It is one of the earliest days of the year and one of the most profitable at least for the Robeson County Master Gardener Association and the "Dirty Rascals" Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club. The two organizations come together annually on the last Saturday in April for a plant sale. All the plants are raised by Members of the Master Gardener Association and the herbs are raised by members of the Junior Master Gardeners 4-H Club.
Each year the sale starts at 7 a.m. This year the sale took place in the parking lot of North State Optics. Every plant, no matter the size or type, costs two dollars. At 6:45 a.m. there was already a line waiting to get at the plants, and some anxious buyers offering to help unload cars as they viewed what there was to buy. When we looked up at 7:40 a.m. there were but a few plants left and a majority of the herbs had been sold.
It is a great opportunity for our youth to show off what they know about plants and raise money for their club. The money will be used to help offset the cost of the club's fair booth at the Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair in October. The rest of the money will be used to help support a club field trip after the fair. For those of you who helped support the youth this year, thank you! For those of you who missed the sale this year, go ahead and put it on your calendar for next year. We look forward to seeing you there.
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