By MARY ANN LIENHART CROSS County Extension Director, Purdue Extension Elkhart County February is National Potato Month. The potato is versatile, economical, and loaded with important nutrients. For you to make the most of your food dollars you have to prepare potatoes in their raw form, which means … Read More
By ROBERT KELLY Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County The Elkhart County 4-H Beef Club has set the Animal ID date for the 2015 4-H year on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 at the Shipshewana Auction Barn located on SR 5. Animals will be ID’d between 9 a.m. and … Read More
By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County Growing up on a southern Indiana farm, I learned a lot about weed identification from my Dad. He would point out features of various plants, and by the time I was 12 years old, I could identify many of … Read More
By Mary Ann Lienhart Cross County Extension Director, Purdue Extension Elkhart County I know that many of you like to prepare food and share your creations with family, friends and co-workers. We celebrate many events and I don’t think we ever celebrate without food, do we? As I … Read More
By MARY ANN LIENHART CROSS Extension Director, Purdue Extension Elkhart County With so many options in cookware, bake ware and appliances, how do you know which ones you spend your money on and which ones you should leave in the store? This program will cover information on pots … Read More
By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator Purdue Extension Elkhart County Last week I read an article urging farmers to apply lime every year. That sort of recommendation may work in some communities, but in our area, more often than not, it could lead to some long-term problems because most … Read More
By MARY ANN LIENHART CROSS County Extension Director, Purdue Extension Elkhart County There is still time to register for the Elkhart County Extension Homemaker’s Heritage Skills Workshop. Many of these heritage skills are not being learned and passed on to others. In an effort to teach these heritage … Read More
By MARY ANN LIENHART CROSS County Extension Director, Purdue Extension Elkhart County I believe soup making is a not practiced in many kitchens. I realize there are many factors that figure into not making soup like grandmother used to. There is the time factor involved, or having to … Read More
By MARY ANN LIENHART CROSS County Extension Director and Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County I have written about homemade soups and I hope I have motivated you to make some soup. I want to encourage you to plan some kitchen time and make some real soup. You can … Read More
By MARY ANN LIENHART CROSS County Extension Director and Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County Join the Elkhart County Extension Homemakers for a free, educational program titled “Kitchen Gadget Savvy” presented by Mary Ann Lienhart Cross. Through this lesson you will learn about new kitchen gadgets, utensils, knives, cutting … Read More
By ROBERT KELLY Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development and Agriculture-Natural Resources-Livestock Purdue Extension in Kosciusko and Elkhart Counties will be working together to host the 2015 Ohio Beef Cattle School. The programs will address some of the most important issues currently facing the beef industry. Rapidly changing forces … Read More
By STHELE GREYBAR Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development, Purdue Extension Elkhart County The Elkhart County 4-H Beekeeping Club plans to hold its first meeting of the year at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19 at Peoples Bible Church, located at 68074 U.S. 33, Goshen. The club is beginning its … Read More
By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County Without much fanfare, the USDA Census of Agriculture will be surveying two important groups of agricultural producers in the next few weeks, horticulture and organic growers. Some local growers may have already received surveys in the mail. More than … Read More
By MARY ANN LIENHART CROSS County Extension Director and Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County A special part of the holiday foods are the beverages. Beverages, whether hot or cold, can provide lots of color and can be full of food value. Unfortunately, they can also be high in … Read More
By JEFF BURBRINK Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County Fourteen local people have completed the first phase of the Purdue Master Gardener program in Elkhart County. Jeff Burbrink, Extension Educator with the Purdue Extension Service in Elkhart County and coordinator of the local Master Gardener program, explained that … Read More
By STHELE GREYBAR Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development, Purdue Extension Elkhart County The Elkhart County 4-H program will be having it’s second Discover 4-H event of the year from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10. The event will be held at Concord Mall in Elkhart, located … Read More
