Discussion on education

[janil]

Potential areas of interest include field trips and class projects.

[Anne]

Do keep in mind as you think about education that the Cooperative
Extension Service here in Carteret is directly linked to NC State
University, and has a consumer horticulture department (me and 50+
volunteers) with one purpose, horticulture education in Carteret. Our
local foods education now and in the last few years has centered
around annual beekeeping classes, a spring lunchtime seminar series
last year on backyard foods (starting transplants, beginning vegetable
gardening, backyard bees, backyard hens), a vegetable and fruit
gardening year around class that started last fall and meets monthly
(2 sections, one day and one evening), online resources, including a
vegetable garden planting calendar for Carteret county and statewide
publications on planning gardens and on each vegetable plant (http://
carteret.ces.ncsu.edu, go to lawn and garden and then scroll down to
the links), an organic demo garden at the Leffers Cottage at the
Beaufort Historic Site, a compost demonstration behind the jail at the
Beaufort Historic Site, annual fruit tree pruning workshop (week
before last this year), a Carteret backyard foods blog at
www.soundharvest.blogspot.com, daily response to individual gardening
questions, soil testing, and regular lectures on vegetable gardening
to groups who request it. I hope you find our resources of value.
Anne Edwards

[steph miscovich]

Thanks, Anne, for this useful summary. One of the goals of CLFN is to find out about, and then support and promote, programs that already exist in the county. CLFN is still in an early information-gathering stage, so please do continue to post notices of upcoming events on this listserv whenever you please. And we will include the information you gave (reformatted into a list below), with links to the extension webpage, on our site. By the way, I love your blog. The pictures are great, and your harvest log is amazing and inspiring. Many thanks for all your good work! The program has really blossomed since you came to town.

Stephanie

The Carteret County Cooperative Extension Service has a consumer horticulture department with one purpose, horticulture education in Carteret.

Local foods education through the Carteret County Cooperative Extension Service includes: 

• annual beekeeping classes
  

• a spring lunchtime seminar series last year on backyard foods (starting transplants, beginning vegetable gardening, backyard bees, backyard hens)
  

• a vegetable and fruit gardening year-round class that started last fall and meets monthly (2 sections, one day and one evening)
  

• an organic demo garden at the Leffers Cottage at the Beaufort Historic Site
  

• a compost demonstration behind the jail at the Beaufort Historic Site
  

• annual fruit tree pruning workshop (week before last this year)
  

• a Carteret backyard foods blog at www.soundharvest.blogspot.com
  

• daily response to individual gardening questions
  

• soil testing
  

• regular lectures on vegetable gardening to groups who request it.
  

and online resources including:

• a vegetable garden planting calendar for Carteret county
  

• statewide publications on planning gardens
  

• statewide publications on each vegetable plant (http://carteret.ces.ncsu.edu, go to lawn and garden and then scroll down to the links)