UK Extension Garden Connects People to Nutritious Food

Raised bed gardening helps people understand how to grow vegetables

By Jeff Franklin
Published on Jul. 6, 2017

Out of concern for people struggling in an economically-depressed county, the Lee County Cooperative Extension Service in Eastern Kentucky is trying to help by offering classes on raised-bed gardening. Classes have been going on this spring at the extension offices where there are several raised beds as a demonstration garden and it is changing people's attitudes about gardening.

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