Barbour County Educational Events
ServSafe for Food Service/ Cottage Food Safety Certificate Course
Eat Smart Be Active/Today’s Mo...
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(Makes four buckets)
Four 5-gallon buckets*
Four 25-quart bags potting soil mix (avoid “garden soil” for container garde...
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Twelve 2 cubic-foot bags soil conditioner (such as composted manure or mushroom compost)
Twenty-four 2-cubic-foot bags co...
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4'×8'×10" (minimum depth) raised garden bed*
Eight bags potting soil mix (2 cubic feet each)
Eight bags soil conditioner (...
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20"×24" grow box/self-watering planter
Two 25-quart bags potting soil mix
Plastic mulch cover included in some retail kits ...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. — The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is taking a creative spin on nutrition education. At farmers markets ac...
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The Alabama Vegetable IPM program conducts a statewide insect monitoring program as a special service to crop producers. Pest alerts are bas...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – Food plots need good soil and even better nutrients. These are necessities for growth. Crafting the perfect plot...
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This start-up guide is intended to help groups and organizations initiate and sustain an urban community garden.
Why start a community gard...
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Most lightning strikes will likely occur in rural forests; some will happen in urban areas. Urban trees provide numerous benefits rangin...
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A sweet corn sample from a home garden in west Alabama was recently diagnosed with crazy top, a disease caused by the pathogen Sclerophthora...
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Tomato is the most popular vegetable in the home garden and commercial vegetable operations in Alabama. During the hot weather of summer, ma...
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