Success StoryGrab and Go Live Vegetable Plants



Grab and Go Live Vegetable Plants

Author: Raymond Cox

Planning Unit: Harlan County CES

Major Program: Agriculture

Plan of Work: Improve and sustain agriculture production

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

The 4-H Garden in a Bag (Grab and Go Bags) was a huge success.  Clients were seeing the results of the over 2,000 garden seed packets supplied by the Harlan County 4-H Program and Wal-Mart on facebook and social media.  Seeing the success of these gardens and vegetables arouse a great interest in live plants for the public.  We began getting calls asking about help with acquiring live plants later in the growing season.  We were able to work with Tractor Supply of Harlan at the end of the summer sale season to procure free plants to provide for the public. Over 500 live vegetable plants were offered to the public on a first come, first served, basis. One family's pepper plants produced enough hot peppers to sell to the local Mexican restaurant. Other plants produced tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers for canning and freezing.  Next to the Garden in a Bag, this was one of the most productive for harvesting vegetables.  






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