Compost Bin Sale Friday, May 31, 2024 11:45 pm - 11:45 pm Cayuga County Soil & Water Conservation District, 7413 County House Road , Auburn, New York 13021 Cornell Cooperative Extension Cayuga County is excited to offer our residents a great deal on North America's #1 selling backyard compost bin. Thanks to a grant from NUCOR, we can offer the first 45 Cayuga County residents an additional $20 off the already discounted price of  $59.95 (which is still 40% off retail price) for a total cost of $39.95.  Preorder your Earth Machine now, Limit 1 bin per household. This program is only offered to residents of CAYUGA COUNTY.NOTE: there are still 35 bins available at a special discounted price of $39.95 as of 5/1/17/2024.  When those are gone, the price will revert to $59.95 (40% off retail price).  A 3rd party vendor is managing the sales website and we were misinformed on the status of the bin stock.  We apologize for the confusion. About the Bin: The Earth Machine Compost Bin has an 80 gallon capacity and is made with 50% recycled plastic and provides a convenient way to keep food and  yard waste out of the waste stream. This is North America's #1 selling backyard compost bin because it features snap-together construction, an off-set retrieval door, 4 anchor pegs to secure the unit to the ground, a locking lid "how-to guide" and the "Rottwheeler" educational dial. The Earth Machine retails for $100.00 How To Order:First you PREORDER and PAY for the compost bin, and/or optional supplies. After you complete your purchase, you schedule a time to pick up your compost materials on TUESDAY JUNE 18 from 2:00pm-6:00pm, on the link below. 1. PREORDER online between May 1-31, 2024 at https://cayuga-composter-sale.company.site/ 2. CHOOSE YOUR PICKUP TIME: After you complete your purchase, use this link https://pub.cce.cornell.edu/event_registration/main/events_landing.cfm?event=CCECayugaCompostSale_249 to schedule a time to pick up your compost materials.NOTE: The sale runs May 1st to May 31st, 2024 and all purchases and cancellations must be received by 11:59pm on Friday, May 31st, 2024, no exceptions.After the sale ends the bins are shipped direct from the manufacturer to the county so earlier pick ups are not an option. Pick-up date/time & location:Pickup: Tuesday, June 18 from 2:00-6:00pm (you choose your 15 minute time slot above, when you place your order) at  Cayuga Soil & Water Conservation District, 7413 County House Road, Auburn, NY 13021 (see map below) Questions? Contact Ryan Staychock, Environmental/Natural Resources Educator at 315-539-9251 ext. 110 or ryan.staychock@cornell.edu $39.95 to $59.95 Ryan Staychock, rms462@cornell.edu, (315) 539-9251 Ext. 110 ========================================= Auburn Downtown Saturday Market Saturday, June 29, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center, 25 South Street , Auburn, New York 13021 CCE-Cayuga and its Taste NY-Auburn are delighted to participate in the 2024 Auburn Downtown Saturday Markets. These weekly events give local growers and producers an opportunity to reach the public directly with their products, and they enhance the economic and cultural vitality of Downtown Auburn by attracting consumers from across Cayuga County.  Check this space each week to see what vendors and products our Taste NY-Auburn store will be featuring, and be sure to stop by our tent outside for a refreshing beverage or tasting sample!  We look forward to seeing you there!.Special Event Schedule: June 29 - Season opening day, Jim Scala soloJuly 20 - Perform 4 Purpose Senior Showcase & The REV Theatre's The Boy Who Cried Wolf, plus Jeff the Magic ManJuly 27 - Acoustic Duo Jim Van arsdale & Connie PattiAugust 3 - Sweet Treat Trail Takeover, Lock 52 Jazz Band, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 10 - City of Auburn Founder's Day with live music in the courtyard by Irv Lyons Jr. & Loren Barrigar, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 17 - Local favorite psychedelic garage country group Honky-Tonk HindoozAugust 24 - Women's Equality Day, Jess Novak & Colleen Kattau, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 31 - Season Closing Day, Rhythm & Blues/Soul vocalist Michael Houston & guitarist Dave KuykendallEach date includes free face painting by Charming Cheeks ========================================= 4-H Giant Pumpkin Contest Registration Deadline Sunday, June 30, 2024 11:45 pm - 11:45 pm CCE Cayuga County, 199 Franklin Street, Suite 3 , Auburn, New York 13021 Think that you can grow the biggest pumpkin? 