This week’s update is from Purdue Student Farm Intern Nellie Waltherly. The washpack is officially up and running this season, with our first harvests of turnips, kohlrabi, bok choy and Napa cabbage underway. All eyes are on the tomatoes as the first fruit of the year are starting to turn, and our next set of[Read More…]
Over the next month, HLA Ambassadors will share their summer internship experiences on Purdue HLA’s social media channels. This week’s student is Danielle Hewitt. Danielle Hewitt I’m an intern at Landscape Concepts Management in Grayslake, IL. Over the summer I will be doing rotations through all different aspects of the company including maintenance, seasonal color,[Read More…]
Dr. Renu Pandey, from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), visited Purdue’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture this month as part of the Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship (OVDF) Program organized by Purdue and SERB of India and hosted by Dr. Ying Li, Dr. Kashchandra Raghothama, and Dr. Kranthi Varala. During this visit, Dr. Pandey[Read More…]
Last week, Dr. Linda Prokopy was honored with induction into the CTIC (Conservation Technology Information Center) Hall of Fame. Dr. Prokopy’s dedication to advancing conservation agriculture and her contributions to the field have earned her this recognition as only the fifth conservation leader to ever receive this prestigious recognition from CTIC. Her research, more than 140 publications,[Read More…]
The farm is doing really well, tomatoes are looking especially good. We weeded, moved the bee fence, replaced some of the eggplants that the rabbits ate, and started removing invasive honeysuckle from the Northern wood line. We spent most of Monday mulching the grape tunnel and urban garden. I enjoyed learning how to drive the[Read More…]
The Horticulture Crops Weed Science Lab welcomes a new member, Helen Nocito. Helen is from Winston-Salem, North Carolina and graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor’s degree in Plant Biology. She is interested in weed management and ecology, with a focus on horticultural crops. She joined the Meyers lab on June 3rd. Her[Read More…]
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