Subject: Tree and shrub pruning.

Subject: Tree and shrub pruning.

Date: April 23

Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Place: Canfield Fairgrounds, fair board administration office near grandstand. Bring your own folding chair.

Fee: $20 (includes a set of hand pruners or folding pruning saw and handouts explaining the pruning process).

Subject: Identification and control of pests of urban and woodland trees, including the emerald ash borer and Asian longhorn beetle.

Date: April 30

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Place: Mill Creek MetroParks Farm, Canfield.

Fee: $5, including handouts.

Subject: Level One food safety and hygiene employee training.

Dates: June 28, Aug. 9 and Oct. 3

Time: 9 a.m to noon

Place: McMahon Hall, Mill Creek MetroParks Farm, Canfield.

Fee: $30, including employee training manual.

Subject: Two-day food safety manager training, Level Two.

Dates: May 2 and 3; Aug. 2 and 3; Oct. 10 and 11

Time: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. (Lunch on your own.)

Place: McMahon Hall, Mill Creek MetroParks Farm, Canfield.

Fee: $175, including manual and exam. To register, make payments to the Ohio State University Extension, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield, OH 44406, or call 330-533-5538.

Diagnostic walk-in clinic: 9 a.m. to noon, Mondays and Thursdays, through October at the extension office. Bring insect, weed and plant samples for analysis, identification and management advice.

Soil fertility analysis: Bring one cup of dry soil per sample to the extension office in a brown bag or plastic bag lined with newspaper. The extension staff will prepare and mail your sample to be tested for a $16 fee and review the results with you in seven to 14 days to help plan crops or lawn and garden areas.

Source: Mahoning County Ohio State University Extension Office