to announce its... Smart Garden Tool Storage Storing garden tools is likely one of the last projects you’ll tackle when putting your garden to... When Knowledge Crosses Borders: How UVM Extension Research Inspired Soil Health Practices in Turkey "If these sunflowers grow, I'll shave my mustache," a farmer joked when Dr. Metin Tuna asked him to... Soil Test Now for Healthier Gardens in the Spring As the gardening season draws to a close, now is the ideal time to set yourself up for success next... Planting Bulbs for Spring Flowers Autumn is in full force. Green leaves have turned to brilliant shades of red and gold that flutter... Making Hemp History at Borderview Research Farm This fall, the Northwest Crops and Soils (NWCS) team is reaping what we “sew”- in more ways... Dan Urban Kiley: A Vermont Landscape Architect Dan Urban Kiley (1912–2004), who lived and worked in Charlotte, Vermont, is recognized as one of... Saving Tender Perennials When considering plants for our gardens, we usually think in terms of annuals or perennials.... Pumpkin and Squash Harvest and Storage The recent cold snap—with widespread frost and even a freeze in some spots in Vermont—likely... Norah Lake and her Sweetland Farm Win the Prestigious Leopold Conservation Award Norah Lake planned to be a middle school science teacher, but it was a job working on a Vermont...
