Distance Education
Upcoming Quick Bites Programs
Quick Bites are programs that provide timely information on a wide variety of topics.
October 1
“Fall Landscaping Tips, Techniques and Ideas”
Lelia Scott Kelly, Ph.D., Associate Extension Professor &
Consumer Horticulture Specialist
Fall is here and opportunities abound for rejuvenating your yard and
garden for the fall growing season. Plant choices, landscape design
ideas, and other tips and techniques on how to have a beautiful fall
landscape will be presented. You will come away from this bursting
with gardening vim and vigor, guaranteed!
October 15
“You and the Flu”
Jane Clary, Ph. D., Extension Professor, Food Science
Nutrition & Health Promotion
Discussions regarding how to take care of someone with the flu,
H1N1, what to have at home to be prepared, etc. You will want to be
present so you can be informed on what to do if you or anyone you
know gets the Swine Flu!
October 22
“Pretty but Cheap Holiday Gifts from the Garden
for Tight Budgets”
Lelia Scott Kelly, Ph.D., Associate Extension Professor &
Consumer Horticulture Specialist
Do you have a long list of folks on your gift list and a small budget?
Attend this program and you will learn how to create unique and
memorable gifts for nearly nothing, using plants, pods, cones and
other resources from the garden, fields and woods. Participants will
be shown what plants and other items to use and how to construct
an assortment of eye-catching, creative projects.
November 12
“Sights and Sounds of the Holiday Season”
Lynette McDougald, AIFD, Mississippi State University
Florist Manager
Join us from the University Florist as Lynette shows off the sights and
sounds of the holiday season with flowers, floral arrangements and
so much more!
November 19
“Low Maintenance Gardens and Landscapes”
Lelia Scott Kelly, Ph.D., Associate Extension Professor &
Consumer Horticulture Specialist
If you are a busy person with many resposibilities, whether it is
family, job or community service, you probably do not have a lot of
time to devote to your garden or landscape maintenance. Does that
mean you can’t have a beautiful, functional yard? No, it just means
you need to plan your yard using low maintenance landscape
techniques and ideas. This presentation will provide the information
you need for a great landscape with less work. The winter months
are the time to evaluate your landscape and put those low
maintenance plans in action. So, plan to attend and learn the easy
way to have the garden you want with time left over to loll around!
December 3
“The Making of Pepper-Jack Cheese Smoked
Sausage”
James M. Martin, Ph.D., Assisstant Professor, Animal and
Diary Food Science
Join us from the meat lab to see how pepper-jack cheese smoked
sausage is made. This will be a very interesting program so join us
for last Quick Bites of 2009!
On campus participants can attend in BOST 409. For further information,
contact your local county office or email Bekah Sparks at
bekahs@ext.msstate.edu.
For more information about upcoming conferences please contact the
Distance Education Team at 325-8581.
Visit the Quick Bites Archives to see past programming.
