4-H Saturday Clover Kids get hands-on with Fair projects ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach hosted 4-H Saturday Clover Kids May 14 at the Waukon Wellness Center, where 26 kindergarten through third graders finished working on a 4-H fair project. At their April meeting the youth decorated the outside of a five-gallon bucket. This month they learned how to properly plant and care for their flowers from the local Master Gardeners and volunteers. The youth took their planted buckets home to finish growing their flowers. These buckets of flowers can be brought to the Fair and after they are judged by a Clover Kids judge they will be placed around the fairgrounds for everyone to enjoy. Flowers were generously donated by the Allamakee County Master Gardeners and Little Switzerland FFA Chapter at Waukon High School. For more information about 4-H and upcoming activities contact Becky Rea, 4-H K-12 Program Coordinator, at the Allamakee County Extension and Outreach Office at 563-568-6345 or http://www.extension.iastate.edu/allamakee/. Submitted photo.