mscarborough@newsandsentinel.com Children were able to learn valuable gardening skills Saturday in Marietta from a group effort between OSU Extension and Go Packs in Marietta. The families were able to take home two big pots and one medium pot per child that contained tomato, spinach, green beans and marigold plants. (Photo Provided) Children were able to learn valuable gardening skills Saturday in Marietta from a group effort between OSHA Extension and Go Packs in Marietta. The families were able to take home two big pots and one medium pot per child that contained tomato, spinach, green beans and marigold plants. (Photo Provided)
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Photo by Madeline Scarborough
Marcus McCartney, with OSU Extension taught families the basics of starting the plants, caring for them, transferring them and harvesting from them with container gardens on Saturday. Children were able to learn valuable gardening skills Saturday in Marietta from a group effort between OSU Extension and Go Packs in Marietta. The families were able to take home two big pots and one medium pot per child that contained tomato, spinach, green beans and marigold plants. Photo by Madeline Scarborough
Marcus McCartney, with OSU Extension taught families the basics of starting the plants, caring for them, transferring them and harvesting from them with container gardens on Saturday.
jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Prospective gardening families are already flocking to the River City Farmers Market in Marietta to begin selecting plants for their home crops.
Prospective gardening families are already flocking to the River City Farmers Market in Marietta to begin selecting plants for their home crops.
What started as a pilot program in a few Ohio counties has expanded, with eyes on southeast Ohio once again.
Near the end of summer in 2020, five Ohio State University extension offices offered a pilot program with a nod to World War I history.
The program was a joint effort between the Ohio Department of Agriculture and The Ohio State University extension program to encourage the momentum and camaraderie first seen with Victory Gardens, placing the Buckeye spin on the old tradition.
Jan 11, 2021
All classes for the Winter 2021 Term of the Institute for Learning in Retirement of Marietta College will be offered on Zoom. Program Director Martha McGovern says, “We are pleased that Zoom delivery enables us to offer challenging courses while protecting our community’s health.”
The Institute for Learning in Retirement is a community-based organization of retirement age people who share a love of learning.
The ILR Board made the firm decision to continue, as in the fall term, to go virtual in order to provide planning certainty for instructors and participants and to comply with the campus and community safety precautions required by the pandemic.