Happy Spring from the Goat Gang 4-H club of Burlington County, where our club members have goats, sheep, and chickens. We meet once a month to learn about livestock. We love goats! In December of 2022 we had a holiday party. We played a gift exchange and made a craft for the Goat Extravaganza. […]
On March 2nd we held the Burlington County 4-H Public Presentation Workshop and it went very well as we had hoped it would. We had an audience of about 42 from different clubs. Our Officers gave samples of each of the four types of 4-H presentations, explained about posters, gave a presentation on what not […]
Spring is a busy time on the farm requiring many different tasks be completed in a short time frame; one of the tasks that can easily be overlooked is scouting small grain fields. As we prepare for the first application of nitrogen remember this is a perfect time to scout for foliar diseases like powdery […]
The Bandits met on February 22 and they were given a brief lesson on small animals. Youth learned about where a variety of small animals come from, their habitats, what types of food they enjoy, and how to properly show their 4-H animals. At the conclusion of the lesson, the youth worked on a craft. The […]
The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Burlington County will continue to offer a Traveling Helpline with the Burlington County Library System in 2023. This program starts in April at the Main Branch Library in Westampton. You can continue to find Rutgers Master Gardeners at different branches through the fall until the program concludes in November at […]
During the club’s 4th meeting of the program year, youth and parents of the Barnyard Bandits worked diligently on a service project for the residents of Aspen Hills. On Wednesday, January 25th – the Barnyard Bandits made over 150 Valentine’s Day cards & 100 Butterflies. Each butterfly was handcrafted by the youth and made from […]
Among the services offered by Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) is identification of plants, different plant issues, and insects. RCE can also offer recommendations to help correct or control these issues. Our preferred method for diagnosis or identification services is to receive live plant/insect samples at our office in Westampton. However, photo submission via email to […]
The agricultural impacts of wildlife damage are frequently discussed among the farming community in New Jersey. However, the extent of these impacts may not be as readily recognized by the non-agricultural public. Faculty and staff at the Rutgers NJ Agricultural Experiment Station have recently conducted a number of projects to document the economic and social […]
