Success StoryGarden in a Grab and Go Bag



Garden in a Grab and Go Bag

Author: Raymond Cox

Planning Unit: Harlan County CES

Major Program: Sustainable Agriculture

Plan of Work: Improve and sustain agriculture production

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we were faced with a challenge to meet the needs of the community.  A great opportunity was presented by the 4-H Program with the Grab and Go Bags. After publishing on social media the importance of raising vegetable gardens to offset the unavailability of produce in the supermarkets, Harlan County 4-H prepared 110 "Vegetable Garden In A Bag" for 110 families.  Each Grab and Go Bag contained these seeds:  beans, corn, peas, carrots, onions, squash, tomatoes, peppers, mustard, lettuce and cucumbers.  Each family received an assortment of herbs including: parsley, rosemary, dill, tyme, and sage and others.  Peat Pellets, cups, and sandwich bags (for green house) and instructions for starting the seeds at home in a windowsill garden.  Also included were instructions on windowsill gardens and Grow Your Own Tomatoes. Families signed up for the Vegetable Garden In A Bag by calling the Extension Office or messaging on social media. Families names were written on the bags, and bags were placed on the 4-H Annex Front Porch. Several families from out of the county and state saw the promotion on social media and they were mailed Gardens in a Bag.  As an extra bonus, a variety of flower seed packets were placed in the Garden In A Bag. Over 70 percent of participants said they had not planted gardens before, but felt it was necessary during the pandemic and wanted their children involved in the growing process.  One general manager from a local television station also request a Garden In a Bag.






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