News

  1. Summer in the City with Extension 2025

    May. 16, 2025

    Check out some of our programming:

    Grow Ohio Youth Program at three local library sites  Buckeye Garden: Raised bed vegetable garden at the Toledo Botanical Garden Sneak A Zucchini - August 8th 
  2. Container Gardening Resources, May 2025

    May. 29, 2025

  3. Spotted Lanternfly Update, June 2025

    May. 05, 2025

    Spotted Lanternfly has been observed hatching in the Toledo area as 1st instar nymphs from egg masses laid last year. 

     

    We are encouraging residents to become familiar with this non-native invasive insect - the spotted lanternfly (SLF), and look for the pest in their own landscapes or places they frequent.

     

    *This photo illustrates multiple generations - nymphs and adults. 

     

  4. Easter Egg Alternatives - Get Outdoors

    Apr. 17, 2025

    Egg prices have you looking for alternatives to coloring eggs this Easter? We have some other ideas you could consider. 

     

    How about a game of Nature Bingo? 

    Nature Bingo

    Playdough or clay shaped eggs decorated?

    Recipes for Fun

  5. Coyote Resources

    Apr. 08, 2025

    This week, the garden column at the Toledo Blade was on coyotes. Here is a link to the column, and additional resources that I mentioned in the column. 

    Toledo Blade Garden Column, Coyotes, 04.08.2025

    Resources:

    Urban Coyote Project 

    https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/

    OSU Study

  6. Community Nutrition on WTOL Good Day

    Apr. 01, 2025

    Thank you to the Good Day team for inviting us to speak on Tuesday April 1, 2025. Here are some links and information mentioned in the newscast.

     

    Video: Community Nutrition on Good Day

     

  7. NEW! 2025 Version of the Lucas County Food Assistance Resource Guide Now Available

    Feb. 17, 2025

    The Lucas County Community Nutrition Team (SNAP-ED and EFNEP) are pleased to announce the 2025 version of the Lucas County Food Assistance Resource Guide is now available. Originally created in 2020, this guide provides our community with listings of

  8. Financial February Resources - WTOL Good Day

    Feb. 03, 2025

    WTOL Good Day - Tuesday, February 4th, 2025

    We appreciate Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) teacher Mrs. Schultz from Start High School joining us to share about the high school finance classes. 

  9. Winter Sowing Resource

    Jan. 07, 2025

    This morning, Amy Stone, our AgNR Educator with OSU Extension in Lucas was a guest on WTOL's Good Day. 

    One of the topics covered included winter sowing. Here is the resource that we referred to during the interview. 

    https://lucas.osu.edu/sites/lucas/files/imce/FCS/Winter%20Sowing%20Hando...

    Good luck with your winter sowing project! 

  10. Spotted Lanternfly Update, 09.10.2024, News To Know

    Sep. 10, 2024

    Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) is in the adult stage. As of 09.10.2024 we have not had any reports of egg masses, but are anticipating seeing those soon. Adults are being observed in large numbers especially in the downtown area, east Toledo, and south Toledo, with numbers increasing in other areas of the county. 

     

    We continue to encouraging residents to become familiar with this non-native invasive insect - the spotted lanternfly (SLF), and look for the pest in their own landscapes or places they frequent.

     

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