Fiddlehead Focus covers Fort Kent plant swap
Fiddlehead Focus covered a farm animal petting zoo and plant swap at Bouchard’s Country Store in Fort Kent. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Fort Kent Garden Group sponsored the plant swap outside the store, according to the article. Lisa Fishman, UMaine Extension regional supervisor for the Eat Well Nutrition Education Program in Fort Kent, said many people visited the plant swap, during which local gardeners exchanged seedlings and information. The plant swap also included an area where children were able to plant their own seedlings and bring them home, the article states. “It seemed to be popular with the kids that came by,” Fishman said. “They could grow either a flower (nasturtium), a bean or pumpkin seeds. When I mentioned that they could eat the flower and leaf of the flower, it seemed to be the one the kids all wanted to grow after that.”