UNH Extension Yard & Garden

UNH Extension Yard & Garden Proven solutions for gardening in New Hampshire from UNH Cooperative Extension. UNH, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), and New Hampshire counties cooperating.

Call: 877-EXT-GROW or ask your questions using our webform at: https://extension.unh.edu/ask About UNH Extension

For over 100 years, UNH Extensionโ€™s innovative, energetic and connected staff and volunteers have been developing and promoting contemporary, practical education to meet New Hampshireโ€™s needs. Ask UNH Extension is part of UNH Cooperative Extension with a focus on providing research-bas

ed information and answering questions on home, yard and garden topics for New Hampshire residents. Tune in to Grow it Green on WMUR to watch our weekly segment, subscribe to our monthly newsletter and podcast - both called Granite State Gardening - and reach out to the UNH Extension Infoline for answers to your questions.

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The UNH Extension Yard and Garden Education Center in Goffstown will be closed Thursday, May 21 and Monday May 25. You c...
05/20/2026

The UNH Extension Yard and Garden Education Center in Goffstown will be closed Thursday, May 21 and Monday May 25.

You can always contact the Yard and Garden Infoline by using the webform at extension.unh.edu/ask or by calling and leaving a message at 877-398-4769.

The wait is overโ€”the week is finally here! ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŽ‰Weโ€™re so excited for this yearโ€™s annual ๐๐‡ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ & ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ at t...
04/27/2026

The wait is overโ€”the week is finally here! ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŽ‰

Weโ€™re so excited for this yearโ€™s annual ๐๐‡ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ & ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ at the Deerfield Fairgrounds, happening May 1โ€“2!

Please note that our office will be closed on Friday, May 1โ€”but you can find us at the Expo instead! Come visit the ๐”๐๐‡ ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐š๐ซ๐ & ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ booth in Building Aโ€”this is a great chance to meet our Education Center staff and Extension volunteers in person.

Be sure to stop by our ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’! event on Saturday at 10:30 AM, where a panel of UNH Extension staff and Education Center Volunteers will answer your pressing yard and garden questionsโ€”bring them all! ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒฟ

Explore incredible exhibitors, workshops, and presentations throughout the Expoโ€”you wonโ€™t want to miss it.

๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://www.nhfarmandforestexpo.org/

We hope to see you all there! ๐Ÿ’™

The Education Center office unexpectedly had to close today - ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก. Our office will reopen again on ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ...
04/24/2026

The Education Center office unexpectedly had to close today - ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก. Our office will reopen again on ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก. We apologize for any inconvenience!

You can still reach out to us at the Yard and Garden Infoline via our webform below or by leaving us a phone message. Thank you for your patience with our response time, we will get back to you soon. Have a wonderful weekend! ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒฟ

https://extension.unh.edu/agriculture-gardens/yard-garden

Happy National Volunteer Appreciation Week and Earth Day! ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒฑToday, we had the pleasure of celebrating our dedicated UN...
04/22/2026

Happy National Volunteer Appreciation Week and Earth Day! ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒฑ

Today, we had the pleasure of celebrating our dedicated UNH Extension Education Center volunteers during our 2nd annual โ€œ๐‘†๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘†๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘”!โ€ community gathering. Volunteers came together to enjoy a joyful plant swap, participate in a hands-on planting activity, and create beautiful spring floral bouquets.

We are incredibly grateful for the time, knowledge, and care our volunteers share to help โ€œmaking life better in NHโ€ every dayโ€”for both NH community members and the environment. It felt especially meaningful to celebrate this outstanding group on Earth Day.

Thank you for all that you do! ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒฟ

I hope you all are planning to attend this year's NH Farm, Forest, & Garden Expo at the Deerfield Fairgrounds on May 1 a...
04/16/2026

I hope you all are planning to attend this year's NH Farm, Forest, & Garden Expo at the Deerfield Fairgrounds on May 1 and 2!

For tickets and more information about all the great exhibitors, workshops, and presentations, head to:

https://www.nhfarmandforestexpo.org/

Come visit the UNH Extension booth in Building A and don't miss the Infoline Live event in the same building on Saturday morning at 10:30, where we'll answer all your pressing yard and garden questions with a panel of UNH Extension staff and Education Center Volunteers!

See you there!

