Lucas County is pleased to promote a long-time 4H project, the 4-H Mini Garden Project. This project is open to all youth in Lucas County, ages 8-18. We are grateful for the support and donations from local greenhouses in Lucas County.
View the 2024 4-H Mini Garden Project brochure for more details on how to grow and show your plants!
Register by May 9, 2024 to get free plants for each youth participant: go.osu.edu/minigarden24
2024 Lucas County Junior Fair Entry Form (due to the Lucas County fairgrounds by May 15th)
New to gardening?
- Growing Vegetables in Container Gardens, University of Maine Cooperative Extension https://extension.umaine.edu/publications/2762e/
- Growing Tomatoes in the Home Garden, FactSheet from Ohio State University Extension https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-1624
- How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Marigolds https://www.almanac.com/plant/marigolds
Specific Questions about your garden? Need help identifying an insect or a growing problem? OSU Extension Lucas County has Master Gardener Volunteers who help with your questions. The Hotline is open April through October on Mondays and Wednesdays, 10am – 1pm. 419-578-6783 or email lucascountymastergardener@gmail.com
- If you are in Ohio but outside of Lucas County, your local extension office may be able to help and there is also a statewide hotline at https://go.osu.edu/askmgv
Gardening with youth?
- Kids Gardening is a great resource for creative ideas https://kidsgardening.org/
- The Whole Kids Foundation shares lesson plans on gardening titled, Plants are Needy
- Tomatoes, a two-page handout with fast facts and activity ideas https://www.azed.gov/sites/default/files/2020/11/FFVP_Tomato%20Handout.pdf
- Tomato trading card - facts and info
Tomato nutrition information and easy recipes:
- Nutrition and You…Tomatoes
- Michigan Harvest of the Month, Featured Vegetable: Tomatoes. One-page handout, available in English, Spanish and Arabic.
- English https://snap-ed.michiganfitness.org/wp-content/uploads/tomatoes-family-newsletter-2016.pdf
- Spanish https://snap-ed.michiganfitness.org/wp-content/uploads/tomatoes-family-newsletter-2013-spanish.pdf
- Arabic https://snap-ed.michiganfitness.org/wp-content/uploads/tomatoes-family-newsletter-2013-arabic.pdf