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Position: Director and horticulture agent
Email: parmenterdm@co.laplata.co.us
Position: Family and consumer science agent
Oh yes, spring is my favorite season. Calves, lambs, fawns appearing across the fields and, best of all, the asparagus! It starts appearing mid-April and ends in June. As one of the few perennial...
DATE: May 10, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
I write this as the rain is finally coming down in the valley, wet snow in the high country. In Durango, moisture in two of the last five days has been a rarity, albeit welcome. Unfortunately, the...
DATE: May 7, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
La Plata County 4-H’s CODY project would like to invite the community to a Mental Health Mardi Gras. This special event will take place at 6 p.m. May 2 in the Exhibit Hall at the La Plata County...
DATE: April 19, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Being raised on whole-grain homemade bread, farm fresh eggs, fresh yogurt, garden produce and, of course, raw milk was a matter of logic to my progressive mother who followed 20th-century author...
DATE: April 13, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
A couple of weeks ago, I traveled across the Western Slope of Colorado, giving talks to multiple Master Gardener classes about backyard vegetable production. Same talk with 270 PowerPoint slides,...
DATE: April 9, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Recently, I enjoyed working with and learning from seventh-graders at Miller Middle School as we discussed financial literacy. Know Your Dough provided the curriculum – which is designed for...
DATE: March 15, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
La Plata County 4-H will co-sponsor a powerful community event at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 19. “Cracked, Not Broken: The Kevin Hines Story” will be held at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis...
DATE: March 12, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Last month was all about soil, and yes, soil is where everything starts. If you build it, plants, flowers and fruit will come. If you ask a farmer or rancher – and if they’re worth their weight in...
DATE: March 5, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
4-H livestock and animal projects inspire lifelong learning in young people. 4-H members can enroll in horse, dog, cat, cow, sheep, goat, swine, poultry and rabbit animal projects. They can begin...
DATE: Feb. 17, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Ah, fresh warm bread. Whether it is hot out of the oven, dipped into a steaming bowl of soup or enveloping your favorite sandwich, it is easy to see why it is such a staple food. Wheat makes up...
DATE: Feb. 9, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
I tried. I wrote an article about watering trees in the winter, I washed the car and I sold a pair of skis. But none of it did the trick. Our weather seems to get only warmer, and even the few...
DATE: Feb. 5, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Snowdown 2018 is quickly approaching. All we need now is snow, especially for our agriculture community. I hope we receive some much-needed precipitation soon. For the last five years, La Plata...
DATE: Jan. 20, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
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