4-H of Cayuga County would like to see you try! Youth under 18 years of age (4-H members and non-members) are invited to join this contest to grow the biggest pumpkin. Weigh-in will be at the Halloween event at Agricultural Museum on Oct 19. Winners will be named for heaviest pumpkin and widest circumference. Prizes to be determined.Please complete one registration for each participant. Registration fee includes 5 Big Moose variety seeds. Payment can be made by PayPal or in the office. Seeds may be picked up in the office, 199 Franklin St., Auburn, after registration fees are paid. If picking up seeds in office is a hardship please email Frank Clarke at fc357@cornell.edu about other arrangements.Contest Rules:Participants must be under the age of 18 as of January 1, 2024.One pumpkin per participant may be entered in the contest.Pumpkins entered in the contest must be Big Moose variety. They do not need to be grown from the seeds provided with the registration fee.Participants must provide the majority of the care for the pumpkin plant.Participants must make the majority of the decisions about plant care.Fertilizers and pesticides must be used safely, appropriately, and according to label directions.Participants should be ready to describe how the plant was cared for and why to the judges at the event.Participants are responsible for transporting pumpkins to the event.Pumpkins should be free of excess plant material and dirt.Circumference will be measured at the largest point.Judges decisions are final.Important Dates:Registration Deadline: Sunday, June 30, 2024Pumpkin Weigh-in: Saturday, October 19, 2024 at Ward W. O'Hara Agricultural Museum, Auburn NYGrowing Information:Here's a Fact Sheet on Growing Giant Pumpkins compiled by Frank Clarke. $5 for 4-H members, $10 for non-4=H Members Frank Clarke, fc357@cornell.edu, Cell: (516) 532-4039 Registration: https://pub.cce.cornell.edu/event_registration/main/events_landing.cfm?event=GiantPumpkinContest_205 ========================================= Auburn Downtown Saturday Market Saturday, July 13, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center, 25 South Street , Auburn, New York 13021 CCE-Cayuga and its Taste NY-Auburn are delighted to participate in the 2024 Auburn Downtown Saturday Markets. These weekly events give local growers and producers an opportunity to reach the public directly with their products, and they enhance the economic and cultural vitality of Downtown Auburn by attracting consumers from across Cayuga County.  Check this space each week to see what vendors and products our Taste NY-Auburn store will be featuring, and be sure to stop by our tent outside for a refreshing beverage or tasting sample!  We look forward to seeing you there!.Special Event Schedule: June 29 - Season opening day, Jim Scala soloJuly 20 - Perform 4 Purpose Senior Showcase & The REV Theatre's The Boy Who Cried Wolf, plus Jeff the Magic ManJuly 27 - Acoustic Duo Jim Van arsdale & Connie PattiAugust 3 - Sweet Treat Trail Takeover, Lock 52 Jazz Band, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 10 - City of Auburn Founder's Day with live music in the courtyard by Irv Lyons Jr. & Loren Barrigar, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 17 - Local favorite psychedelic garage country group Honky-Tonk HindoozAugust 24 - Women's Equality Day, Jess Novak & Colleen Kattau, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 31 - Season Closing Day, Rhythm & Blues/Soul vocalist Michael Houston & guitarist Dave KuykendallEach date includes free face painting by Charming Cheeks ========================================= Auburn Downtown Saturday Market Saturday, July 20, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center, 25 South Street , Auburn, New York 13021 CCE-Cayuga and its Taste NY-Auburn are delighted to participate in the 2024 Auburn Downtown Saturday Markets. These weekly events give local growers and producers an opportunity to reach the public directly with their products, and they enhance the economic and cultural vitality of Downtown Auburn by attracting consumers from across Cayuga County.  Check this space each week to see what vendors and products our Taste NY-Auburn store will be featuring, and be sure to stop by our tent outside for a refreshing beverage or tasting sample!  We look forward to seeing you there!.Special Event Schedule: June 29 - Season opening day, Jim Scala soloJuly 20 - Perform 4 Purpose Senior Showcase & The REV Theatre's The Boy Who Cried Wolf, plus Jeff the Magic ManJuly 27 - Acoustic Duo Jim Van arsdale & Connie PattiAugust 3 - Sweet Treat Trail Takeover, Lock 52 Jazz Band, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 10 - City of Auburn Founder's Day with live music in the courtyard by Irv Lyons Jr. & Loren Barrigar, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 17 - Local favorite psychedelic garage country group Honky-Tonk HindoozAugust 24 - Women's Equality Day, Jess Novak & Colleen Kattau, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 31 - Season Closing Day, Rhythm & Blues/Soul vocalist Michael Houston & guitarist Dave KuykendallEach date includes free face painting by Charming Cheeks ========================================= Auburn Downtown Saturday Market Saturday, July 27, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center, 25 South Street , Auburn, New York 13021 CCE-Cayuga and its Taste NY-Auburn are delighted to participate in the 2024 Auburn Downtown Saturday Markets. These weekly events give local growers and producers an opportunity to reach the public directly with their products, and they enhance the economic and cultural vitality of Downtown Auburn by attracting consumers from across Cayuga County.  