1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
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1031.1) | 15 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Author: Heather Graham
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
Home grown vegetables is one of the the many things to look forward during the summer months. In Eastern Kentucky, there is heritage and tradition surrounding the family garden- what is grown, how it's grown, etc. It is common for people to save their seeds, especially of the heirloom varieties, from one year to the next. This helps to keep the tradition of the family garden alive, and can also help to reduce the input costs of the garden (not having to purchase seeds). Heriloom varities can