Marathon County

In the May/June issue of the Marathon County Family Focus newsletter: Ag Society Scholarship Creative Writing Horse Show Rabbit Fun Day Badger Dairy Camp 4-H/HCE Project Update Cake Decorating Music/Dance/Drama Area Animal Science Day Dairy Breakfast Speaking/Demonstrations 2011-2012 Fair Premium Book Addendum Camp Upham Registration 4H Summer Day Camp 4H & Master Gardner  & 2012 Gardening Series Family [...]

Help Protect Our Water Resources A rain garden is a depressed area in the lawn that forms a bioretention area. It allows water to collect and slowly seep into the ground. This excess water, called runoff, causes the soil in its path to erode more rapidly than it would naturally. Gravity then causes this runoff [...]

Get Started This Spring with Container & Square Foot Gardening Economic conditions are making it more difficult for Marathon County residents to afford fresh produce. There are many reasons for people to garden, yet urban living can discourage people from gardening. In response the Marathon County UW-Extension developed and created gardening methods to raise awareness and help [...]

Monday, June 4, 2012 Have you ever seen an insect in your garden and wondered what it was? Is it good for your plants or bad Should you encourage it to live in your garden or try to get rid of it? What is the safest way to do this? Paul Whitaker, an Associate Professor [...]

Closed for Winter Looking for help identifying an insect, a diseased plant, a flower, or a weed? At a Garden Clinic trained Master Gardeners will be available to answer any of those gardening questions. The Garden Clinics will be offered during the summer months at two locations, Wausau (UW-Extension office) and Weston Farmers Market. No [...]

Sign-up to become an Master Gardener. The Marathon County UW-Extension will be offering 12 sessions on Tuesday evenings beginning January 25th and continuing through April 12. Classes are from 5:45-9 pm. Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who assist the University of Wisconsin-Cooperative Extension staff by helping communities better understand gardening and their environment. This national program was introduced to [...]

A way for food pantries and gardeners with extra produce to find each other. AmpleHarvest.org gives food pantries the opportunity to be listed in a central directory so that gardeners can share their fresh produce and, garden-by-garden, help diminish hunger in America. There are no costs to the food pantries or the gardeners for use of [...]