Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:26:28 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Buy your tickets now for Chatham County Farm & Industry Tour The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension cordially invites you to join us for our annual Chatham County Farm & Industry Tour on Tuesday October 7,Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:48:53 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Carolina Premium Foods to hire 700 in Siler City Carolina Premium Foods, a Moore County company establishing an antibiotic free chicken processing plant at a former Townsend Chicken facility in Siler City, hopes to hire 700 employees at full-scaleContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:42:44 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: photo slideshow from Ag Awareness Day Saturday’s Agriculture Awareness Day sponsored by the Chatham County Farm Bureau in partnership with Chatham County Cooperative Extension and Central Carolina Community College was a success! View a photo slideshow on Cooperative Extension’sContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:37:04 +0000 From: Charlotte Glen Subject: Free Class on Fire Ant Control, Sept. 4 Taking the Fire Out of Fire Ants Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Chatham Extension Center, 65 East Chatham St., Pittsboro “Taking the Fire Out of Fire Ants” isContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:40:09 -0400 From: George Subject: A Simple Control for Fire Ants in Chatham Chatham County Extension announced today that they will hold a fire ant “management” program soon in response to calls from throughout the piedmont area, including Chatham County. See http://www.chathamnc.org/index.aspx?page=19&recordid=5226 . In anContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:08:58 -0400 (EDT) From: deloispopp Subject: roadside veggie stand in Chatham Co. I ran across a great roadside vegetable stand that sells beautiful (and delicious) tomatoes, squash, egg plants, peppers, etc. The vegetables are field grown and ripened. The prices are great ($1.75 for beautifulContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 07:06:09 -0400 From: Kim Calhoun Subject: WILD Edible & Medicinal Plants classes through CCCC! Hello dear Chatham neighbors~ Learn more about the bountiful, delicious, and nutritious wild food and medicine growing free all around us this fall! Space is limited and registration is open! AllContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:28:10 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Register now for Farm Tax Workshop The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a workshop on Tax Issues for Diversified Farmers from 1:00-5:00 pm on Monday September 22 at the Silk Hope Farm Heritage CenterContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:42:09 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: photos showing the diversity of critters in the pollinator garden! If you are looking for a little sunshine on this dreary day, check out my latest article with lots of photos of Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Garden in Pittsboro showingContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:44:44 -0400 From: Wanda Crawley Subject: Old Fashioned Farmers Day Mark your calendars!!! August 29, 30 and 31! Labor Day Weekend!! Gates open at 9am on Saturday and Sunday! Old Fashioned Farmers Day weekend at Silk Hope will soon be here!!! Come see the oldContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:34:18 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Agriculture Awareness Day August 23! Saturday, August 23, 2014 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Come See the Face of Agriculture in Chatham County! Location: Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) – Pittsboro Campus 764 West Street Pittsboro, NC 27312-8822Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:16:21 -0700 From: megan lynch Subject: Dead trees at Jordan, a natural cause The dead trees at Jordan are an example of nature and human engineering at odds. A “natural” cause if there ever was one. The area of which you speak is called aContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:47:19 -0400 From: Annie Howell Subject: Dead trees at Jordan. The impoundment area on the south side of Hwy 64 has dead trees because the drainage pipes leading from that area to the lake became blocked. The water rose and rose until it threatened theContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 12:09:19 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Tour of the Chatham Mills Pollinator Garden Wednesday August 13! Wednesday August 13 at 5:30 pm I will be giving a tour of Chatham County Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro. The garden wasContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 17:51:46 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: basil disease delivers a setback for growers It looks like this is our worst year yet for basil downy mildew, both in NC as well as nationally. I have information and over 20 photos from a local farm onContinue Reading
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