Seed Swap on Feb. 27, 2021
Come swap seeds with fellow gardeners and learn about gardening at Hitchcock Creek Park, 615 Steele St, Rockingham at 2 p.m. …
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Virtual Tours of Extension's Pollinator Paradise Garden Will Get You Fired Up for Spring!
The weather forecasters are saying more rain is coming next week…and I don’t know about you but sometimes on …
Online, Interactive Extension Gardener Handbook Now Has Videos
In partnership with Top Hat Monocle we have just released an online interactive version of the NC Extension Gardener …
Online Pruning Workshop
Three online pruning workshops for gardeners. Please share! Find out more information about the workshop. 2021 Interactive Pruning Workshop for Smart Gardeners Three dates …
View ForestHer NC Webinar Recordings on Managing for Wildlife
The ForestHer NC Workshop Series went virtual for its four-part series on Managing for Wildlife in the fall of …
Information on Terrestrial Flatworms and Hammerhead Worms
As if Asian giant hornets weren’t enough, this year also saw media attention on a lesser-known, but bizarre, group …
New NCDA&CS Form for Soil Tests
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has just released a new Soil Test form for Gardeners. Download the …
NC FarmLink
NC FarmLink was recently featured in Tobacco Farm Quarterly. In the article, found on page 18, journalist, Lara Ivanitch …
New Publication on Edible Landscape Design
Growing Edibles in the Landscape Design your landscape for Year-Round Harvest Select plants that will provide a variety of functions in …
Basil Growing Virtual Workshop - Free - Dec. 10-11, 2020
11/17/2020 – This announcement was sent out by Dr. Margaret T. McGrath at Cornell University. I thought it would …
Farms, Food, and You: Vermicomposting
NC State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has a new podcast series called Farms, Food, and You. …
Economist Dr. Charlie Hall Advises the Green Industry to Focus on Marketing the Wide Array of Functional Benefits of Plants
Check out this 15 minute video summary by Economist Dr. Charlie Hall on the economic, environmental, and health and …
Backyard Composting
Instead of disposing of yard trimmings and kitchen scraps, you can compost them in your own backyard. Composting is an …
Be on the Look Out in October
Check out the October BOLO from the NC State University Plant Disease and Insect Clinic. It is a list of Insects …
October Tips for the Gardener-8 Min Video Featuring Linda Blue
Timely Garden Tasks in October. Spend 8 minutes with Linda Blue for an overview of what to …
September Blooms in Pollinator Paradise
Pollinator Paradise is a Demonstration Garden created by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center. Agriculture Agent Debbie …
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