NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



Coming Up: 



Cultivating Your Best, 



"Cultivating Your Best Assets — Person- 

 nel Management for Ornamentals 

 Firms" is the focus of a day-long semi- 

 nar sponsored by UNH Cooperative 

 Extension, the New Hampshire Plant 

 Growers Association, and the New 

 Hampshire Landscape Association. 



To be held on Wednesday, March 

 5, at the Fish & Game Facility in 

 Concord, topics addressed in the 

 morning include developing an em- 

 ployee manual, understanding labor 

 laws, and employee safety; the af- 

 ternoon program will deal with "mo- 

 tivating employees and dealing with 

 family members — getting everyone 

 excited and involved" — something 

 worth thinking about before the 

 start of the spring season. 



Speakers include Bob Farquhar 

 (head grower, Pleasant View Gar- 

 dens, Loudon), Norman Roux (Nor- 

 man Roux Landscaping, Concord), 

 and M.L. Hannay (M.L. Hannay As- 

 sociates, Portsmouth). Ms. Hannay — 

 who's described as a 'leadership 

 consultant, motivational speaker, 

 and management & staff develop- 

 ment trainer who's provided custom- 

 ized programs and services through- 

 out the United States since 1978" — is 

 providing the afternoon's program. 



The day was specifically designed 

 for persons operating a greenhouse, 

 nursery, or landscaping firm and 

 who've hired or are about to hire 

 employees for the first time, but 

 any Green Industry supervisor who 

 wants to improve management skills 

 would find the day useful. 



Fliers with more details and reg- 

 istration information will be sent out 

 at the beginning of the year. For 

 other information, contact Mike 

 Sciabarrasi at 603-862-1700. 



Farm & Forest, 



It's for two days — February 7-8, at 

 the Center of New Hampshire Holi- 

 day Inn & Convention Center in 



Manchester. 



The Food Festival will be there— 

 and the Petting Farm (provided by 

 Charmingfare Farm of Candia) A 

 wood product fair (Woods Goods) is 

 being put together. And FARMO — a 

 game involving the matching of facts 

 and interaction with exhibitors — will 

 return. 



Demonstrations include ones on 

 putting up electric fencing, caning a 

 chair, pruning a lilac, sharpening 

 your chain saw, and healing with 

 herbs — something for everyone. 



Commodity groups meeting in- 

 clude those of New Hampshire fruit 

 growers, vegetable growers, bee- 

 keepers (topic: "Honeybee Pollina- 

 tion of Commercial Crops"), pork 

 producers ("Raising a Back Yard Pig"), 

 sheep and wool producers, and the 

 dairy goat association. Other groups 

 meeting include NOFA, Granite State 

 FFA, Ag in the Classroom, the North- 

 ern New England Deer Farmers Asso- 

 ciation ("The Deer Farming Alterna- 

 tive"), and the Timber/ Agriculture/ 

 Tourism Coalition. 



The awards ceremony is on Friday 

 evening at 7pm; a reception follows 

 from 8-10. (Reservations are needed — 

 the cost is $2 per person; there will 

 be a cash bar and food.) The tradi- 

 tional auction will be on Saturday. 



Times are 9am-8pm on Friday 

 and on Saturday, 9-5; admission's 

 free. There's more than what's listed 

 here: for a complete program, con- 

 tact Susan Rice at 603-271-3788. 



and Some Compliance 

 Assistance. 



The New Hampshire Division of Pes- 

 ticide Control is offering three pesti- 

 cide compliance seminars. Their 

 purpose is to present certain areas 

 in which it is sometimes difficult to 

 adhere to the rules. Topics include 

 certification, groundwater protection, 

 storage, record-keeping, worker pro- 

 tection, and personal protective 

 equipment. Questions are encouraged. 

 The first was in Concord on De- 



cember 5; the second will be in 

 Lancaster (10:30 a.m. -2 p.m. at the 

 North Country Resources Building) 

 on lanuary 17; the third (2-5pm, 

 February 7) will be held in conjunc- 

 tion with the Farm & Forest Exposi- 

 tion in Manchester. 



Three credits toward recertifica- 

 tion will be offered to those who at- 

 tend. 



For information or to register, 

 contact the Division of Pesticide 

 Control at 603-271-3550. 



FFA — a Big Day 



Over 100 students from nine schools — 

 Alvime (Hudson), Coe-Brown (North- 

 wood), Dover, Fall Mountain Regional 

 (Alstead), Kennett (Conway), Region 

 Nine Vocational Center (Wolf-boro), 

 Seacoast School of Technology (Exe- 

 ter), White Mountain Regional (White- 

 field), and Winnisquam (Tilton) at- 

 tended the FFA Invitational Career 

 Development Event held at the UNH 

 Thompson School in Durham on Oc- 

 tober 19. 



Events included Dairy judging, 

 Dairy Showmanship, Forages, Tool ID, 

 Welding, Forestry, and Horticulture. 



In the horticulture event, four 

 schools competed and Winnisquam 

 received the high score to take first 

 place. Dover was second and the 

 Seacoast School of Technology, third, 

 jon Howe (Winnisquam) was indi- 

 vidual high scorer; William Storey 

 (Seacoast School of Technology) was 

 second, and Wendi Lee (Dover), third. 



Congratulations go to all partici- 

 pants; thanks go to all those who 

 worked to make the event a success. 



Moving Forward: 



In Alton, 



Sunflower Industries now has two lo- 

 cations — both on Route 28 in Alton. 

 In September, Bruce and Linda 

 Holmes moved from their Wolfboro 

 home to a farmhouse one mile 

 south of their original Alton location. 



THE PLANTSMAN 



