Master Gardener Web Links
University of Connecticut Plant Search - Excellent Plant search database- easy to use-- check it out!
Beasts Be Gone! For nuisance wildlife questions.
CCE Suffolk Co. fact sheet list - Extensive list of fact sheets.
Cornell Fruits - home page
Cornell Fruits/Berries - (Berries) page
Fall pH Clinics:
Fall pH Clinic - Wellsville - September 2 (Thursday) - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Wellsville Farmers Market (Jones Memorial Parking Lot)
Master Gardeners Terry Haas and Mary Harris are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall pH Clinic - Willing - September 4 (Saturday) - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM - Willing Fire Hall
Master Gardeners Mary Lu Wells and Dave Chamberlain are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall pH Clinic - Angelica - September 11 (Saturday) - 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM - Angelica's Farmers Market (Angelica Village Circle)
Master Gardeners Rick Martin, Elaine Propert, Brenda Starr, Mary Harris, Terry Haas, Mary Lu Wells and more... are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall pH Clinic - Olean - Every Saturday - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Olean Farmers Market
Master Gardeners Charlie Jurenko and/or Lucia Scotty are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall pH Clinic - Belmont - September 13 (Monday) - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Belmont Lumber & Hardware
Master Gardeners Brenda Starr and Susan Duke ... are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall pH Clinic - Houghton - September 18 (Saturday) - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Our Common Grounds
Master Gardeners Joyce Fisher and Rex Spencer ... are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall pH Clinic - Alfred Station - September 25 (Saturday) - 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Tinkertown Hardware
Master Gardeners Mary Lu Wells and Terry Haas... are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall pH Clinic - Cuba - October 2 (Saturday) - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Cuba Feed Mill
Master Gardeners Robin Stewart-Woodford and Rick Martin are hosting a free pH soil testing clinic!
Fall Gardening Presentations:
Early and Late Blight: How to Reduce the Chances of Getting It Next Year!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 7:00 PM - Our Common Grounds (Houghton) - Master Gardener Rick Martin will speak on Late & Early Blight of Tomatoes and Potatoes and how to avoid this disease next gardening season.
Fall Garden Preparation and Garden Cover Crops
Saturday, October 9, 2010 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM - Our Common Grounds (Houghton) - Master Gardener Mary Lu Wells and Dave Chamberlain will speak to residents about getting their gardens ready for winter and the benefits of using cover crops.
Newspaper Articles: Many of the Master Gardeners provide articles for our Connections Newsletters, Ag News, and other local publications! Barbara Kozlowski writes the column "Mastering the Garden" twice monthly for the Ellicottville Special Effects newspaper! Get a copy and check out her great articles and check your local papers for more articles from our Master Gardeners.
Wednesdays in the Arboretum: Master Gardener Nan Miller pulled together an exciting series of free gardening lectures held every Wednesday in July and August from 7pm - 8:30 pm at the Nannen Arboretum, in Ellicottville (CCE Office). Join us again next year for another exciting series. For more information contact: Kabel Kellogg at kck57@cornell.edu or call 716-699-2377 ext. 125.
Lavendar Festival and Master Gardeners Robin Stewart-Woodford and Mary Lu Wells:
Robin and Mary Lu presented workshops on growing mediterranean herbs and composting at the July 3rd Lavender Festival in Angelica NY.
Route 21 Almond has a positive identification.
Master Gardener's Create Demonstration Garden in Alfred Station
Master Gardeners Mary Lu Wells, Rick Martin, Chester Galle created a small 4 x 4 demonstration garden with herbs, vegetables and flowers at the Tinkertown Hardware. Bob, the owner of Tinkertown supplied all the plants and materials and the MG's supplied the design and installed the garden. Come by and see how it progresses throughout the summer!
AHSSUM Summer Camp:
Master Gardener Mary Harris worked with Kim Strausser from the Allegany County Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse during their summer camp for children ages 8 - 12. Mary talked to the kids about bugs, worms, soil and gardening. She then helped each child plant a tomato plant donated by Kent Farms that they were able to bring home and grow themselves!
Wellsville Farmers Market includes Master Gardeners once a month!
Master Gardener Terry Haas is available the first Thursday of each month at the Wellsville Farmers Market to answer gardening questions and provide good advice. The hours Terry is available is 3:00 to 6:00 pm.
Gardening Days (Allegany & Cattaraugus):
May 8th - Cattaraugus County (CCE Ellicottville Office)
May 15th - Allegany County (Genesee Valley Central School)
Library Series & Garden Clubs: Master Gardeners in both Allegany and Cattaraugus have been busy presenting gardening talks to library patrons and community garden clubs. More people are accessing the expertise of our Master Gardeners and the gardening "word" is getting out!
Spring pH Clinics 2010:
April 24th - Route 19 Houghton - 11:30 - 1:30: Master Gardener Joyce Fisher and CCE Staff Lynn Bliven.
May 1st - Cuba Feed Mill (Cuba) - 10 - 1: Master Gardeners Robin Stewart-Woodford & Rick Martin.
May 1st - Pleasant Valley Nursery - 10 - 1: Master Gardener Charlie Jurenko.
