WEBB CITY, Mo. — A free on-farm workshop will be held from 9 to noon, Tuesday, June 6, at the Webb City Farmers Market’s Fruit Education Site on the Lykou Lee Farm,15392 Ibex Road, Neosho, Missouri.
Patrick Byers with University of Missouri Extension and Angela Brattin will lead hands-on discussions of:
– Blackberry harvest
– Preparing a site for blueberries – this must be done 6 months before planting!
– Blackberry pest trapping & management
– Blackberry fertility management
– Elderberry fertility management
The Tuesday workshop is for both commercial and hobbyist growers, as well as consumers interested in learning how their food is grown It is part of a series of workshops at the site focused on growing blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, and elderberries and is funded through a Missouri Department of Agriculture Specialty Crops Block Grant. The workshop will be conducted in English with Hmong translation available.
There will be two additional workshops this year to follow the crops during the growing season.
For more information on the workshop or the Education Site, please call or text Angela Brattin at 417-439-3704.
— Webb City Farmers Market