Wanted: Wayne County Gardeners who will participate in the Cornell Vegetable Variety Citizen Science Project
What varieties will grow best in my garden?
No doubt gardeners have been asking their fellow gardeners this question for centuries. Today's gardeners ask the same question. But now this website provides an avenue for gardeners to share their knowledge with a much wider community.
The concept is simple: Gardeners visit this site and report what varieties perform well - and not so well - in their gardens.
Other gardeners visit to view the variety ratings and read the reviews to decide which might work well for them. The Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners citizen science project also provides an opportunity for researchers to involve knowledgeable and motivated citizens in meaningful scientific research. Research on the performance of vegetable varieties is often limited to commercial production for many reasons. Home gardens may be overlooked, in part, because visiting thousands of home gardens to collect data would be an overwhelming task.
Asking gardeners to partner with researchers by collecting and sharing their own observations via the web could prove to be a winning combination for all. With a multitude of gardener observations at their finger tips, researchers can gain new insight into the performance of vegetable varieties under a wide range of conditions and practices, and ultimately provide more insight into which varieties perform best. At the same time, gardeners can get advice from a larger community of gardeners to help decide which varieties to try in their own garden.
Gardeners - young, old, beginners, experts - join the research team today.
Visit: http://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu Or contact the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County Master Gardeners at (315) 331-8415 ext. 107
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Monday, April 30, 2007
Mark Your Calendars for May!
Hi Fellow Gardeners -
Due to problems with the yahoo e-mail account, we've switched email addresses. Our new address is grow14589@gmail.com
Also, we have started a blog where we keep updated information on events. You can check us out at http://grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com/.
We had an amazing April event. Lorraine and Doug Mason, of Mason Farms, shared their secrets of creating a fast and easy planter as well as other tips to keeping gardening simple and easy (while still getting great results). We followed the discussion up with a walk through their new gorgeous greenhouse. It definitely made me want to rush home and dig in the dirt!
As many of you know, May is the time for Apple Blossom Festival. There are a number of things going on and we hope you can join us for some of them.
1. Saturday, May 12th.
We will be planting the town planters on Saturday, May 12th at 9am. We will definitely need some volunteers to help out as we have 18+ planters to plant. If you can help out, please email or call (524-4204). With the new techniques learned from Lorraine and enough volunteers, we should be able to get them done in no time.
In addition, Williamson is hosting its first "Clean Sweep" to get downtown ready for the Apple Blossom Festival. If you have time, after we are done planting the planters, please consider staying to clean up (pick up litter, pull weeds, painting, etc.) until 12:00 so we can get the Main Street Business area to look amazing for the festival!
2. Saturday, May 19th
Like we did last year, the garden club is planning on having a table to sell plants, generate some publicity and get some new members.
We could use any extra plants that you are willing to donate. You can either drop them off at the table on Saturday morning or you can call and someone from the Garden club will stop by and pick them up from you. (John Ferrante at 589-9557 or Eric/Subrata at 524-4204). If you know ahead of time that you will be donating, please let me know so we can plan the table space.
In addition, we could also use some volunteers to man the table. Last year we had a small but hardy bunch who manned the table the entire time but a few more bodies would help spread out the work.
Please let other interested gardeners know of these opportunities.
3. Finally, we are hoping to arrange a garden walk-through for May. It is still in the works but another message will be sent if we are able to arrange it.
In the meantime, Happy Gardening!thanksSubrataPS: If you need information about Garden Club activities, membership, or have suggestions for upcoming lectures, feel free to email. Additionally, you can check out the calendar at http://www.town.williamson.ny.us/ or at http://grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com/ to see when we are holding our meetings and upcoming events
Due to problems with the yahoo e-mail account, we've switched email addresses. Our new address is grow14589@gmail.com
Also, we have started a blog where we keep updated information on events. You can check us out at http://grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com/.
We had an amazing April event. Lorraine and Doug Mason, of Mason Farms, shared their secrets of creating a fast and easy planter as well as other tips to keeping gardening simple and easy (while still getting great results). We followed the discussion up with a walk through their new gorgeous greenhouse. It definitely made me want to rush home and dig in the dirt!
As many of you know, May is the time for Apple Blossom Festival. There are a number of things going on and we hope you can join us for some of them.
1. Saturday, May 12th.
We will be planting the town planters on Saturday, May 12th at 9am. We will definitely need some volunteers to help out as we have 18+ planters to plant. If you can help out, please email or call (524-4204). With the new techniques learned from Lorraine and enough volunteers, we should be able to get them done in no time.
In addition, Williamson is hosting its first "Clean Sweep" to get downtown ready for the Apple Blossom Festival. If you have time, after we are done planting the planters, please consider staying to clean up (pick up litter, pull weeds, painting, etc.) until 12:00 so we can get the Main Street Business area to look amazing for the festival!
2. Saturday, May 19th
Like we did last year, the garden club is planning on having a table to sell plants, generate some publicity and get some new members.
We could use any extra plants that you are willing to donate. You can either drop them off at the table on Saturday morning or you can call and someone from the Garden club will stop by and pick them up from you. (John Ferrante at 589-9557 or Eric/Subrata at 524-4204). If you know ahead of time that you will be donating, please let me know so we can plan the table space.
In addition, we could also use some volunteers to man the table. Last year we had a small but hardy bunch who manned the table the entire time but a few more bodies would help spread out the work.
Please let other interested gardeners know of these opportunities.
3. Finally, we are hoping to arrange a garden walk-through for May. It is still in the works but another message will be sent if we are able to arrange it.
In the meantime, Happy Gardening!thanksSubrataPS: If you need information about Garden Club activities, membership, or have suggestions for upcoming lectures, feel free to email. Additionally, you can check out the calendar at http://www.town.williamson.ny.us/ or at http://grow-thewilliamsongardenclub.blogspot.com/ to see when we are holding our meetings and upcoming events
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Mark Your Calendars for April Event
Hello Fellow Gardeners!
Well after last week's snowstorm, I am ready to see some green, growing plants. Luckily we are going to have an excellent opportunity to get a sneak peek at what's going on at Mason Farms in Williamson.
Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 24th at 7pm. Mason Farms is located at 3135 Ridge Road. For more information or directions, please check out their website at http://www.masonfarmsny.com/.
We are looking forward to the opportunity to learn about their facilities and see how things are planted and grown.
Please let other interested gardeners know of this opportunity.
thanks
Subrata
PS: If you need information about Garden Club activities, membership, or have suggestions for upcoming lectures, feel free to email. Additionally, you can check out the calendar at http://www.town.williamson.ny.us/ to see when we are holding our meetings and upcoming events
Well after last week's snowstorm, I am ready to see some green, growing plants. Luckily we are going to have an excellent opportunity to get a sneak peek at what's going on at Mason Farms in Williamson.
Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 24th at 7pm. Mason Farms is located at 3135 Ridge Road. For more information or directions, please check out their website at http://www.masonfarmsny.com/.
We are looking forward to the opportunity to learn about their facilities and see how things are planted and grown.
Please let other interested gardeners know of this opportunity.
thanks
Subrata
PS: If you need information about Garden Club activities, membership, or have suggestions for upcoming lectures, feel free to email. Additionally, you can check out the calendar at http://www.town.williamson.ny.us/ to see when we are holding our meetings and upcoming events
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