WVU Morgan County Extension Service

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

Hi shooting sports enthusiasts! Our Air R***e program will be having three amazing workshops coming up on October 31st, November 21st, and December 5th! All starting at 11AM at The Blue in Berkeley Springs. Preregistration is required to attend on Z suite. Any 4H member 9 and older can attend!

Questions or concerns, please reach out to our head instructor Dakota Maravelis at 304-707-6960 or at [email protected].

10/07/2026

What does 4H mean to you?

Finish this sentence in the comments:
"4-H is more than __________. It is __________!"

🍀Current members, new members, alumni, parents, volunteers, leaders and community supporters - we want to hear from all of you!

🍀Wednesday - "WHY 4-H?"
Today's challenge isn't just about FINDING a clover.

🍀Tell us what 4-H means to YOU!

Finish this sentence in the comments:

"4-H is more than __________. It is __________!"

🍀Current members, new members, alumni, parents, volunteers, leaders and community supporters - we want to hear from all of you!

09/24/2026

Hope y'all can convince your family that pumpkins are fruits this year!

FUN FARM FACT: Pumpkins are technically a fruit, not a vegetable!
They develop from a flower and contain seeds, which puts them in the fruit family. Pumpkins are also incredibly versatile, used for everything from pies and soups to livestock feed and fall decorations.

09/24/2026

Reading is such an important skill that is being diminished day by day. Fight back against the entropy and go read! They even have audiobooks, old newspapers, free movies!!!

Every West Virginia county has a library open to West Virginia residents.

Find your local library at this link: https://librarycommission.wv.gov/library_map/Pages/default.aspx

09/22/2026

Augusta and Kearneysville aren't too far from us!!!!

🍂 Happy First Day of Fall! 🍎🎃
Fall is one of the best times to experience agriculture. From pumpkin patches and apple orchards to corn mazes, hayrides and farm markets, there are plenty of ways to celebrate the season while supporting local farmers and producers.

As the leaves begin to change, make a point to get out, visit a West Virginia farm and enjoy everything the Mountain State has to offer this fall. 🚜🍁

09/22/2026

Today is the first day of Autumn!!! Think you are done in the garden... think again! Here are some things to do in the garden: turn over the compost box, remove harvested vegetable stems and such and recycle them in your compost, or make your winter seeding structures like high tunnels.

There's even some crops that need to be overwintered. For more information, reach out to our office for prime advice from WVU Extension Master Gardeners of Morgan County

Send a message to learn more

09/18/2026

Want to spread these plants to here and beyond, or been having trouble propagating these plants on the lower half of the list? Read more in the shared article:

Half the propagation lists online start with apple. Apple doesn't root.

Neither does cherry, peach, or mango. Those get grafted onto rootstock, and it isn't tradition — a cutting from them rarely takes.

These nine root from a cut branch, with nothing but damp soil and time.

The method is the same for all of them. Cut six to ten inches of healthy wood, strip the lower leaves, push it two or three inches into damp potting mix, keep it out of direct sun.

Then leave it alone. Pulling a cutting to check for roots is how most of them die.

🌿 The nine that root:

- Fig — dormant cuttings in late winter, roots in about a month. One tree becomes ten by spring.
- Grape — 12-inch sections of last year's cane, buried two-thirds deep. Vineyards propagate this way.
- Blackberry — bend a cane tip to the ground in late summer and bury three inches. It roots while still attached to the parent.
- Raspberry — dig the suckers that spread out from the plant. They come up with roots already on them.
- Currant and gooseberry — 8-inch cuttings of one-year-old wood, two buds left above the soil.
- Elderberry — takes from green summer wood, dormant winter wood, or a branch that happens to touch the ground.
- Mulberry — 10-inch dormant cuttings, fast enough to fruit in two or three years.
- Pomegranate — 10-inch cuttings in late winter. Hormone helps, but plenty root without it.
- Olive — summer cuttings with rooting hormone and bottom heat. The fussiest here, and still doable.

The fruits that root easily are the ones that traveled between gardens for centuries, long before anyone learned to graft. 🌱