Cover crops for the home garden

A workshop on cover crops will be held Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m. at the CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca.

Planting cover crops in the garden is a cost-effective form of nutrition and organic matter and keeps soil, water and nutrients from running off. Learn which cover crops do well in the upstate New York area and which ones work best for your garden situation. A hands-on cover crop planting demonstration will be given in the CCE garden.

Cost: $5-$10/person self-determined sliding scale; pay what you can afford. Registration required on-line or by phone at 607-272-2292. For more information, contact Jennie Cramer, horticulture program manager, at jrc10@cornell.edu, 607-272-2292 ext. 146.

Parents apart

Parents Apart® is a six-hour workshop for parents who want to learn how to help their child(ren) adjust during their separation or divorce. The workshop is taught by therapists and attorneys and focuses on how children react emotionally to their parents’ separation or divorce, and what parents can do to help them adjust. Registration is confidential and parents of the same child(ren) are placed in different workshops.

This workshop is offered several times during the fall, either on a Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., with a one-hour break, or on two consecutive Mondays, 6-9 p.m. The Saturday workshops are Oct. 14 and December 9; the Monday workshops are Sept. 11 and 18, and Nov. 6 and 13. Location will be provided to registrants.

Cost: $60-$100, self-determined sliding scale. Reduced rates available. No one will be turned away. For information, to pay by credit card, to request a reduced fee, or to discuss concerns about safety or other special circumstances, contact Jennifer Gray at 607-272-2292.

Kitchen garden tour of Owl Moon Gardens

Tour the two-acre garden of Art Godin and Joanna Green in Newfield, Sept. 12, 6-7:30 p.m. They use straw mulch and cover crops with lots of compost to keep their garden clean and weed-free; try to reuse all biomass generated by the garden through ongoing composting; and grow crops sufficient to last through most of the year, preserving yields in a chest freezer, a cool area for root crops and cabbage, and a small amount of canning and pickling. They are always looking to reduce the labor required.

Register online, or call 607-272-2292 to register by phone. Cost: free but register to receive address of garden location. For more information, contact Jennie Cramer, horticulture program manager, at jrc10@cornell.edu, 607-272-2292 ext. 146.