The 2024-2025 Nemaha County 4-H Fair Book is now available online. Go to our 4-H Fair Book page to view the NEW Fairbook.
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Nemaha County 4-H Spring Fairgrounds is scheduled for Thursday, April 18th at 6:00 pm. Remember to bring your gloves, rakes, scoops, leaf blowers, and brooms. Please plan on joining us on the 18th to help us clean up all the leaves and trash that blew in over the winter.
Thank you for signing up for a Take & Make Kit. Registration is now closed. We will putting the kits together in the next few days. Please remember to stop by the office between April 15th and 30th to pick up your kits.
Federal law prohibits children under 16 years of age from using certain equipment on a farm unless their parents or legal guardians own the farm.
As temperatures begin to warm up, I notice many fields covered with purple henbit flowers in Southeast Nebraska. Henbit is one of the most common winter annual weeds in the region, along with weeds like downy brome, field pennycress, marestail, tansy mustard, and prickly lettuce.
We are entering the season to plant spring vegetable gardens. As the saying goes, “Plant your potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day” or others say to go with Good Friday. Either way, these cool season vegetables can be planted now. But be cautious with your plants, they could be injured by late freezing temperatures or frost events.
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