Check out how a vegetable trial garden is growing by attending the Nebraska Extension Vegetable Tour in person or via Facebook Live starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31/

The tour will be at the West Central Research Education and Extension Center, 402 W. State Farm Road in North Platte.

Attend this free tour in person or watch via

The Facebook Live connection is the “Nebraska Gardener” Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NEBRgardener. The tour will show how different vegetable varieties are growing in a sustainable environment that does not rely on pesticide use.

Nebraska Extension Horticulture Educator David Lott will lead the tour and teach the program on vegetable cultivar selection, incorporating crop rotation, utilizing drip irrigation, and non-chemical insect and disease control measure used in the garden.

Nebraska Extension Food and Nutrition Educator Brenda Aufdenkamp will demonstrate ways to prepare seasonal vegetables in tasty and healthy meals.

For more information about the Nebraska Extension Vegetable Garden Tour, contact Lott at the Nebraska Extension Office in North Platte at (308) 532-2683.

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