Grow lights and heating pads for sale

A former Master Gardener in the Milton area is interested in selling a setup with florescent grow lights and heated under tray pads.  If you are interested in this please contact Steve (beckelhimer@gmail.com) who will put you in touch with this lady.

May 2017 Meeting at R.L. & Linda Mallory's Greenhouses

Please remember to join us for the May 9 CCMGA meeting at R>L. and Linda Mallory's farm in Culloden, WV. If you have a GPS in your car, you can enter the coordinates 38.425294, -82.061668 to get to their place.. If you would prefer, you can meet to caravan or car pool at the Milton Park and Ride, just off exit 28 of I-64. We expect to leave the park and ride at 6 pm.

Huntington in Bloom efforts keep growing

CCMGA can be proud to be part of this worthwhile project that does so much to beautify Huntington.

See the full article in the Herald-Dispatch.

Autumn Starcher brings education, positive energy to Cabell 4-H

The Cabell County Extension office gets some good press in the April 11, 2017 Herald Dispatch.

Read the article HERE.

2017 WSAZ Home & Garden Show

As in the past, the 2017 2017 WSAZ Home & Garden Show was a success.  There was an interesting slate of speakers on Friday & Saturday and the Master Gardener booths swarmed with friends from West Virginia & Kentucky.
Our CCMGA photographer, Victor Simpson, was on hand to capture the action on Friday and Saturday in and around our booth.  Check out his photos in the WEB-ALBUM.
Click the picture below to view Victor's photos from the weekend.

2017 WSAZ Home & Garden Show Speakers Announced

The featured speakers for the 2017 WSAZ Home and Garden Show at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena have been announced.

  

FRIDAY MARCH 10th

5 PM	Dr. Chuck Talbott	Soils and Soil Fertility
6 PM	Lyndall Harned	Organic Gardening

                                                                                                        

SATURDAY MARCH 11^th

12 PM	Jessica Strickland	Reading Pesticide Labels & Personal Protective Equipment
1 PM	Tim Sayre	Home Canning
2 PM	Tom Bell	Butterfly/Pollinator Garden
3 PM	Lori Bowling	New Plants for 2017
4 PM	Dr. Paul Vincelli	GMOs
5 PM	Steve Beckelhimer	WV Native Bees
6 PM	Lacy Davidson & Park Ferguson	Grow Yourself Healthy:  Why You Can’t Afford NOT to Grow, Shop, and Eat WV Raised Food

4th Annual WV Urban Agriculture Conference

Mark your calendars, the date and location of the 4th annual WV Urban Agriculture Conference have been announced.
This year the conference will be held at Camp Virgil Tate (see map and directions below) on April 28 & 29.  This conference is one of the most interesting and relevant conferences for home gardeners that you may ever attend.
The website for the conference is http://urbanagwv.com/.  Full details of speakers and sessions are not yet available as of this posting on February 1 but is expected to be updated soon.