Extension: as good as one-stop shopping

    Colorado State University Extension is as good as one-stop shopping. Doesn’t that seem like what everyone wants these days? You are only a click away from accessing our information. Extension Services are over 100 years old and still continuing to reinvent ourselves as we move into the future.
    The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to the land-grant universities, in order to inform people about current developments in agriculture, horticulture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues (National Sea Grant College Program) and many other related subjects. In all areas listed above, we deliver science-based information. We try our best to stay abreast of community needs and relevant issues.
    Part of being relevant in the communities we serve is listening to our constituents. One way we listen to our constituents is through our clientele who attend our programs. We sometimes do surveys or use other types of evaluation tools. We have improved our access to you through Facebook pages, having links on county pages, having an area website, doing radio spots and being published in the local papers. We are either a click with your mouse or a phone call away.
    For horticulture, you will now be able to join in the conversation, ask questions or share a post through Garden the Plains Facebook page. Feel free to access this as well for timely information on topics. We still have the Golden Plains Area Website which has been renovated. You will find our website at http://goldenplains.extension.colostate.edu/. For horticulture information on our website, go to http://goldenplains.extension.colostate.edu/programs/yard-garden/.
    Horticulture in the Golden Plains Area provides expert, on-site diagnostics for plant health in the home landscape, plant suggestions, landscape designs and many other home gardening topics. You can access some of these topics at http://gpahort.blogspot.com/.

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