Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:18:36 -0500 From: Siglinda Scarpa Subject: Goathouse Refuge Hello friends, I am writing to ask for your help: We need dedicated volunteers that can be here at least once x week to help us taking care of the cats. People keep abbandoning their animals. IContinue Reading

Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:33:33 -0500 From: leela ellis Subject: Ford Lot Scoundrels Hi ….. I too went to the Ford Lot to “correct” the scoundrels by showing my support for the situation.  I was hoping to drink some coffee and eat a hot dog (I don’t normally eatContinue Reading

Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:27:15 -0500 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Chatham farmer named farmer of the year! At the recent Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference held Dec. 4-6 in Black Mountain, Chatham County farmer Doug Jones of Piedmont Biofarm was named Farmer of the Year fromContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:36:17 -0500 From: Tom Glendinning Subject: berries or no berries, that is the question Yep!  Us males are transient, no doubt. American holly (Ilex opaca) pollinates in early spring when rain and freezing weather can cease production.  The pollen has poor insect dispersal.  Other hollies,Continue Reading

Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:36:02 -0500 From: Matthew Arnsberger Subject: re: getting rid of elaegnus? Two kinds of Eleagnus are a problem in the Southeast – Eleagnus pungens ( Silverberry, is an evergreen, thorny eleagnus) and Eleagnus umbellata (Autumn Olive, is a deciduous, less thorny eleagnus). They are quiteContinue Reading