COMMUNITY GARDENS – Texas Agrilife Extension and Hamilton County Museum volunteers recently planted community gardens through the Growing and Nourishing Healthy Community Gardens program, a Texas A&M Agrilife Extension program that provides seeds, transplants, soil, building material and technical support to the participants who are wanting to grow community gardens or backyard gardens. It is also funded in part by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Extension Agent Bruce Boyd built the boxes for the raised beds and Master Gardener Colin Melton filled the beds with dirt and installed a timed irrigation system. Jim Keay and museum volunteers planted the beds and Robert Schronk built braces for the raised beds. Pictured are Sarah Rutven, Janet Rutven, Christina Ashmore and BLT Nutrition Associate Carolyn Balzen.
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