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Gov. Andy Beshear learns how COVID-19 vaccines will be administered at the Henderson County Extension Expo building. Department of Defense soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas are assisting with the administration of vaccines at this location.
Photo by Steve Patton, UK agricultural communications UK extension offices serving as community COVID-19 vaccination sites
By: Katie Pratt
May 9, 2021
Gov. Andy Beshear learns how COVID-19 vaccines will be administered at the Henderson County Extension Expo building. Department of Defense soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas are assisting with the administration of vaccines at this location. Photo by Steve Patton, UK agricultural communications
HENDERSON â University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service offices are partnering with local, state and federal agencies to serve as host sites for COVID-19 vaccine clinics.Â
HENDERSON, Ky. - University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service offices are partnering with local, state and federal agencies to serve as host sites for Covid-19 vaccine clinics.
Common Earth Gardens program teaches refugee farmers to become entrepreneurs
Tang Mai Zatau, a refugee farmer from Myanmar, pulled weeds from a bed of garlic plants growing in his plot on the incubator farm, located at 3130 Millers Lane, April 30. Mai Zatau is one of the farmers supported by the Catholic Charities of Louisville’s Common Earth Gardens program. (Record Photo by Ruby Thomas)
Tang Mai Zatau comes from a long line of farmers who worked the land in their native Myanmar to provide food for their families.
As a farmer in Catholic Charities of Louisville’s Common Earth Gardens program, he hopes to do something his ancestors never did make a livelihood as a farmer.
May 1, 2021
T.J. Adkins
Fishing is a wonderful warm-weather pastime many of us enjoy. At the extension office, we often receive calls in the spring and fall from landowners on how to properly stock recreational ponds with fish.
Pond owners can call farm supply stores during the spring and fall to find out when their live fish trucks may arrive. Fish are typically transported during cool weather to reduce handling stress. The fish are typically small and can be hauled short distances in large, water filled containers.
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources no longer stocks recreational ponds, but the department recommends the following fish species to establish a balanced fish population that will provide good pond fishing in about two years time. Bluegill (not hybrid bluegill) and largemouth bass form a predator-prey relationship where the prolific spawning of bluegill provide enough food to support a largemouth bass population. Largemouth bass consume s
Hopkinsvilleâs Downtown Farmers Market opens this season Saturday, Apr. 17 starting at 7 a.m. in conjunction with the 2021 Master Gardener Expo.
Located in Founderâs Square parking lot at the corner of Ninth and Main Street in Historic Downtown Hopkinsville, the Kentucky Proud Market will offer a wide selection of local produce.
The opening day will also feature the staple market vendors as well as the Master Gardeners, Beaver Tree Services and Whimsical Creations.
Free tool sharpening provided by Arrowhead Fix-it will also be at the Farmers Market.
The 2021 Master Gardener Expo is hosted by the Christian County Master Gardeners and the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service in Christian County.