Pike County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023





1031 - Horticulture, Consumer and Home
1031.12) 20

Number of people who used Extension information to make decisions on site selection, varieties, and /or maintenance  

1031.1) 43

Number of people who gained knowledge in consumer and home  horticulture including: native plants, disease and pests, composting, site analysis, and proper maintenance



Success Stories

Big Sandy Community and Technical College Retreat

Author: Deborah Stumbo

Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home

The problem-- BCTCS staff requested a training on how to "develop a small vegetable garden in a container"The educational program response-- Workshop for trainings and "Hands-On" applications for starting a small home vegetable Garden.  Each of 22 participants, did training and used "Hands-On" to develope their own small container garden with a small tomato plant and edible flowers & lettuces.  Which they were able to take home and put on a patio to ha

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