4-H Fruit Plant Sale

It is not too late to get fruit plants with the 4-H fruit plant sale.  Plants will be on-hand Friday, April 11 from 12:00-6:00 and Saturday, April 12 from 9:30-12:30 at the Agricultural Conference Center on 252 Poplar Grove Road.   Blackberry, blueberry, raspberry and strawberry plants are available, as well as heritage apple trees.   You can still reserve your berries before Friday, or drop in Friday afternoon or Saturday morning to see what is still available.  For more information about the varieties, see here:  http://watauga4h.blogspot.com

or download information here

4-H Fruit Plant Sale

Growing your own fruits and berries is lots of fun!  Order your plants and benefit Watauga County 4-H

The fruit plant sale order form is available at the Extension office at 971 West King Street, 264-3061 or can be downloaded HERE

Orders are due by Friday, March 28.   The plants will be available for pick up Friday, April 11, 12:00-6:00 and Saturday, April 12, 9:30-12:30

Ways to have fun with fruits and berries:

Grow strawberries in a creative container. The Albion variety does well in containers

Make an edible landscape with blueberry bushes.  Have fun making blueberry pies, pancakes, muffins and more!

Make something crazy in the kitchen.  Invent a recipe, experiment- add raspberries to your salad.  Make a raspberry vinegar.

Want to cool down?  Pop a frozen berry in your mouth.   

Blackberries make great dyes.  Experiment with plant dyes from your garden. 

Apples connect us with our heritage.   Carve dried apple faces with your extra apples. 

Explore fruit drying.  Make your own solar food dehydrator.

So many fun and tasty things to learn and do in the garden!  

4-H Fruit Plant Sale

The deadline for the Watauga County 4-H  annual fruit plant sale is approaching.   Proceeds help support youth programs in Watauga County.  Supplies are available at a first-come first ordered basis.

Plants available include blueberry, strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, and heritage apple trees. 

For an order form, come by the Cooperative Extension office at 971 West King Street, call 264-3061 or download here

The deadline is March 25

4-H Fruit Plant Sale

Ordering for the Watauga County 4-H Fruit Plant Sale is now open.   Proceeds help support youth programs in Watauga County.  Supplies are available at a first-come first ordered basis.

Plants available include blueberry, strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, and heritage apple trees. The plants are bare root, which means they do not come in potted soil.  This allows the plant to be sold at a lower cost.  For those who do not want bare root plants, we have two varieties of blueberries in 1 gallon containers.   

For an order form, come by the Cooperative Extension office at 971 West King Street, call 264-3061 or download here.