Final reminder about the Introduction to Food Preservation class at the Hillsborough County Complex building (329 Mast R...
04/10/2026

Final reminder about the Introduction to Food Preservation class at the Hillsborough County Complex building (329 Mast Rd, Goffstown, NH 03045) on Saturday April 11 from 10:00 to 11:00am. This is a FREE event, but if you plan to attend, please register by the end of day Friday, April 10 at:

https://extension.unh.edu/event/2026/04/introduction-food-preservation-person

See you there!

Tomato season is coming into full swing. In this workshop, we'll discuss the differences between the two major growth habits of tomato varieties: determinate and indeterminate. Understanding these differences will determine how best to manage them. We'll

๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž! ๐Ÿ™ŒThis is your last chance to participate in our (603) Challenge! โฐ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐œ...
04/10/2026

๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž! ๐Ÿ™Œ

This is your last chance to participate in our (603) Challenge! โฐ

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ will ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ $๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ โ€“ regardless of the amount of their gift. This means that if 400 new donors give to the Challenge on this last day, they will each get $100 added to their gift.

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ! ๐ŸŒฑ

There is so much that weโ€™ll be able to accomplish with the support weโ€™re receiving from the (603) Challenge and your gift will allow us to do even more through the ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ. ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ๐Ÿž๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒฟ

๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž (๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘) ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/75574/donations/new?tc=86671&designation=K368

Thank you so much for following along and making this yearโ€™s challenge an enormous success for the UNHCE Education Center Volunteers! We are immensely grateful! ๐Ÿฉต

As always, your support is what makes The (603) Challenge โ€“ and UNH โ€“ so special. We couldn't do this without YOU! ๐Ÿฅฐ

Your generous contribution to the UNH Extension Education Center Volunteer Program could help UNH Extension with our own...
04/09/2026

Your generous contribution to the UNH Extension Education Center Volunteer Program could help UNH Extension with our own challenge. If UNH Extension reaches 450 donors, weโ€™ll unlock an additional $20,000 in funding from generous underwriters! ๐ŸŒŸ

Your gift will be vital in secure funding to grow and expand the current UNH Extension Education Center Volunteer Program. ๐ŸŒป

๐“๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐‚๐•๐: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/75574/donations/new...
Visit unh.edu/603 to learn more.

Thank you for making this year yet another incredibly memorable challenge! ๐Ÿฉต

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐‡ ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค! ๐Ÿ”๏ธ๐ŸŒฒThe ๏ฌrst 2,000 new donors to the challenge, who make a gift in a total am...
04/09/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐‡ ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค! ๐Ÿ”๏ธ๐ŸŒฒ

The ๏ฌrst 2,000 new donors to the challenge, who make a gift in a total amount containing the numerals 6๏ธโƒฃ,0๏ธโƒฃ and 3๏ธโƒฃ (in any order), will earn a $20 bonus on their gift.

Additionally, your gift to the UNH Extension Education Center Volunteer Program could help us with our own challenge. If UNH Extension reaches 450 donors, weโ€™ll unlock an additional $20,000 in funding from generous underwriters! ๐ŸŒŸ

Your gift will be vital in secure funding to grow and expand the current UNH Extension Education Center Volunteer Program. ๐ŸŒป

๐“๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐‚๐•๐: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/75574/donations/new?tc=86671&designation=K368

Visit unh.edu/603 to learn more.

Thank you for making this year yet another incredibly memorable challenge! ๐Ÿฉต

The (603) Challenge, UNHโ€™s annual fundraiser, is here! ๐Ÿฅณ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ...
04/08/2026

The (603) Challenge, UNHโ€™s annual fundraiser, is here! ๐Ÿฅณ

๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ.

Generous UNH Extension underwriters have stepped up with $20,000 in additional funding if we reach our goal of 450 donors. Help us unlock their generosity by making a gift to support the ECVP! Your gift will be vital in secure funding to grow and expand the current UNH Extension Education Center Volunteer Program.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐€๐œ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ! ๐ŸŒŸ

๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ€”๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค! ๐ŸŒฑ Thank you in advance for your support!

๐“๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐‚๐•๐: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/75574/donations/new?tc=86671&designation=K368

Hear directly from a few of our fantastic EC volunteers: https://youtu.be/3X_yZiqqbog?si=8Uu7XxKdBhe8JeRp

Visit unh.edu/603 to learn more.

Thank you for making a lasting and meaningful difference for UNH Extension! The (603) Challenge wouldnโ€™t be the memorable event it is without you all. ๐Ÿฉต

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