July Cooperative Extension News- Merrimack County

Attracting Bees and Butterflies to Your Garden
FREE WORKSHOP
Monday, July 11, 2016 at 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Held at the Boscawen Municipal Complex, 116 North Main St, 4th floor, Boscawen (handicapped accessible)
 
Register by contacting Mary West at 796-2151 or mary.west@unh.edu
Co-sponsored by UNH Cooperative Extension and the Boscawen Agricultural Commission
 
Details:
Making your garden appealing to bees and butterflies is good for your plants and will delight the gardeners! We’ll discuss what’s harming the pollinators and what we can do to help them. You’ll learn what plants attract bees and receive a list of host plants for a variety of butterflies in our region. We’ll also cover what you can do to protect their habitat once they arrive. UNH Cooperative Extension Master Gardener will be the speaker who is enthusiastic about this topic.


​Raising Meat Rabbits in Your Backyard
At a Farm in Loudon, NH
Friday, July 15, 2016 from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Dot Perkins, UNH Cooperative Extension Livestock Field Specialist, will give a 50 minute presentation that starts at 6:30 PM with time for questions after.
 
Information about breeds, housing, winter vs. summer care, breeding and problems, will be discussed.  Register by emailing: Delekto144@gmail.com. Directions to the farm will be given upon registration. Please send your name, town, and contact info.
 
Questions about the talk? Email dorothy.perkins@unh.edu

Beyond Chickens 101: How to Manage an Established Flock
Thursday, July 21, 2016 – 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Held at the UNH Cooperative Extension office, 315 Daniel Webster Hwy, Boscawen, NH
 
Learn all the facts and many practical tips about living with chickens beyond the first year. Information about problems that arise, illness, predation and much more for the intermediate owner will be discussed. Register for this free talk by contacting mary.west@unh.edu or 796-2151.