John Orick, Karen Mitchell, and Pam Fisher set up the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Plant Info to Go Booth at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on July 27. Purdue Extension Master Gardener volunteers will staff the booth to answer gardening and lawn care questions and to help promote the program. The booth, located in the Ag/Hort[Read More…]
Many thanks to Christian Charlson and Momin Mirza who worked this summer at Pinney Purdue as field research assistants with Liz Maynard and are now moving on to fall activities. Christian will continue as a 3rd year Environmental Engineering major in Purdue’s ABE. Momin has started a master’s degree in analytics and modeling at Valparaiso University[Read More…]
Dr. Krishna Nemali’s Lab, in collaboration with Purdue Extension Marion County, have put together a home hydroponics display at the Indiana State Fair. The display showcases systems that can be used by home growers to produce healthy food and portrays the importance of hydroponic systems, especially for improving community health. This display will be at[Read More…]
Ashley Adair spoke about cover crop variety selection, cover crop considerations for weed, disease, and pest control, and cover crop termination methods at the Byron Seeds Advanced Soil Health Training event on 7/26 to an audience of about 50. Byron Seeds is an Amish-owned cover crop seed dealer based out of Parke County, IN. The[Read More…]
The 2022 Small Farm Education Field Day was held earlier today, Friday, July 29, at the Purdue Student Farm. Participants from HLA included Ashley Adair, Chris Adair, Miranda Purcell, Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard, Emerson Espinoza, Petrus Langenhoven, Lian Durón, Eduardo Miranda, Stephen Meyers, Luis Medina, and Lori Jolly-Brown. Other participants included Amanda Deering, Scott Monroe,[Read More…]