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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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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Soil Testing
Proper soil sampling ensures accurate test results and gives the best recommendations. A typical soil test report shows so...
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Learn the characteristics of various St. Augustinegrass cultivars along with requirements for grass establishment, maintenance, and control ...
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Table of Contents
Introduction – Ayanava Majumdar 3
About AIDB – Rachel Chastain 4
Grow Your Own Food – Chip East 5
To...
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Funding is one of the most significant challenges for small environmental groups and municipalities trying to make environmental improvement...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – Grab the water hose, put out the fertilizer and sharpen the mower blades—it’s turfgrass season in Alabama. T...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – Lawn care is heating up across the country along with the weather. Transforming turf takes time, patience and sc...
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