Learn how to plant garden and preserve food at seminar
The University of Georgia's Cobb Cooperative Extension office will hold a two-hour class next Tuesday to teach people how to prepare and plant gardens, and how to preserve and store produce.
"From Your Garden to Your Table," will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 8, at 678 South Cobb Drive, Marietta. Gardening tips will include site selection, planning, soil testing, common diseases and insects. Canning tips will include overview of canning equipment, food safety, pressure canning and freezing. Pre-registration is required and the fee is $10. Light refreshments will be served.
Information: 770-528-4070 or www.cobbextension.com.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
