Garrard County Extension

10/13/2026

Garrard Dinner Club: Show Us What You Made! 🍽️
This month’s Dinner Club featured Pasta with Steak and Spinach, and we want to see how yours turned out!
Share a picture in the comments-whether it’s your finished meal, the kids helping in the kitchen, your family cooking together, or everyone gathered around the table enjoying dinner! It’s not just about what you made, it’s about making mealtime special. Comment your photo by 4pm on Friday, October 16th to be entered to win a prize!

10/12/2026

Come eat dinner and help support the Go Getters Homemakers Club and Garrard County Animal Shelter on October 19th at 6pm!

10/12/2026

Bingocize has been cancelled for today, October 12th. The new start date for this session will be next Monday, October 19th at 11am.

10/07/2026

Date correction! This event is on November 12th at 10am at the Jessamine County Cooperative Extension Office!

10/06/2026

Tomorrow is the last day to call and RSVP for the Junior Master Naturalist Group (flier attached).

High School age students should seriously consider Issues Conference (flier attached)

We also have 4-H Cooking Club starting up soon (flier attached).

4-H Livestock Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Garrard County Extension Office at 6:00 pm.

If you need help enrolling in 4-H Online, please reach out to me at [email protected]

10/05/2026

4-H Cooking Club is back! Monday, October 26th, 2026 at 5:00pm at the Garrard County Extension Office. Ages 9-13 years old. Please call 859-792-3026 to RSVP by October 23rd!

10/02/2026

ANR October 2026 Newsletter

10/02/2026

October 2026 FCS Newsletter

10/01/2026

Today is the last day to register for the Chili Cookoff as a competitor! This will be an exciting night of community building, delicious food, and learning! The cost is $20 to compete, or you can come buy a bowl of chili for $10. We will also be giving out healthy chili and soup recipe cards perfect for the fall weather, information on the importance of protein in your diet, AND you'll have a chance to win some fun prizes. The best part is all the proceeds will go to benefit the Go-Getters Homemaker Club and the Garrard County Animal Shelter! Don't miss out!

Go Getters Chili Cookoff - Registration Details

1st Place - $125 - Sponsored by Danny Ayres Realty
2nd Place - $50 - Sponsored by Katie Farthing – State Farm
3rd Place - $25 – Sponsored by Danny Ayres Realty

• Registration for competition ends Oct 1st. Submit registration
form (name, phone numbers, and chili name below) along with
entry fee to the Garrard County Extension office or to one of
the Go Getter members.
Entry fee is $20. Cash or check (cash preferred). Each entry
includes one chili dinner meal ticket.
• Chili Dropoff is Monday, October 19th from 5:00-5:45 pm at
the Garrard County Extension Office – 1302 Stanford Rd.
• Judging will occur at 5:45 pm.
• Chili needs to be in a container such that it can be kept warm
– preferably a crock pot.
• Container pick up is 8:00 pm that evening or during the
Extension Office’s normal operating hours.

Questions? Contact Go Getters via messenger or contact the Garrard County Extension @ 859-792-3026

All proceeds benefit Go Getters and Garrard County Animal Shelter.


Name: ___________________________________________

Phone Number: ___________________________________

Chili Name: _______________________________________

09/28/2026

The program will include information on what the tick is, how it may affect cattle herds, how to submit samples for identification, what producers need to know about theileriosis and what steps farmers can take to reduce risk on their farms. Register here: https://uky.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_snhlqYrqRoeXM-sFN_mF1Q