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Spending this final week with Extension has flown by far too quickly! I started off the week by attending an informative event at the Cobb County Civic Center representing the Cobb County Extension Office with three other Master Gardeners. I had the opportunity to give a short synopsis on what the Extension Office is in…
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This week has been a great time of reflection and wrapping up all of my projects and assignments. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the intern graduation, but I heard that it was great and ELT members really enjoyed meeting all the interns and hearing about their experience and aspirations. I was really disappointed…
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Week of July 10th This week involved further work on my summer project by getting the basics of my poster completed and beginning to compile the collected data into graphs. The corn field that I have been collecting samples for the sentinel plots was free of rust but had stalks begin to break at the…
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During these weeks, I was able to attend the annual Georgia HERD program meeting. I got to observe members of the Cattlemen’s Association discuss relevant topics that affect their program. Later in the week, I went with Ms. Lucy to a farm call to help a farmer calibrate a sprayer. I learned a lot about…
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This week Mrs. Holly Anderson and I took 18 5th and 6th grade 4-H’ers to 4-H Camp Jekyll for five days and four nights. Throughout the week, the campers had voyages, such as biking, canoeing, beach and marsh ecology, herpetology, andseining. One day, the whole camp went to Summer Waves, the large water park on…
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On Monday, we went out to Farmer Franks to take aerial drone pictures of his pecan farm. I included some of the pictures, they were so cool! Next week we are going to be labeling and identifying plants in Winterville, so I put together labels. Also, on Tuesday, a master gardener kindly brought in Banana…
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This week, I had two of the big events I’ve been preparing for all summer! The first was a 4-H selfcare day in Cuthbert. At this event, Jennifer and I gave a survey about stress management techniques. After that we piloted the program I’ve been developing. It went really well! There are definitely a couple…
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These past few days this week have been very proactive, especially after coming back from Rock Eagle Cloverleaf Camp. I complied the data I collected from my surveys into my research poster, finalized the phrasing and sentence flow on my poster, and sent my poster in to be printed. I during all of that I…
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This past week was such a blast! I worked at Rock Eagle Cloverleaf Camp this past week, and it was the busiest and most rewarding week by far. I worked as a adult leader with Hayley, my coworker who was also working as an adult leader this week, and I got to lead a variety…
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From creating a poster to presenting research, I have gained a treasure trove of knowledge and skills this past week while working within Extension. After picking up my finished poster from the printing store, going on a site visit about snakes, and attending a Master Naturalist meeting, I know that extension is an incredible career…
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