Spring Plant Sale
This year's Plant Sale is at the NYS Armory on Hanshaw Road! Visit over 40 local vendors & garden groups with a huge selection of plants for your garden. Bring carts & wagons to move your plant purchases!
Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County
Cooperative Extension puts a wealth of useful, research-based information at your finger tips! In addition to what you'll find here on our website, we offer free or low-cost workshops on topics that range from how to start an organic garden to making a home spending plan. Explore our links, check out our upcoming events, then give us a call or visit the CCE-Tompkins Education Center to learn more. We're here to help, with information -- and people -- you can trust!
Primitive Pursuits Day is Saturday, May 26 at 4H Acres!
Enjoy old time music by local bands while wilderness skills instructors from across Central New York offer hands-on wilderness survival and outdoor living skills workshops and activities for kids and adults. Activities scheduled throughout the day include flint-knapping, friction fire, guided tree ID walks, tracking walks, basket-making, games, and much more! Events go on RAIN or SHINE! - we have covered space in case of wet weather. Music by Sunny Weather, Steve Selin and Friends, Curt Osgood & Friends, Luke Gustafson, Uncle Joe & the Rose Bud Ramblers! Saturday, May 26, 10-to-4 at 4-H Acres, Ithaca NY. Suggested donation $.
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TONIGHT!
The sensory system and its effects on behavior will be the topic at the next Parents of Special Needs Children meeting on May 14. Call in advance for free childcare!
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BEEF CATTLE
"Raising Beef" is the topic on May 15th in this "Raising Livestock" series at Twin Brook Farm in Owego. More great topics ahead! Series runs through September.
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GAS PIPELINES
This free public forum on 5/17 at Tompkins County Public library will cover various issues related to the construction of natural gas pipelines, and how municipalities can be prepared.
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LEARN TO COOK
This fun and hands-on 6-week "Cooking Matters" class starts on Monday 5/21 and is for individuals and families who are eligible for food stamps. Call today to sign up!
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GO PRIMITIVE!
Enjoy old time music by local bands while wilderness skills instructors from across Central New York offer hands-on activities and workshops for kids and adults, May 26 at 4-H Acres.
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BREASTFEEDING
This 6-class series on breastfeeding is FREE for moms with limited incomes, and just $30 for others. Choose from morning or evening sessions on Mondays. Start any time! Classes are ongoing!
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SAY CHEESE
Visit local farms, meet the cheesemakers, and sample their products on the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail. First 2012 dates are May 26 & 27th! Try the great cheeses that are being made in the Finger Lakes!
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HAPPY HOUR
Meet members of the Cayuga Inlet Task Force at "Hydrilla Happy Hour" , Wednesday 5/30 from 5 to 6 at Corks & More! Share your ideas about how to stop Hydrilla in the inlet, in a fun social setting!
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SIGN UP NOW
Please contact Monika Roth if you would like to take part in a training to become a volunteer and help inform our community about the Emerald Ash Borer and how to identify it!
For a limited time, join our pilot pellet stove project. By combining weatherization with a pellet stove, you can make your house more comfortable and save significant amounts of money -- all paid through a very-low-interest loan. Visit 
