Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 09:16:48 -0400
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: photos: tomato spotted wilt virus

Chatham County just had its first confirmed case of tomato spotted wilt virus on tomatoes at a farm near Pittsboro. I posted photos on Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website at http://bit.ly/KvLsCl

Be on the lookout for these symptoms. It’s too soon to tell how much pressure we will face from this disease this year.

Debbie

Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
919.542.8202

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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:20:51 -0400
From: Elliot M. Cramer
Subject: ticks

re: Biteblocker Xtreme for ticks sounds like a placebo to me; hard to believe it is as effective as Deet ingredients
Soybean Oil, Coconut Oil, Purified Water, Glycerin, Geranium Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Lecithin and Vanillin.

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20100525/6-insect-repellents-get-high-marks
Six of these repellents earned a “recommended” rating from Consumer Reports. These six repellents, along with their active ingredients and cost, are:
      Off Deep Woods Sportsmen II; 30% DEET; cost: $1.25 an ounce.
      Cutter Backwoods Unscented; 23% DEET; cost: $1.33 per ounce.
      Off FamilyCare Smooth & Dry; 15% DEET; cost: $1.63 an ounce.
      3M Ultrathon Insect Repellant 8; 25% DEET; $1.67 per ounce.
      Repel Plant Based Lemon Eucalyptus; active ingredient oil of lemon eucalyptus; cost: $1.94 an ounce.
      Natrapel 8-Hour with picaridin; 20% picaridin; cost: $2.00 an ounce.

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Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:24:58 -0500
From: Gene Galin
Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Chatham Online Bulletin Board Topics

1. Liberal Progressive Pittsboro NC Town Council Denies Children’s Christian Academy  (Read 8800 times)  at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,24900.0.html

2. Who is this woman ripping down signs for Haw River Christian School in Pittsboro  (Read 7764 times)  at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,24985.0.html

3. Team Pittsboro: Another Randolph Voller scam to get credit for others’ efforts  (Read 6543 times)  at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,23786.0.html

4. Pittsboro General Store Cafe status?  (Read 3444 times)  at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,25016.0.html

5. Preston’s plans for 7,000 acres in Chatham  (Read 3300 times) at
http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,25029.0.html

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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:01:39 -0500
From: MarkBeth Morton
Subject: Subject: Hardwood floors

I use to have a cleaning business = Love Care Cleaning, Inc locally here in Pittsboro, NC.  Try saturating a small area (TO TEST) with:

Several things should work: such as vegetable oil, WD-40, Goo Gone, De-Solv-It, Avon Skin So Soft, or a pre-soak laundry spray.  Saturate the TEST AREA and let stay about a hour and then mop off with very hot
plain water and let the floor dry on it’s on.  See if that will remove the pattern left by the carpet.  If not, call me and we will try Plan B!

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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:25:57 -0500
From: Jody – Tritech
Subject: Engine advice and customer service for unreasonable customers

Regarding the engine where the purchaser won’t let you see what’s going on….tell him it worked fine before it left, and that refusing to let you see it as installed is a complete deal breaker. We’ve had many customers pull the bogus “but I can’t trust you anymore so I don’t want to bring it to you, just refund the money” card in the past, but that’s unreasonable to say the least and displays bad faith on the part of the purchaser.

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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:25:15 -0400
From: Michelle Sischo
Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #4144

Only received postings up to 37…I am assuming another second part will be going out later?

Thanks.

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Michelle et al -

The entire list of posts went out in one Chatham Chatlist.

If for some reason, you are not able to see the entire Chatham Chatlist you can click on the link at the top of the chatlist that says “View it in your browser”

Hope this helps.

Gene Galin
Chatlist moderator
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:11:20 -0400
From: Sam Groce
Subject: A Summary of “Taking the Fire Out of Fire Ants”

We would like to respond to Virginia Mary Jacks’ strategy for managing fire ants and her wish that “the extension office would remind us of our options to go green!!”  We’re pleased that she has found the pleasure of watching her rooster’s amusement with fire ants.  Our sign-in records don’t give any indication that she attended our program on fire ants last week, so she may not be in the best position to evaluate whether any of the options we suggested are green.  But she does open the door for us to reach a broader audience via the Chatlist.  Those who joined us last week, may have heard us suggest that:

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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 18:32:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Colin Coxall
Subject: RE: Snapping turtle in my pond

I am responding to Tony’s enquiry regarding wine pairing with Turtle. You do not say what your recipe is, so I am assuming it is turtle soup. If the recipe is calling for sherry or Madeira wine, then I would also serve either with the soup. However, I think wine is a personal taste and fully endorse the “drink the wine you would prefer” approach.

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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:14:01 -0400
From: Lynn Hayes
Subject: mold

Mold is a very tricky issue and one where you can spend lots of potentially unnecessary dollars.  In real estate transactions we sometimes see thousands of dollars in cost estimates to remediate a mold problem that could just as easily be remedied with an antifungal spray if its the garden-variety powdery mildew that lives in nearly every crawl space in Chatham County.

Sometimes a plumbing leak will result in mold growth and it is usually repairable without too much difficulty.

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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:49:31 -0400
From: Tony Blake
Subject: RE: Snapping turtle in my pond

You need to call Ernie Brown the turtle man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn8EQ0azXpQ
 
Assuming you are not planning to take him alive try:
http://www.taxidermy.net/forums/ReptileArticles/02/027A8A8B43.html
BTW, I have asked this before; what kind of wine goes with turtle? Ernie didn’t know.

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