Resource Directory Meeting
Follow up for Resource Directory Progress
When: Tuesday, June 8
1:30pm – 2:30pm Central Time
Where
Extension Office (map)
If you are working on another action team and have information that needs to be included in the resource guide, please email or call the county extension office. neshoba@ext.msstate.edu or 601-656-4011.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Community Garden Kits Available
TTOP Food Committee
The first TTOP gardening kit was delivered and assembled this week. It took 30 minutes.
We put in 10 cu. feet of Miracle Grow and it needed 14 to 16 cubic feet more.
The homeowner was unable to be there when we set it up in the morning. At around 4 pm we returned with more soil.
To our surprise...and delight...the homeowner had already set out tomatoes and peppers...and planted squash seeds.
We added the extra soil, and left feeling good. This person would use the garden kit.
In fact, when we talked to her later, she was thinking about growing collards and turnip greens later. Yum!
We hope to have the remaining 11 garden kits in backyards by May 30, 2010.
If you know someone with a need to supplement their food source and is interested in a garden kit, call the Neshoba County Extension office. (601-656-4011). Individuals must have a backyard area receiving at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. They must be on some type government assistance and at/or below County's current poverty level.
Individual would need to provide soil and plants. It's not too late to plant warm season crops. We had a late spring, and in Mississippi, there is something to plant almost year around.
S. Tharpe, TTOP Volunteer
The first TTOP gardening kit was delivered and assembled this week. It took 30 minutes.
We put in 10 cu. feet of Miracle Grow and it needed 14 to 16 cubic feet more.
The homeowner was unable to be there when we set it up in the morning. At around 4 pm we returned with more soil.
To our surprise...and delight...the homeowner had already set out tomatoes and peppers...and planted squash seeds.
We added the extra soil, and left feeling good. This person would use the garden kit.
In fact, when we talked to her later, she was thinking about growing collards and turnip greens later. Yum!
We hope to have the remaining 11 garden kits in backyards by May 30, 2010.
If you know someone with a need to supplement their food source and is interested in a garden kit, call the Neshoba County Extension office. (601-656-4011). Individuals must have a backyard area receiving at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. They must be on some type government assistance and at/or below County's current poverty level.
Individual would need to provide soil and plants. It's not too late to plant warm season crops. We had a late spring, and in Mississippi, there is something to plant almost year around.
S. Tharpe, TTOP Volunteer
Monday, May 10, 2010
Food & Beautification Action Team Meeting
The Action Team on Food and Beautification....community gardens, etc. is meeting May 5th (tonight!) at 6:00 at the coliseum. Action team leaders are Johnny Slauter and Sara Tharpe. We'll be posting new info. on their efforts this week.
Master Teacher in Family Life Volunteers
Master Teachers work with single parents, grandparents raising grandchildren, teen parents and families challenged with the daily responsibilities of managing children, family finances, and household routines. Karen Benson, Family Life Educator-MSU-ES, will be training Master Teachers this summer who will begin parent-coaching this fall.
Call 601-656-4011 to register. email: karenb@ext.msstate.edu
Call 601-656-4011 to register. email: karenb@ext.msstate.edu
June 23-25*
9:00-4:00 p.m.
*9-noon on the 25th
MSU Extension Service
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