May 17th - Tinkertown Hardware - 3 - 6: Master Gardener Mary Lu Wells.
May 22nd - Riverside Sales and Service - 9:30 - 12: Master Gardeners Susan Duke & Rex Spencer.
Pioneer Oil Days: Master Gardeners Terry Haas and Mary Harris will answer your gardening questions on June 26th at Pioneer Oil Days in Bolivar. They will be available from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Come out and talk to our Master Gardeners.
A Feast For Birds: Pinecones Plus Workshop: Master Gardener Mary Lu Wells hosted a full day of sessions on how to feed your birds with items on hand in your home. This included food items and examples of feeding stations. Master Gardener Robin Stewart-Woodford assisted at the workshop with MG Dave and Elaine providing products for this free day.
Ag Literacy Week 2010: Every year the Master Gardeners of Allegany and Cattaraugus Counties volunteer to read to 2nd Grade students throughout both counties on various agricultural topics. This year will be no different with many volunteer readers from our MG ranks, we also have volunteer readers from the Farm Bureau, FFA, National Honor Society, CCE staff, BOCES, and residents. This great program is touching all schools in both counties, great work everyone!
Rural Living Expo: Master Gardeners Mary Lu Wells, Nan Miller, Robin Stewart-Woodford, Melinda Buckley, Terry Haas, Debbie MacCrea, Mary Harris, and Rick Martin hosted gardening presentations at our Rural Living Expo. If our Master Gardeners weren't presenting than they volunteered to help setup, help in classes and break down at the event. These Master Gardeners included Rex Spencer and Dave Chamberlain. Our Master Gardeners ROCK!
2009 Activities
Library Series & Garden Clubs - Master Gardeners in both Allegany and Cattaraugus have been busy presenting gardening talks to library patrons and community garden clubs. They have received great feedback and will continue these presentations in the future.
Master Gardener Meetings - Even though the Master Gardener Training Sessions are complete, Master Gardeners meet once a month and during Allegany meetings a different Master Gardener presents a topic of interest to the other MG's! This month Master Gardener Marry Harris did a presentation on Photograms. Take a look at the pictures below to see all of the fun!
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pH Clinics in the Month of May & June!
May 16th - Riverside Sales and Service (Wellsville) - 10-1: Master Gardener Susan Duke and new Master Gardener Trainees!
May 16th - Cuba Feed Mill (Cuba)- 10-2: Master Gardener Charlie Jurenko and new Master Gardener Trainees!
May 23rd - Pleasant Valley Greenhouse and Nursery (Olean) - 11-2: Master Gardener Charlie Jurenko and new Master Gardener Trainees!
June 13th - Randolph Library (Randolph)- 10-1: Master Gardener Charlie Jurenko and new Master Gardener Trainees!
June 27th - Pioneer Oil Days- 9-1: Master Gardeners Terry, Mary, and Joyce!
June 27th - Angelica Farmers Market - Master Gardeners Elaine and Rex!
April 25th the Master Gardeners coordinated our Gardening Day at Ellicottville Central School. The program was led by Master Gardeners Pat Kerl and Judy Ragona, other Master Gardeners involved in the day included Lynn Chimera, Nan Miller, Annette Church, Charlie Jurenko, and Larry Crump. Master Gardeners and local experts led presentations on many gardening topics. There were 40 participants. What a great sunny day it was, getting everyone in the planting spirit.
Wreath Making Workshops: Master Gardener Mary Lu Wells hosted two full Wreath Making Workshops. CCE also worked with Kent Farms in Andover and had a large workshop in their wonderful facilites. What a great year for spreading holiday cheer.
2008 Recent Activities
Allegany/Cattaraugus County Master Gardeners have participated in Agricultural Literacy Awareness Day since the start of this great program. This year, Master Gardener Volunteers and other helpful citizens combined forces to blanket the many schools in our region. Master Gardener's Pat Kerl, Susan Duke, Charlie Jurenko, Nan Miller, Diane Chandler, Desiree Ottley, Lyn Chimera, Judy Ragona, and Brenda Smith all read to 2nd graders (and sometimes Kindergarten through 3rd grades as well!) about maple syrup production. The Ag Lit Program reached approximately 1600 students and provided a sampling of real maple syrup made in New York State!
pH Clinics for 2008: Master Gardener Susan Duke and Charlie Jurenko hosted pH clinics during the spring 2008 season. These were held in Wellsville, Cuba and Allegany. During the clinics soil testing is free to the public! If you missed the clinic you can bring your soil into the Belmont or Ellicottville Offices and for a $3.00 fee we will test your soil.
BOCES of Cattaraugus County invited our Master Gardener Judy Ragona to teach two classes about soil sampling, improving soils and types of plants for specific site conditions. The students will begin by improving the soils of their target areas and next school year they will begin a new landscape design for the entrance to their building!
The Cattaraugus Compost Giveaway was held in May. During the event, Master Gardeners Charlie Jurenko and Annette Church provided information to the public on mulch and compost topics.
The Little Valley Library invited Master Gardener Volunteers Nan Miller and Pat Kerl to present the workshop "Introduction to Vegetable Gardening," to 25 residents. They also provided pH soil testing and instructions on how to make seed tapes.