Many families today enjoy fresh local food, but don’t have the time, space, and resources to grow a traditional garden.  The Knott County Agriculture Agent has been working with several different community groups and centers on how to construct raised bed gardens over the past several years.  Also many homes and community centers have poor topsoil due fill around their building or homes and many are built on reclaimed mine sight which have very limited topsoil.  

This spring the agent decided to host a class on growing food in small spaces. The class discussed constructing and maintaining Raised Beds, Container Gardening, and other unique small space gardening such as straw bale gardening. This was one of the largest classes taught this year with over 30 in attendance. Many of those attending was first time extension clients and several came from surrounding counties.  Many that attended have actually have carried through the ideas and are excited about growing their own food for their family.