Cornell Cooperative Extension Community Horticulture

The Urban coyote bulletin offers ecology, management information about our ‘new neighbors.’

Native Americans called them “ghosts of the plains” because they were heard but rarely seen. But coyotes are becoming “ghosts of the cities,” recently moving to urban and suburban areas in growing numbers and raising unique management issues.

A new Ohio State University Extension bulletin, “Urban Coyote Ecology and Management,” addresses those issues and provides a better understanding of how these remarkable creatures “work” in their new habitats.

It is bulletin 929 from The Ohio State and copies cost $3.75 each from:
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~buckpubs/natres.htm

A new must read and share with your gardening audiences’ article from Cornell’s Department of horticulture. Find it on the Cornell gardening website at:
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/news/lawn.html

And helps understand lawn mowing practices in NY by taking our very short Lawn Care survey.

Dr. Dave Wolfe, plant ecologist in Cornell’s Department of Horticulture is quoted in this article about gardening in a changing climate.

From the New York Times May 3, 2007

The full article

This news brief is from Nick Calderone from the Dyce Laboratory for Honey Bee Studies:

Bee news brief (word doc)

Our Cornell Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners project is feature in the April edition of the National Junior Master Gardener news.

Encourage your youth and adult vegetable gardening audiences to share their opinions on varieties at http://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu/

From the May 2007 Small Farms Monthly Update
Cornell’s Department of Plant Pathology has developed online keys for diagnosing cucurbit and tomato plant diseases. Around 300 images have been included to aid in diagnosis or for use in teaching, research and extension programming. View the keys at:
vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/DiagnosticKeys/KeyPage.html

From the May 2007 Small Farms Monthly Update

Soil health tests explore beyond the scope of traditional chemical tests, which measure soil nutrients and are used to determine the types and amount of fertilizer a given field may need to productively grow particular plants. Soil health tests aim to reveal what a traditional nutrient analysis might miss. That is, a field may display appropriate levels of nitrogen, for example, but is not conducive to high crop yields because of its inability to support water percolation, root depth or other factors. Soil health factors can become particularly important in “bad weather” years, such as flooding or draught, when the ability of the land to retain or shed water is crucial. For information about soil health testing or to download a free copy of Cornell Soil Health Manual visit the website, http://soilhealth.cals.cornell.edu/.