Know Your Squash: How They Look, How They Cook 2019
Winter squash is a wonderful vegetable but can be a little intimidating to prepare. Let’s look at some steps to safely prepare your winter squash so that it can be ready to use in any recipe. https://youtu.be/9X9-1F1iQhY
Residential Garden Soil Testing 2019
Soil Testing Soil tests provide specific fertilizer recommendations for your lawn and garden and can help you avoid over-application of fertilizer. Soil testing is recommended for lawns, gardens, fields, wildlife areas and vegetable and fruit production. Visit our soil testing page for homeowners or our soil test page for farmers for more information or call the UW Madison-Extension, […]

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Teen Cuisine 2019 Free Cooking and Nutrition Class for Teens Grades 6-12th June 24

Free Cooking and Nutrition Education Class for Teens Grades 6-12 June 24-27, 2019 July 8-11, 2019 Class meets Monday-Thursday 12:00 Noon to 2:00 p.m. Superior Middle School 3626 Hammond Ave, Superior, WI FamilyandConsumerEducationRoom Flyer: Teen Cuisine Paperwork needed for first day of class: Teen Cuisine paperwork 2019

Parenting the Love & Logic Way 2019

Parenting the Love & Logic Way 2019 Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 Starts July 9th – six sessions Peter Rich Center Please view the flyer for more information Love and Logic Flyer 2019

What is Pink Eye of Potato?

pink eye potato disease photo What is pink eye? Pink eye is a disorder of potato tubers that can cause costly storage losses for potato growers and can reduce tuber quality to the point where tubers will be rejected by potato processors. Pink eye not only directly affects tubers, but also makes tubers more susceptible […]

2019 Building a Better Snack with Healthy Foods

Snacks can help you meet your daily nutrient needs. They can keep your energy high throughout the day. Try a snack from each of the food groups! View our tip sheet for more information! 2019 Build a better snack with healthy foods – English (002) Contact your local FoodWIse program to learn more: Douglas County UW-Extension […]

Soil Testing 2019

Soil Testing Soil tests provide specific fertilizer recommendations for your lawn and garden and can help you avoid over-application of fertilizer. Soil testing is recommended for lawns, gardens, fields, wildlife areas and vegetable and fruit production. Visit our soil testing page for homeowners or our soil test page for farmers for more information or call […]

Know Your Squash: How They Look, How They Cook

PREPARE WINTER SQUASH Winter squash is a wonderful vegetable but can be a little intimidating to prepare. Let’s look at some steps to safely prepare your winter squash so that it can be ready to use in any recipe.

Great Space Superior, a holiday pop-up

Visit Great Space Superior on Facebook. UW-Extension Douglas County is excited to be a partner in this project that we have been working on for a couple of months with the area economic development community. We are excited to announce Great Space Superior, a holiday pop-up market. This is a great opportunity for makers, […]

Recovering Produce from Flooded Fields and Gardens Resources

Resources are available to help growers and consumers with assessing whether or not they can recover produce from flooded fields and gardens: Food Safety for Flooded Farms https://fyi.uwex.edu/safepreserving/2018/08/31/food-safety-for-flooded-farms/ Guidelines for Consuming Late Season Produce Exposed to Floodwater (for consumers) https://fyi.uwex.edu/safepreserving/2018/08/30/guidelines-for-consuming-late-season-produce-exposed-to-floodwater/

Douglas County Businesses are Mirroring Demographic Changes

In July, UW-Extension researchers released Slow Churn: Declining Dynamism in America’s Dairyland (Conroy, Chen, Chriestenson, Kures, & Deller). This special report on the Wisconsin economy examined business births and deaths in all 72 Wisconsin counties. Outside of Dane and Eau Claire Counties, the picture for net business growth in Wisconsin is bleak. Most Wisconsin counties […]

Recovering Flooded Forages and Food Safety Resources for Flooded areas

Recovering Flooded Forages (pdf version available) Source: Team Forages, Prepared by Dan Undersander, Professor Emeritus https://fyi.uwex.edu/forage/recovering-flooded-forages/ Assessing Flood Damage to Soybean (pdf version available) Source: Shawn Conley, UW Soybean Specialist Please click to view information on: Assessing Flood Damage to Soybean Safely Using Flooded Produce (pdf version available) Source: Wisconsin Horticulture: Prepared by Barbara Ingham, […]

Know Your Squash: How They Look, How They Cook 2019