Colorado 4-H Project e-Record Selector
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4-H Gardening Project
The gardening project focuses on activities related to vegetable gardening: planning, planting, experimenting, understanding soils, seeds, insects, plant care, harvesting, processing, exploring careers, etc.
Step 3: Select Your Project
Unit 1 See Them Sprout
This unit is designed for the member ages 8-18 years old. Members will accomplish the following learning experiences:
- When, where, and what to plant
- Types of soil
- Cool- and – warm-season vegetables
- Soil preparation
- Rows versus hills
- Seed preparation
- Plant parts
- Garden tools
- Integrated Pest Management
- When to harvest
- How plants are used
Unit 2 Let’s Get Growing
This unit is designed for members ages 8-18 years old. Members will accomplish the following learning experiences:
- Changing plans to expand
- Seed varieties
- Rotating crops
- Starting seeds indoors
- Hardening off
- Plant properties
- Preventative pest control
- Specialty harvest
- Selling the harvest
- Horticulture careers
Unit 3 Take Your Pick
This unit is designed for the older 4-H member ages 8-18. Members will accomplish the following learning experiences:
- Broadcast planting
- Herb garden
- Soil structures and pH
- Hybrids
- Pollination
- Seed damage
- Animal pests
- Preservation
- Food industry careers
Unit 4 Growing Profits (Senior Advanced)
This unit is designed for the advanced senior member (ages 14 and older). Members will accomplish the following learning experiences:
- Undercropping/double cropping
- Space saving
- Greenhouses
- Cultivar trials
- Intensive gardening
- Biotechnology
- Hydroponics
- Diseases and deficiencies
- Power tools
- Pesticide safety
- Botanists and research careers
Step 4:
The items listed below are your project record requirements. Select each in turn to access a Word Document. Once you have your document, please save it to your hard drive or other media before entering information.
- Colorado 4-H Gardening Tip Sheet
- 4-H Project E-Record for Family/Consumer Science and General Projects
Colorado State Fair and Local County Fair Exhibit Requirement:
All exhibits will consist of the following:
- A gardening project manual and e-record presented in a sturdy binder/notebook including these items: appropriate sections in the manual completed, e-record and other drawings or attachments related to activities in the manual.
- A display board illustrating a topic investigated during the project year. The standardized display board size 4' x 3' is to be used for 4-H projects.