Check this space each week to see what vendors and products our Taste NY-Auburn store will be featuring, and be sure to stop by our tent outside for a refreshing beverage or tasting sample!  We look forward to seeing you there!.Special Event Schedule: June 29 - Season opening day, Jim Scala soloJuly 20 - Perform 4 Purpose Senior Showcase & The REV Theatre's The Boy Who Cried Wolf, plus Jeff the Magic ManJuly 27 - Acoustic Duo Jim Van arsdale & Connie PattiAugust 3 - Sweet Treat Trail Takeover, Lock 52 Jazz Band, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 10 - City of Auburn Founder's Day with live music in the courtyard by Irv Lyons Jr. & Loren Barrigar, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 17 - Local favorite psychedelic garage country group Honky-Tonk HindoozAugust 24 - Women's Equality Day, Jess Novak & Colleen Kattau, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 31 - Season Closing Day, Rhythm & Blues/Soul vocalist Michael Houston & guitarist Dave KuykendallEach date includes free face painting by Charming Cheeks ========================================= Auburn Downtown Saturday Market Saturday, August 3, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center, 25 South Street , Auburn, New York 13021 CCE-Cayuga and its Taste NY-Auburn are delighted to participate in the 2024 Auburn Downtown Saturday Markets. These weekly events give local growers and producers an opportunity to reach the public directly with their products, and they enhance the economic and cultural vitality of Downtown Auburn by attracting consumers from across Cayuga County.  Check this space each week to see what vendors and products our Taste NY-Auburn store will be featuring, and be sure to stop by our tent outside for a refreshing beverage or tasting sample!  We look forward to seeing you there!.Special Event Schedule: June 29 - Season opening day, Jim Scala soloJuly 20 - Perform 4 Purpose Senior Showcase & The REV Theatre's The Boy Who Cried Wolf, plus Jeff the Magic ManJuly 27 - Acoustic Duo Jim Van arsdale & Connie PattiAugust 3 - Sweet Treat Trail Takeover, Lock 52 Jazz Band, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 10 - City of Auburn Founder's Day with live music in the courtyard by Irv Lyons Jr. & Loren Barrigar, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 17 - Local favorite psychedelic garage country group Honky-Tonk HindoozAugust 24 - Women's Equality Day, Jess Novak & Colleen Kattau, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 31 - Season Closing Day, Rhythm & Blues/Soul vocalist Michael Houston & guitarist Dave KuykendallEach date includes free face painting by Charming Cheeks ========================================= Auburn Downtown Saturday Market Saturday, August 10, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center, 25 South Street , Auburn, New York 13021 CCE-Cayuga and its Taste NY-Auburn are delighted to participate in the 2024 Auburn Downtown Saturday Markets. These weekly events give local growers and producers an opportunity to reach the public directly with their products, and they enhance the economic and cultural vitality of Downtown Auburn by attracting consumers from across Cayuga County.  Check this space each week to see what vendors and products our Taste NY-Auburn store will be featuring, and be sure to stop by our tent outside for a refreshing beverage or tasting sample!  We look forward to seeing you there!.Special Event Schedule: June 29 - Season opening day, Jim Scala soloJuly 20 - Perform 4 Purpose Senior Showcase & The REV Theatre's The Boy Who Cried Wolf, plus Jeff the Magic ManJuly 27 - Acoustic Duo Jim Van arsdale & Connie PattiAugust 3 - Sweet Treat Trail Takeover, Lock 52 Jazz Band, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 10 - City of Auburn Founder's Day with live music in the courtyard by Irv Lyons Jr. & Loren Barrigar, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 17 - Local favorite psychedelic garage country group Honky-Tonk HindoozAugust 24 - Women's Equality Day, Jess Novak & Colleen Kattau, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 31 - Season Closing Day, Rhythm & Blues/Soul vocalist Michael Houston & guitarist Dave KuykendallEach date includes free face painting by Charming Cheeks ========================================= Auburn Downtown Saturday Market Saturday, August 17, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center, 25 South Street , Auburn, New York 13021 CCE-Cayuga and its Taste NY-Auburn are delighted to participate in the 2024 Auburn Downtown Saturday Markets. These weekly events give local growers and producers an opportunity to reach the public directly with their products, and they enhance the economic and cultural vitality of Downtown Auburn by attracting consumers from across Cayuga County.  