(The Inter-Mountain) The yearly gardening calendars compiled by the West Virginia University Extension Service are always packed with tons of helpful hints including when to fertilize, plant and prune. This year’s edition includes original garden artwork submitted by 4-Hers from all over West Virginia.

Ann Bailey Berry, WVU Extension associate director for advancement, said the group that picks the design for the calendars meet in March. Last year, the group decided to take the suggestion of Jennifer Williams and add pictures designed by 4-Hers to the calendar.

“Jennifer had made the suggestion for a couple of years, so we accelerated the time line and added the original artwork,” Berry said. “We sent kits to each of the county camps that had paper and writing instruments because the pictures all had to be uniform.”

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