Mercer County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019





1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture
1031.1) 500

Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming



Success Stories

Apple Care

Author: Jessica Bessin

Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture

Gardening through the seasons has become a popular series of classes the Mercer County Horticulture agent started offering in 2017. The classes cover a variety of topics from early season spring crops to what can be grown in the late fall. Each class goes through production requirements, insect/disease issues, harvesting and variety recommendations. At the end of the class participants go home with either seeds or transplants.In the spring of 2019 an apple care class was offered as a part of thi

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