Check this space each week to see what vendors and products our Taste NY-Auburn store will be featuring, and be sure to stop by our tent outside for a refreshing beverage or tasting sample!  We look forward to seeing you there!.Special Event Schedule: June 29 - Season opening day, Jim Scala soloJuly 20 - Perform 4 Purpose Senior Showcase & The REV Theatre's The Boy Who Cried Wolf, plus Jeff the Magic ManJuly 27 - Acoustic Duo Jim Van arsdale & Connie PattiAugust 3 - Sweet Treat Trail Takeover, Lock 52 Jazz Band, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 10 - City of Auburn Founder's Day with live music in the courtyard by Irv Lyons Jr. & Loren Barrigar, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 17 - Local favorite psychedelic garage country group Honky-Tonk HindoozAugust 24 - Women's Equality Day, Jess Novak & Colleen Kattau, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 31 - Season Closing Day, Rhythm & Blues/Soul vocalist Michael Houston & guitarist Dave KuykendallEach date includes free face painting by Charming Cheeks ========================================= Auburn Downtown Saturday Market Saturday, August 24, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center, 25 South Street , Auburn, New York 13021 CCE-Cayuga and its Taste NY-Auburn are delighted to participate in the 2024 Auburn Downtown Saturday Markets. These weekly events give local growers and producers an opportunity to reach the public directly with their products, and they enhance the economic and cultural vitality of Downtown Auburn by attracting consumers from across Cayuga County.  Check this space each week to see what vendors and products our Taste NY-Auburn store will be featuring, and be sure to stop by our tent outside for a refreshing beverage or tasting sample!  We look forward to seeing you there!.Special Event Schedule: June 29 - Season opening day, Jim Scala soloJuly 20 - Perform 4 Purpose Senior Showcase & The REV Theatre's The Boy Who Cried Wolf, plus Jeff the Magic ManJuly 27 - Acoustic Duo Jim Van arsdale & Connie PattiAugust 3 - Sweet Treat Trail Takeover, Lock 52 Jazz Band, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 10 - City of Auburn Founder's Day with live music in the courtyard by Irv Lyons Jr. & Loren Barrigar, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 17 - Local favorite psychedelic garage country group Honky-Tonk HindoozAugust 24 - Women's Equality Day, Jess Novak & Colleen Kattau, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 31 - Season Closing Day, Rhythm & Blues/Soul vocalist Michael Houston & guitarist Dave KuykendallEach date includes free face painting by Charming Cheeks ========================================= Auburn Downtown Saturday Market Saturday, August 31, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center & Auburn NY Visitor Center, 25 South Street , Auburn, New York 13021 CCE-Cayuga and its Taste NY-Auburn are delighted to participate in the 2024 Auburn Downtown Saturday Markets. These weekly events give local growers and producers an opportunity to reach the public directly with their products, and they enhance the economic and cultural vitality of Downtown Auburn by attracting consumers from across Cayuga County.  Check this space each week to see what vendors and products our Taste NY-Auburn store will be featuring, and be sure to stop by our tent outside for a refreshing beverage or tasting sample!  We look forward to seeing you there!.Special Event Schedule: June 29 - Season opening day, Jim Scala soloJuly 20 - Perform 4 Purpose Senior Showcase & The REV Theatre's The Boy Who Cried Wolf, plus Jeff the Magic ManJuly 27 - Acoustic Duo Jim Van arsdale & Connie PattiAugust 3 - Sweet Treat Trail Takeover, Lock 52 Jazz Band, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 10 - City of Auburn Founder's Day with live music in the courtyard by Irv Lyons Jr. & Loren Barrigar, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 17 - Local favorite psychedelic garage country group Honky-Tonk HindoozAugust 24 - Women's Equality Day, Jess Novak & Colleen Kattau, plus Jeff the Magic ManAugust 31 - Season Closing Day, Rhythm & Blues/Soul vocalist Michael Houston & guitarist Dave KuykendallEach date includes free face painting by Charming Cheeks =========================================