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Let us help you get started with vegetable gardening!
A soil pH test is a great first step to successful gardening.
What's eating your plants? We can help you find out, and suggest ways to control it!
Gardening
Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County is your resource for information on soils, site improvement, plant selection, proper plant care, sustainable practices, integrated pest management, composting and so much more! We offer research-based, affordable gardening workshops and office hours all year long, and opportunities to share your love of gardening as a volunteer. Call us or come by today!
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Last updated April 25, 2022
Find Your Zone!
The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map helps gardeners and growers determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. For the first time, the map is available as an interactive GIS-based map, for which a broadband Internet connection is recommended. Users may also simply type in a ZIP Code and find the hardiness zone for that area.
Insect Diagnostic Lab
For more information about an insect, or how to deal with an insect problem in or around your home or garden, contact the Insect Diagnostic Lab, a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension in the Department of Entomology. For a $25 fee, an insect or related arthropod can be shipped to the lab, or a detailed photo can be emailed, for expert identification. Diagnostician Jason Dombroskie, Ph.D. has many years ofexperience identifying insects and other arthropods. More information about this service, including fact sheets on common outdoor and indoor insects, can be found at http://idl.entomology.cornell.edu/
Gardening in the News
Discover what this program area has been up to in our Media Room!
Pest ID
Yes, our staff can do our best to identify your insects (species only)!
Pest ID costs $7 per sample or $5 per sample for CCESC enrollees. Anyone can enroll in CCESC for an annual contribution of $25.
Please be advised that Cornell Cooperative Extension Community Horticulture program only provides pest identification. We do not test ticks for Lyme or other tick borne diseases.
For additional information regarding medical testing, interventions, or treatments, please call your healthcare professional.
For basic information about Lyme disease, you can call Sullivan County Public Health Services at 845-292-5910 or visit our general Lyme info page here!
