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Darrin Parmenter
Position: La Plata County Extension Office

Local 4-H’ers to compete in state contests

La Plata County 4-H is excited to send 15 of its members to the Colorado State 4-H Conference next week in Fort Collins. The 2013 Colorado State 4-H Conference will be held Monda...

How to add trees to beautify your home landscape

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggest...

Summer will bloom with garden events

Only 16 days until the nights start getting shorter. That’s right, our beloved summer days, lasting long into the early evening, will be getting shorter already. Interestingly en...

Keep assets covered in digital jungle

Digital assets? What in the world are digital assets? You know about assets (savings and investments) in a bank account, jewelry or a car. Assets are all those things that have v...

Nighttime: Right time to water the lawn you love

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggest...

A capital opportunity comes to local 4-H’er

Riley Van Soelen has been selected to represent La Plata County for the Citizenship Washington Focus trip slated for June. He will experience the nation’s capital and governmental processes ...

Chilling effects come from tempting fate here

The Walls of Water are filled, the modified and jerry-rigged greenhouses are up, the black plastic is laid down on top of the soil. These are all ways that we gardeners try to ge...

At last, gardening fans, it’s time to Get Growing

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggest...

Celiac disease a hard one to keep up with

Celiac disease continues to be an increasing issue for local residents. It’s not our imagination, it is increasing. Based on 2012 information from the Mayo Clinic, 1 percent of the U.S. popu...

Students talk about benefits of 4-H before moving on

The end of the school year is near. Many La Plata County youths are buckling down to finish off strong. I suggest that students get good sleep at night, eat a healthy breakfast and stay posi...

My favorite month? Definitely not April

Topic of conversation at Sunday’s dinner: What are your favorite and least-favorite months of the year? Both kids quickly said December as their No. 1 favorite. Perhaps it’s becau...

Apps are here to build your healthy diet

Smart phones, tablets, notebooks – take your pick. You have probably found that apps have an important place, be it radar weather alerts, changes in times and gates for flights, money budget...