By DAVID E. LOTT
Horticulture Extension Educator
Have your gardens and windbreaks struggled the last couple of years due to extreme weather events? Between fires, drought and no rain for long periods of time in western Nebraska, gardeners and producers are wondering how to keep windbreaks alive, and gardens producing. If you have questions, Nebraska Extension has a series of programs to help anyone learn how to cope with these extremes.
Join us for the “Gardening in Weather Extremes” and “Windbreaks for Livestock and Energy Savings” in Imperial and Grant coming up in April and May. Each program will be taught in a relaxed, roundtable format over coffee and conversation from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in each location. David Lott, Horticulture Educator and Randy Saner, Livestock Educator from North Platte, will be teaching each of these programs with updates and recommendations for renovating and keeping gardens and windbreaks alive and productive now and in the future.
The general public is welcome and encouraged to also bring their questions. If someone has a question, other participants may have the same or similar question they would like answered. Here is list of the program’s dates and locations for each community.
• March 29 Gardening Program, Chase County Extension, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mountain Time
• April 17 Windbreak Program, Chase County Extension 6:30-8:30 p.m., Mountain Time
• May 8 Gardening Program, Perkins County Extension, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mountain Time
Please register through the https://go.unl.edu/perkins-chase web link for one of more of these program locations. Please RSVP for each program one week prior to each program date. A nominal fee is required to pay for educational material and coffee supplies.
If anyone has any questions about the gardening and windbreak programs, please send an email to [email protected], call the Extension Office in North Platte at (308) 532-2683, or call the Extension Office in Imperial at (308) 882-4731.
David Lott is the Horticulture Extension Educator with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in North Platte, Nebraska.