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The library series is organized by the Ascension Parish Master Gardener Association with cooperation from Ascension Parish Libraries.
Details on the 2019 Home Vegetable Garden Contest to be held in Ascension Parish.
Celebrate National Nutrition Month with healthy tips and recommendations including food safety, videos and blog resources.
Washing our hands should be our first step every time we enter into the kitchen! Hand washing will fight against germs and foodborne illnesses.
Popcorn makes a great healthy snack!
A healthy weight management program that that educates you on tools to help you maintain a healthier lifestyle.
This online Newsletter is created to keep the Ascension Parish Master Gardeners informed of monthly events in and around the parish.
View the latest version of the Ascension 4-H Clover Column for updated information as to what's happening in Ascension 4-H! If you have any questions or need
The forest products industry contributes to each parish economy in several ways, including jobs, wages and purchases in the local economies.
Virginia buttonweed, torpedograss, dallisgrass, dollarweed, common bermudagrass, dichondra (ponyfoot), purple and yellow nutsedge, green kyllinga, and more.
This is the quarterly newsletter for consumer horticulture in Ascension Parish.
This report provides information on funding sources, program highlights for the area, and local issues that are being faced by the parish through the Extension Service.
Ascension Parish 4-H Foundation fundraiser.
A brief guide on how and when to grow vegetables for small scale gardeners.
Procedures for sending your child off the summer camp.
2017 Ascension Parish Vegetable Garden Contest To Be Held in May, 2017.
Ascension 4-H Demo Day is slated for April 13th, 2017 in the Lamar Dixon Vendor Rooms. Registration is 8:30-9am with contests beginning at 9:00am.
Join the fun with 4-H LSU tailgate party and football game!!
"Learn by doing" is the 4-H club slogan. 4-H members don't just read about things; they do them.
Exciting opportunity to go cheer on our LSU Fighting Tigers on October 24th. Tickets are now available! Geaux Tigers!!!
1st Annual Horse Show. Please contact the 4-H Office for more information or to receive an entry form 225-621-5799 .
Article listing all the 2013 Commodity Ambassador Contest winners.
Come show off your pet. A fun activity open to all 4-H’ers (4th through 12th grades) who have a pet.
Performances, community and donations.
Rules for egg cookery contest taking place October 29, 2012.
4-H Clover Column is a monthly newsletter for the 4-H program in Ascension Parish with information about upcoming events, activities and competitions.
Controlling Fall armyworms in your lawn.
Through the efforts of the LSU AgCenter, Ascension Master Gardeners, and Ascension Parish Government, several raised bed gardens were built at Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.
The Ascension Parish 4-H program promotes health-related educational issues including food and nutrition. Through cookery contests, camps and other educational activities the Ascension 4-H program promotes healthy living among children of all ages.
The AJLA is for 4-H members, parents and volunteers interested in livestock. They help run the Ascension Parish 4-H Livestock Show and other functions throughout the year.
The Ascension Parish Outdoor Skills and Shooting Sports club meets throughout the year to work on marksmanship, wildlife, hunting and conservation projects.
The 4-H Junior Leader Club is for 4-H members in grades 7-12 who wish to participate in leadership and community services opportunities. Each year qualifying Junior Leaders are awarded with a fun, educataional trip at the end of the year.
Ascension 4-H'ers have the opportunity to attend a variety of camps starting in the 4th grade through their senior year in high school. Read about the different camps offered here.
Information about school 4-H clubs. These clubs meet monthly for educational programs, projects and fun.
4-H and Adult Vegetable Garden Contest to be held in Ascension Parish, May 16 and May 17, 2012.
Information and resource links for club leaders to helpful publications on planning club meetings, making meetings exciting, planning a 4-H program, giving demonstrations and leader guides.
View the 2011-2012 Ascension Parish 4-H newsletters here. Newsletters cover upcoming events and information for 4-H'ers, their parents and volunteers.
Ascension Parish 4-H'er, Shawn Fox, has been selected as a 2012 National 4-H conference delegate. He was selected during an interview process at 4-H University in Baton Rouge, LA., held in June 2011.
Twenty-four Ascension Parish 4-H’ers attend Cirque de 4-H….A Big Top of Leadership during the 2011 4-H University.
The winners of the 2011 Ascension 4-H Youth and Adult Garden Contest along with contest awards sponsors and master gardeners who judged this contest.
Ascension Parish 4-H'ers will participate in a Top Chef cooking contest and a Talent Contest on Feb. 26, 2011. Details and rules are available here.
This new LSU AgCenter program will allow farmers, commercial fishermen, and other agricultural enterprises in the food supply chain to direct market their commodities/products to consumers and/or other retail outlets (restaurants, grocery stores, retail outlets, farmers markets, etc.) across the state and nation.
This system gives 4-H volunteers resources for training and tracking their hours. Volunteers can enter volunteer hours, impact stories, mileage and expenses. The system has online training modules, helpful guides and links to volunteer resources.
Follow this link to access up-to-date, research based information through LSU AgCenter newsletters.including Horticulture Hints, Lagniappe (Fisheries), Master Gardener, Nursery & Landscape Notes, Nutrition News, Sweet Potato News, and Wildlife News
Importance of Soil Fertility, Method for Proper Soil Sampling, Interpreting Soil Tests, Adjusting pH, Available Forms of Lime, Available Forms of Sulphur, Applying Fertilizer and Examples of Applications included. (PDF Format Only)
"Learn by doing" is the 4-H club slogan. 4-H members don't just read about things; they do them.
