Recent COVID related events left many people working from home. The increased time at home and social distancing measures created a new surge of interest in home vegetable gardening and food preservation. In an effort to deliver our information to people in a home setting we had to shift to video classes via Youtube. The horticulture agent and technician began filming short, informative Youtube videos of specific gardening topics.  

To date our channel features 100 short videos which have been viewed over 39,000 times. We have found we can reach a much broader audience than in person. This has allowed our horticulture program to remain relevant during a difficult time and our frequent posts serve to keep our clients engaged. It is clear that although we will return to in person classes the interest in our view from home videos has reached many new people and we will move forward with both options to help reach as many people as possible.