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Keeping Critters Out of the Garden – A Hands-On Workshop

Thursday, May 1 6:30-8:00 pm

4H Acres, Lower Creek Road, Ithaca (see below for directions)

Cost: $5-$10 (sliding scale).

 

Learn strategies to keep wildlife from eating your edible and ornamental plantings, such as protecting vegetable gardens from deer, woodchucks and rabbits, protecting shrubs from deer browsing in winter, and protecting fruit tree trunks from chewing rodents. Come dressed for the weather and gardening work - the class will include a hands-on practicum in setting up  a fence to keep out deer and woodchucks, protecting tree trunks from rodents and constructing shrub cages. For more information or to pre-register, call 272-2292 or email Chrys Gardener at cab69 AT cornell.edu

 

Directions: 4H Acres is located on Lower Creek Road, which is off Route 13 North between Hanshaw Road and Route 366. From Ithaca, take Route 13 north past the exits for the mall and the airport. Continue through the traffic light at the turn to Hanshaw Road, Lower Creek Road is the next left turn. 4H Acres is ¼ mile on the left.

 

Visit http://ccetompkins.org/calendar for a complete listing of CCE workshops, classes and events

 

 

 

Chrys Gardener
Commercial/Community Horticulture Educator
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Tompkins County
615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
(607)272-2292, extension 241
www.ccetompkins.org