Russell Co. Community Garden Research & Development Project 2010

UK/KSU - Russell County Research & Development Community Garden Project - 2010

            Wanda Miick is the Project Manager for the 2010 Garden Project. For more information about the garden project call our office at 866-4477 and ask for Wanda Miick or Raymond Thompson.

          The Russell County Community Garden is up and growing next to the Russell County Cooperative Extension Office.  Nine plots have been established with 13 families participating.

            The field has been plowed, roots removed, plots fertilized, various plants and seeds planted, and the irrigation system installed.

            The participants received instruction on proper fertilizing techniques, proper transplanting procedures, and planting various types of seeds.  They learned what types of plants grow best grown in plastic versus in bare soil. They also assisted in installing the irrigation system.  Instructions on how to operate the tiller and the importance of keeping the soil loose was also taught.  

           The Community Garden Project has been toured by two groups this summer.  The first was the Russell County Twilight Tour which was open to the public - for Twilight Tour pictures, click here X.  The second was a group of students and agents from the University of Kentucky.

            Produce is being harvested now by the garden participants and much of the produce will be canned or frozen to be enjoyed this winter.  Many of the participants have had training on safe food preservation.  

          Working with the families are Wanda Miick (Small Farm Assistant and Project Manager), E. Raymond Thompson (Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent), and Margie Hernandez (SNAP-Ed Assistant and Spanish Translator).

Filling Greenhouse Inserts	Labeling Greenhouse Inserts
Seeding Greenhouse Inserts	Diana learns how to seed the greenhouse inserts under her mother's watchful eye.
Off to a slow start with heavy rains.	Wanda disks the ground to prepare the plots for planting.
Preparing potatoes to plant.	Planting the potatoes
Laying the drip lines	Setting up the header lines
Raymond works on the irrigation to get it up and flowing.	Wanda and Hurricane tie up the tomato plants.
Julie planted her tomatoes.	Raymond teaches Fernando how to plant melons in plastic.
Fernando teaches his son, Alan, how to hoe.	Alan hoes with a hoe just like his dad's made just his size.
Tomatoes are staked and the irrigation system is in place.	Wanda teaches how to operate and to do minor repairs on the tiller.
Russell Co. Twilight Tour - at the 2010 Community Garden	Ric Bessin, UK Entomologist, explained what to do about some pests that were found in the Garden.
Kenny Seebold, UK Plant Pathologist, explains what to do to prevent and/or treat some diseases that were found.	One of the Community Garden Plots. Corn, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, melons and more were raised this year.
Margie picks one of the many watermelons grown in the garden.	Poblano peppers was just one of the many varieties of peppers grown.
Salad, canning, and slicing tomatoes were grown in this year's Community Garden.	Loation peppers - another variety of peppers grown this year.
Some produce harvested from the Garden - beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and early potatoes.	A variety of peppers were grown & harvested in the Community Garden this year. Here are a few Adan and Marta raised this year in their garden plot.
Tomatoes and Tomatillos	Adan and Marta and part of their harvest from their Community Garden Plot.