Students participating in the Fordland youth gardening project have been working to establish a blueberry garden on the Fordland schools property, and students recently held a blueberry educational course and planting to learn more about their crop. Matt Waters, owner of Waters Blueberry Farm in Smithville, made a presentation to students about the effective ways care for their new blueberry crop.
FFA teacher and gardening project coordinator Tommy Scrivner led students in building raised beds and amending soil into the beds. Next the students planted the first series of blueberry bush into the new raised beds. Though the berries will not produce a large crop this year, students are excited about establishing them in anticipation of future crops.
