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GENESEE, Pa. — Chemical contamination of water supplies for five households in Potter County, which also resulted in fish kill in a small pond, is und...

GROWING BEANS, PART 2: Beans benefit from soil that has been mixed with a bit of compost. After planting, mulch the ground surface to preserve soil mo...

GROWING STRING BEANS: For a beginning vegetable gardener, snap beans, aka string beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), can be one of the most rewarding vegetabl...

BUFFERS: The Penn State Extension has written a reminder to take care of riparian buffers. As spring starts to warm the air, it also warms the water a...

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory at Penn State remains open; however, they have implemented an emergency contingency ...

The Penn State Extension will host a workshop in January in Kane on “Making Cover Crops Pay.” Participants will learn how cover crops can provide a po...

SMETHPORT — McKean County Master Gardener class is now accepting applications for its 2019 class to begin Oct. 3 at the Penn State Extension Office in...

The last backyard conservation workshop of the summer series will be held at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8 at Graham’s Greenhouse in Bradford, where participants w...

USDA : Here at The Era, we get a lot of emails. One recent message caught our eyes as being a bit different than what we usually see. It dealt with un...

KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum will host Dr. Zachary Freedman from West Virginia University on Oct. 11, at Grandma Bair’s Conference Center to ...