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Over the last several weeks I have been staying super busy with all things Extension! From scheduling my own workshop class and helping the 4-H staff with camps, this last couple of weeks have flown by! Although I have stayed busy, I have had a blast doing so! These last couple of weeks have helped…
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Because of the holiday and some personal leave time, I’ve combined these two weeks. Last week, I primarily worked on preparing materials for a Self Care awareness day Jennifer and I are doing in Randolph County. I spent Monday through Wednesday using Canva to make the elements of each activity we will be doing. This…
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Since we started the week off with a holiday, this week was spent catching up and preparing for 4-H Cloverleaf Camp at Camp Jekyll next week. We took the last measurement of my cutting hay trial plots, made friendship bracelets for the girl campers going with us to camp, and hosted land judging practice. In…
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This week has flown by far too quickly! Starting off the week working at a master garden, finalizing my presentation materials in the middle of the week, and presenting at the end of the week has made this a week packed full of rewards. Not only was it refreshing working in the garden on Monday,…
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This week Charlton County Extension hosted a yoga class to promote healthy living. Our kids loved learning that something fun, like yoga, can be a form of exercise. Pictured below is one of our amazing kids doing a partner pose with me! This class was the final part of our healthy living summer program. I…
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This week started off with my routine sampling of a corn field for tar spot and southern corn rust and a kudzu patch for Asian soybean rust as part of the UGA sentinel program. After this I recorded my weekly observations for the two tobacco fields that I am collecting data for my summer project,…
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I had the opportunity to teach a follow-up lesson to our kids in Cook County on the importance of fertilizer, supporting our plants, compost vs. manure, and the value of summertime rain while gardening. We talked about the four main different fertilizers there are, why we want to add those extra supports to our tomato…
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This week, I had the opportunity to visit another extension agent, Mrs. Pam Sapp, in Jefferson County. On Tuesday, I drove down to spend the day learning from Mrs. Pam about the extension work she does in her county and how it varies from I have seen in Morgan County. The first thing I noticed…
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This week was fun. I began setting up Mid-term check ins with the other interns. I am excited to hear how their projects and time is going at their local county offices. I helped MaryBeth Hornbeck, the FACS agent in Rockdale County with Rockdale Eats a Rainbow. This is a live educational healthy food presentation…
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This week has been busy. Last Friday, we travelled to Rock Eagle with seven senior 4-H’ers to 4-H State Council. We had two 4-H’ers competing in Food Labs-Dairy Foods and Performing Arts-Dance and we had two campaigning for State Senior Board elections. It was good weekend, Southwest won the Iron Clover, our 4-H’ers competing did…
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