NEW HAMPSHIRE 



formation in planning a wedding, for 

 example I And a talk on new color 

 trends in thie tiome industry by a 

 buyer from a leading department 

 store is also scheduled And there 

 may be more! For details, contact 

 Debra Defreze at 603-474-3020 



« 

 Basics are important lust how im- 

 portant will be shown at a workshop 

 dealing with the basics of tree plant- 

 ing to be held in Manchester on 

 February lb Featured speaker will 

 be Dr Alex Shigo. who II deal with 

 the most basic of the basics — the 

 right depth, the proper amount of 

 mulch, etc — and why trees die when 

 these are not done correctly 



A second part of the workshop 

 will be a panel discussion by various 

 representatives — volunteers, town 

 officials, vendors — of the SBA pro- 

 gram 



Pre-registration is required, there 

 will be a small fee For more infor- 

 mation, contact Mary Reynolds at 

 003-271-2214 



And Then There Were 

 Three. ...Showtime '95 



We re BAAAck," says the Farm & 

 Forest brochure And so it is. As of 

 November first, these are some of 

 the |Q05 show highlights 



Thursday features an all-day NH 

 Fruit Growers Meeting 



Friday, the vegetable growers 

 have their all-day session In the 

 morning, there s a series of talks un- 



der the heading. Alternative Tillage 

 Techniques While Meeting the ACP 

 Standards in the |085 Farm Bill, a 

 featured speaker in the afternoon is 

 Dr Richard Ashley. Professor of Plant 

 Science. UCONN. discussing "Grow- 

 ing Vegetable Transplants — Or 

 Should I Buy Them?' And Friday 

 night is 4-H Night, with lots of 

 hands-on activities for kids. 



On Saturday, the NH Beekeepers 

 Association, the NH Dairy Goat Asso- 

 ciation, the NH Llama Association, 

 and the Audubon Society of NH all 

 have programs 



Also. NOFA-NH and the NHDA Or- 

 ganic Certification Program are pre- 

 senting a program of speakers that 

 includes: Paul Sachs. North Country 

 Organics. Bradford. VT ("Managing 

 Turf Soils for the Long Term"); 

 Leandre Poisson. author ("Solar Gar- 

 dening with the American Intensive 

 Gardening Technique. Using Organic 

 Methods"!; David Trumble. Green 

 Truck Farm. Francistown NH ("Or- 

 ganic Tomato Disease Control'l: and 

 Tim Sanford. Luna Bleu Organic 

 Farm, Royalton, VT ("Organic Seed- 

 ling Production for Commercial and 

 On-Farm Use"), 



Also on Saturday are "four master 

 gardeners with great programs" and 

 the Farm & Forest .Auction ( NH 

 products at great prices I 



The "Petting Farm" and the trade 

 show remain — and are there all 

 three days; new this year is a "Food 

 Festival.' featuring NH products, in 

 the Armory 



If interested in booth or commod- 

 ity meeting space (the dates are 

 February' 2-4; the place is the Center 

 of New Hampshire Holiday Inn & 

 Convention Center. Manchester), 

 contact Mary Ellen Pitman at 

 003-271-3788 



«' 

 Two other shows are in planning 

 stages. The Twenty-fifth Annual 

 Greenhouse Open House at the Uni- 

 versity of New Hampshire in Durham 

 is scheduled to be held April 7-8 at 

 the greenhouse facility there, A co- 

 operative effort of Plant Biology and 

 the Thompson School, the show will 

 be the traditional mix of student dis- 

 plays, plants for sale, lectures and 

 food, raffle tickets and soil testing, 

 and lots of people around to answer 

 most any gardening question For 

 information, contact Otho Wells at 

 603-862-3208 



«' 

 And the Fourth Annual New Hamp- 

 shire Orcfrid Society Show. "Gallery 

 in Bloom." will be held April 24-30 

 "in Manchester ' Three locations are 

 being considered there, but as of 

 early November, no final choice had 

 been made. Planners see at least 40 

 exhibits and lots of plant sales wher- 

 ever it's held. For information, con- 

 tact loanna Eckstrom at 603-654-5070. 



[The Orchid Socielij still meets at I PM 

 on the second Saturdaij ol each month, 

 hut in a new location Bethany Chapel, 

 on Newberry Street in Manchester. 

 Again, for information, call 

 603-654-5070,) 



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