Cornell Cooperative Extension

Schoharie and Otsego Counties
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Gardening

Home Gardening

Cornell Cooperative Extension offers research-based support to gardeners through our community horticulture Master Gardener Volunteer Programs.

Homeowners can attend our classes, view online resources, and have their gardening questions answered by our Garden Helpline Service.

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Have a gardening question? Click here to ask a Master Gardener Volunteer!

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Pollinator Support

Learn about wild and managed pollinators, why they are important and how you can help them, in these links, videos and resources from Cornell.

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Ask a Master Gardener

Do you have a question about growing a vegetable garden? Wonder what that funny looking insect is? Get the answer, by calling our Master Gardener Volunteer Helpline!

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Cornell Garden Based Learning

4-H Together We Grow & Eat

This will be a four-session series for youth.

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Plant Sale

Otsego Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale

Come join the Master Gardener Volunteers at their annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the Education Center in Cooperstown.

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Growing your own food

Growing your own food can be a very satisfying effort that pays off in a number of ways.

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Tick Talk

Learn the types of ticks found in New York, diseases they cause, how to identify them, and how to protect yourself and your family by avoiding tick bites.

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Last updated March 10, 2025

Gardening

Gardening Brochures

Cutting Gardens

Deer Resistant Plants

Pollinators

Sensory Gardens

Shade Gardens

Find Your Zone!

2012 USDA Hardiness Zone Map






The 2023 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.

Useful Links

Cornell Garden Based Learning Program

Cornell Turf Grass Program

Cornell Vegetable MD Online

Dairy One Agronomy Services

IPM Fact Sheets for Vegetables

Late Blight Brochure

DEC Wildlife Nuisance Help

Berry Webinar Archive

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 Find online webinars on a range of topics from Cornell's Berry Program!

USAblight

A National Project on Tomato & Potato Late Blight in the United States

Click here for the Current Disease Map and to Check Alerts!

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