From Garden to Jar

Fruit & Vegetable Production and Preservation Workshops

Join the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Shelby County agents for a two-part horticulture and canning workshop on Thursday, May 14^th and Friday, May 15^th in the active Shelby County courthouse, 2^nd floor meeting room.

Part 1 of the workshop will be held on Thursday, May 14 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and will focus on fruit and vegetable production for both the home and commercial grower.   Kim Benton, Horticulture agent in Cherokee County will be presenting information on pruning fruit trees, disease prevention, insect control and identification. Vegetable production including disease prevention, insects and control, and how to increase production with fertilizer will be covered.  2 CEU’s given at this program for those with a private applicators license.  Registration opens at 9:30 a.m. 

Part 2 of the workshop will be held on Friday, May 15^th from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and will focus on making and canning jams and jellies safely.  An abundance of home grown fruits and vegetables often triggers the desire to can foods at home.  While this can be a fun and rewarding way to keep foods long after the season ends, care must be taken to assure that foods canned at home are safe to eat.  Attend this fun and informative food preservation workshop if you would like to learn hands-on how to make and preserve jams and jellies.  The 6^th edition of So Easy to Preserve by Cooperative Extension Service of The University of Georgia will be available for purchase at a discount of $15 per book.

The Fruit & Vegetable Production and Preservation workshops will have a one-time cost of $20 for both programs.  We would like to thank Shelby County Farm Bureau for sponsoring this program.

If you would like to register for either workshop, please contact Daphne at 936-598-7744.  For more information of either workshop, contact Lane Dunn, CEA-Ag/NR or Jheri-Lynn McSwain, CEA-FCS at 936-598-7744.