Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:09:04 -0400
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: New pollinator exhibit at NC Botanical Garden

I was thrilled to collaborate with the staff at the North Carolina Botanical Garden to create a new pollinator exhibit: Behold the Humble Pollinators. The exhibit highlights Cooperative Extension’s demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham Mills.

You can see the NCBG’s press release about the exhibit at http://bit.ly/9qX3tZ

Learn more about the pollinator garden at http://bit.ly/95ZS1C

Have a great weekend,
Debbie

Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
919.542.8202
debbie_roos@ncsu.edu
www.growingsmallfarms.org
www.facebook.com/debbie.roos.nc
www.twitter.com/GrowSmallFarms

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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:15:49 -0400
From: Sam Groce
Subject: N.C. Cooperative Extension partners with 10% Campaign to promote local foods

Debbie Roos, Agriculture Agent with the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension, will be Extension’s local foods coordinator supporting the 10% Campaign. The campaign is an effort to encourage North Carolina consumers to spend at least 10 percent of their food dollars on foods from local sources.

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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:24:59 -0400
From: Mari Trosclair
Subject: Chickens in the neighborhood

The requests from home buyers to be able to raise chickens or goats in neighborhoods has greatly increased in the last few years.  Some developers have recorded covenants to allow chickens (rarely allow a rooster) to broaden their buying pool and many neighborhoods have amended their covenants to allow chickens.

If your neighborhood allows chickens, is considering chickens or has already changed the covenants to do so, I would like to get your feedback on the pros or cons in your experience.

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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:09:21 -0400
From: vinitslrn
Subject: Fleas…..a big thank you and feedback

I received at least 25 responses, and all were helpful.

For the benefit of all, I wanted to share some info.

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:24:18 -0400
From: John Dykers, MD
Subject: pond fishing

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Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 16:06:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Billy Thornton
Subject: produce at a reasonable price

Went by farmers market at the brewery Saturday to check it out. Not much to offer but high prices. English peas at $4.00 a pound. Heard the Pittsboro market offered lettuce in a ziploc bag at $5.00 each.

Hey everybody go on out to the Busy Bee Farm and you can pick your produce fresh from the plants. Sugar snap peas at $1.50 lb, Brocolli at $2.25 a head, cauliflower at $2.00 head, and squash(just coming in) at $1.50 lb. Lettuce is $2.50 head. Two types still available. China cabbage at $2.50 head.

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Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 07:12:44 -0400
From: Debbie Roos >
Subject: new website for pollinator garden

For those of you interested in pollinator conservation (and that should be anyone who likes to eat!), take a look at Cooperative Extension’s new website for the Chatham Mills “Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration Garden at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/chathammills.html

I added some new sections, most notably a “What’s in Bloom” list with photos of – you guessed it – all the plants currently blooming in the garden in Pittsboro. The website will continue to expand with lots more photos of all the plants plus other information. The garden is looking great and we are looking forward to having a good year with continued educational programming. The website includes a list of all the plants on site plus the nurseries where we purchased them.

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:15:38 -0400
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: Pittsboro Farmers’ Market on Facebook!

I created a Facebook page for the Pittsboro Farmers’ Market so please check it out and become a fan! We think that this will be a great way for vendors and customers to interact and connect. We will post the latest info on market happenings and offerings, as well as photos. You can find a link to the page from the Pittsboro Farmers’ Market

website at http://www.pittsborofarmersmarket.org.

Please help spread the word about the page and the market and let’s all support our farmers!

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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:30:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Billy Thornton
Subject: Busy Bee Farm

Stopped by the Busy Bee Farm on the way back from Sanford to see John. While I was there I picked up four types of lettuce, some spinach and some radishes. John was still out working at 6:30 pm trying to get some rows ready to plant some more produce. He had just finished putting in some purplehull peas, giant calico beans, wax beans and okra. He has lettuce, spinach, radishes and some flowers ready to go. He has a salad tray of three different types of lettuce ready now. If you are wanting fresh lettuce that you can pick or flowers that you can put along your deck give him a call at 542-5890.

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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:43:39 -0400
From: trentt
Subject: Re: Chicken Talk

I’ve had chickens for a year and I have 7 hens and 1 rooster. I get  usually 5 or 6 eggs a day. You can usually get about 5 eggs per week  from 1 hen in good weather. If you can get chickens I’d recommend a  “chicken tractor” type of pen. It’s like a 1 room apartment with a  screened in porch. You can see images of them on Craigslist in the farm  & garden section. They look nice and appealing and are not run down and  weathered looking. They usually cost $300 or more if you buy a pre built  one but if you build your own I’d expect it would cost much less than  half of that.

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