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Which Flowers Are Edible?
Flowers are more than just a colorful addition to your landscape. Flowers are an important food source for pollinators such as honeybees and some varieties are also edible to people. You can liven MORE » – from 
Chatham County Center
Free Class: Fall Is For Planting!
Review the slides from this program (PDF files): Part 1: Soil preparation, planting technique and care of newly planted trees and shrubs Part 2: Selecting plants for your landscape and recommended trees and shrubs MORE » – from Chatham County Center
Backyard Composting
Instead of disposing of yard trimmings and kitchen scraps, you can compost them in your own backyard. Composting is an easy, fascinating, and natural way to recycle. Compost can be made from most MORE » – from Gardening
Choosing and Using Edible Flowers
Enjoy the Flavor, Color, and Texture That Flowers Can Bring to Food. “Choosing and Using Edible Flowers” by Cyndi Lauderdale and Lucy Bradley is available on-line for free. Full of guidance on how MORE » – from Gardening
Preparing Your Garden For Frost
While freezing temperatures are not predicted for the coming week in the central NC Piedmont, they are not far away. A few locations in our area have already flirted with frost, but a MORE » – from Chatham County Center
Submit Soil Samples Before Peak Season To Avoid Fee
Healthy soil is the foundation of successful gardening. The first step to cultivating healthy soil is having your soil tested to determine its pH and nutrient levels, but you are running out of MORE » – from Chatham County Center
Time To Plant Onions And Garlic
Onions and garlic have the latest planting date of our hardy vegetables, and also one of the longest maturation times. Onions and garlics planted this fall will be ready to harvest next spring MORE » – from Chatham County Center
Rain Garden Workshop, Oct. 22
Workshop: October 22, 2014, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Certification Exam (optional): October 23, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Chatham County Extension Center, Pittsboro As development in our region increases, so do the impacts MORE » – from Chatham County Center
Time To Seed Tall Fescue
This week’s rain and cooler temperatures are providing the perfect conditions for cool season grasses such as tall fescue to germinate. If you plan to establish or renovate your lawn with a cool MORE » – from Chatham County Center
Fall Armyworms On The March Through Piedmont Lawns
If large areas of your lawn have suddenly disappeared or turned brown, fall armyworm is likely the cause. Established lawns often recover from this injury with little lasting damage, but recently seeded or MORE » – from Chatham County Center
Floriculture InfoSearch
Floriculture InfoSearch is a powerful, but focused search engine designed to bring you floriculture information from the scientific literature, trade and association magazines/websites, NC State University, and the American Floral Endowment Floriculture Archive MORE »
Veggie Varmint
The “Veggie Varmint” contest, hosted at the Burke County fair each year, is delightful, creative way to connect children with produce. Without the pressure to “EAT IT”, children (and adults) are encouraged to MORE »
Downy Mildew
Downy mildew is here! Look on the tops of leaves for angular, yellow to brown wounds that stop at a leaf vein. Management suggestions: • Plant early in the season so you can MORE »
Greenstriped Mapleworms
Greenstriped Mapleworms Greenstriped mapleworms are found in the piedmont the end of June and early July. As their name suggests their preferred hosts are maple trees, but they are also found on boxelder MORE »
Emerald Ash Borer
The emerald ash borer, a beautiful but extremely destructive, exotic insect pest, has now been detected in North Carolina. These beetles kill ash trees by feeding on the trunks. So far Person, Granville, MORE »
