Wayne County Soil & Water Conservation District
7312 Route 31 Lyons, NY 14489 / 315-946-7200
Join the Ontario-Wayne Stormwater Coalition and the Ontario County Soil & Water Conservation District for a rain barrel workshop. We will start with a short presentation with a demo on how to build your barrel. We will then help you build your own 55-gallon rain barrel. Installing a rain barrel is an easy way to protect our environment and save money.
A rain barrel collects and stores rainwater from your roof that would otherwise be lost to runoff and diverted to storm drains or streams. The water from your barrel can be used for watering gardens and lawns, washing cars, cleaning outdoor furniture, and the list goes on.
To register, contact Alaina at 585-396-1450 or email alaina.robarge@ontswcd.com
Gift Wrapping Ideas
Here are some Gift Wrapping Ideas.
Try the Japanese tradition of furoshiki fabric wraps.
To make it easy, use fabric squares made from machine washable 100% organic cotton that can be reused in a wide variety of ways. Make your own art! Your gift recipients can either re-gift or hang it in their home or office as wall art, use it as a face mask or grocery bag, style it as a scarf, and more. Here is a furoshiki guide to wrapping
Newspaper is another great material that is frequently recommended for wrapping.
Newspapers are printed that morning in the same city and are recyclable, making them more affordable and sustainable than typical wrapping paper. Get creative and buy newspapers from other countries, many bookstores carry these or shop antique stores for print media with memorable dates.
Wrap your presents as usual, but add the twine or ribbon. Grap that gathering bag and collect items like fresh pine cones, beautiful white birch bark, twigs, moss, and greens make your gift extra special. Look in the cupboard for bay leaves and cinnamon sticks. Use floral wire to attach kumquats, holly sprigs.
Land Owner Workshop for property owners who have Eastern hemlocks growing on their properties is scheduled for Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the Naples Village Hall, 108 South Main Street (Rte. 21), Naples from 10 am until noon.
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) is an aphid-like insect native to Asia. It was first recognized in the Eastern U.S. in Virginia in 1950’s, and reached New York in the 1980
The HWA is spread by the wind, by birds, or by humans or other animals- infestations do not spread by flying HWA. HWA produce two generations a year, and all are female and reproduce asexually. The HWA is active during the winter, which allows it to avoid predators (which are generally active during the summer) and to take advantage of the hemlock’s increased energy intake during the winter.
Read more: http://www.canandaigualakeassoc.org/get-involved/events/
Composting Workshop “Easy Steps to Black Gold” with Master Gardener, Barb – our Composting Queen!
Leaves, garden debris, veggie scraps and more…a few easy steps will turn these into “black gold” for your plants! This workshop will provide instruction on how to be successful with home composting, including troubleshooting problems, what can be composted, container types, and composting with worms (vermicomposting). Plus question and answer session.
What: Composting Workshop for Consumers – “Easy Steps to “Black Gold”
When: Sept. 22nd, 9am to 11am
Cost: $3.00 and pre-registration is required
Where: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne Co. 1581 Rte. 88 North, Newark NY 14513
Save the date: Sept. 22nd 9am-11am.
Registration is $3.00 per person and is required by Sept. 18th. To register, stop by our office or mail your payment along with your phone number and/or Email to CCE Wayne County, 1581 Rte. 88 N. Newark, NY 14513. Limited spaces available. Registration will be confirmed via phone call or e-mail, so please remember to include your phone number or e-mail with your registration. Registration Deadline Tuesday, September 18th.
For more information contact: 315-331-8415
Image from Empire farm days 2017
Beef producers – Winter Green Up Conference 2018 – Save the date.
This year’s Green-Up is sure to be one of our best yet! Please contact Hank Bignell at Cornell Cooperative Extension, hdb48@cornell.edu/(518)649-0267 or Tove Ford at cce-caahp@cornell.edu/(518)765-3518 for more information about The Winter Green-Up Grazing Conference, January 27, 2018 at The Century House, 997 New Loudon Road, Latham, NY 12110.
The Winter Green-Up Grazing Conference is hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County and Black Queen Angus Farm, LLC.
Register at https://pub.cce.cornell.edu/event_registration/main/events_landing.cfm?event=WGU2018_201
Join the Wayne County Master Gardeners at a Vegetable Gardening Workshop on Saturday, May 21st from 9 to 11:30 a.m. This includes two topics.
To register, send $5.00 per person, payable to CCE Wayne County, or stop by our office M-F, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Masks are required at this event.
IMPORTANT: Write Veg. Workshop and your phone number on your check, so that we register you for the correct workshop.
The topics:
“Vegetable Garden Planning -The Time-Space Continuum” – get the most out of your garden space gardening space through garden planning. Topics covered include space saving techniques, amount to plant, spacing/variety selection, when to plant, succession planting, and crop rotation.
And, “Growing Sweet Potatoes at Home” – learn everything you need to know from propagation to storage and go home with a sweet potato plant to grow in your garden or a large container. (We’ll also have a few additional sweet potato plants for purchase)
For special needs, please contact us two weeks prior to this event.
Location: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County, 1581 Rte 88 N. Newark, NY 14513 Spaces are limited and filled on a first paid basis.
The 38th Annual Winter NOFA-NY Organic Farming and Gardening Conference will be held January 17-19, 2020 at the Oncenter in Syracuse, NY. The conference is an opportunity to connect with sustainability-minded farmers, gardeners, and consumers. Billed as one of the largest in the region, with more than 1,100 attendees annually and more than 100 educational workshops and an approximate 80 trade show vendors. This year, NOFA-NY is combining two events – the Winter Conference and the 9th Annual Organic Dairy and Field Crop Conference into one weekend. The 2020 theme is Extending the Table. View the conference schedule here.
Peter Jemison is the keynote speaker. Peter is the site manager of Ganondagan State Historic Site which houses the Iroquois White Corn Project that currently yields an average of 5,000 pounds of corn per year. He is a Heron Clan member of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Each year at the Winter Conference, NOFA-NY presents the Farmer of the Year award to someone who has gone above and beyond to advance organic agriculture in New York State. For More Information and Registration
Whether you are a farmer, gardener, homesteader or eater, NOFA-NY welcomes you to join them as they extend the table!
Thank you, everyone! We have reached our capacity.
We hope to have one more event later this year so keep following this website for more details.
Kraai Preserve – woodlands and the stream corridor along the Ganargua Creek, photo credit Trail Works
In keeping with the season’s theme of gratitude, why not start a new tradition? Build some lasting memories by going outside with family and friends for a “Walk in the Woods” on Thanksgiving day. The fresh fall air along with a trail hike has restorative and stress-relieving power. The joys of nature are the simplest form of gratitude. Plus, one hour of hiking burns between 430 and 460 calories. Paint a memorable family rock and hide it in the woods and find it again, year after year. Remember to bring the camera. For added fun, consider an outdoor treasure hunting activity using GPS-enabled devices. There are hundreds of geocaching locations right here in Wayne County. Geocaching is an outdoor activity, where participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called “geocaches” at specific locations marked by coordinates. Pick up a trail passport from the Trailworks at any public library, Wegmans, or visit https://trailworks.org/category/geocaching/ for Geocaching trails at various locations around Wayne County.
So go ahead – take the dog with you and start a new Thanksgiving tradition, just remember, we’re still in a pandemic so please practice good social distancing, even outside.
The District office will be closed on November 26 and 27th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
