WEBB CITY, Mo. — A free on-farm workshop will be held from 9 to noon, Monday, October 16, at the Webb City Farmers Market’s Fruit Education Site on the Lykou Lee Farm, 15392 Ibex Road, Neosho, Missouri.

Patrick Byers with University of Missouri Extension and Angela Brattin will lead hands-on discussions of:

• Managing strawberries in the high tunnel
• Planting blueberries
• Preparing the blackberry rows for winter

The Monday workshop is for both commercial and hobbyist growers, as well as consumers interested in learning how their food is grown.  It is part of a series of workshops at the site focused on growing blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, and elderberries and is funded through a Missouri Department of Agriculture Specialty Crops Block Grant.  The workshop will be conducted in English with Hmong translation available.

The workshop is free and open to the public.  While pre-registration is not required, interested persons may do so at https://extension.missouri.edu/events/fruit-production-learning-farm-field-day-1691170099, where other information such as directions to the farm may be found.

For more information on the workshop or the Fruit Education Site, please call or text Angela Brattin at 417 439-3704.

— Webb City Farmers Market