Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:03:45 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Chatham County Hosts Webinar on Community Food Councils: Challenges and Opportunities Chatham Hosts Webinar on Community Food Councils: Challenges and Opportunities Chatham County invites you to a webinar on April 17, 2014 on the exciting concept of community foodContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:47:23 -0500 From: cmfmmanager Subject: Chatham Mills Farmer’s Market seeks musicians and non-profits for market season Hi all The Chatham Mills Farmers’ Market will open for business on April 5. We are actively looking for musicians (young, old, established and not) to entertain shoppers duringContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:29:21 -0500 From: Sue Merris Subject: voles and moles I am having a BIG problem with these little critters. Went out this week to pluck some carrots out of the ground and found that they had burrowed down and made a tunnel the entire lengthContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:24:42 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Farmers don’t get snow days! Effects of this winter on area market farmers This has been a tough winter for market farmers trying to grow crops through the winter. Last week’s snowstorm brought immediate challenges, but that was onContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:35:39 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Register Now for Cooperative Extension’s High Tunnel Workshop The deadline to register for our high tunnel workshop is Monday February 24! The mail has been slow getting here lately so please don’t wait until the last minute to registerContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:56:02 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: organic growers help Pittsboro business grow Learn how local organic growers helped a Chatham County business grow on Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website at http://go.ncsu.edu/organic-growers-help-cfhs Debbie Debbie Roos Agricultural Extension Agent Chatham County Center North Carolina Cooperative ExtensionContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:29:03 -0500 From: Taylor Kish Subject: Let’s look at the Chatham “wilderness” Almost every acre in what is now Chatham County has been cleared and used by humans in one way or another. That is a LOT of cleared land for lumber, tobacco, cattle, horses. Continue Reading
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:52:15 -0500 From: James Fry Subject: Hello from a newcomer, and Does anyone need any large concrete pipe? Hello to all Chatham Chatlist Subscribers! My name is James Fry, and I am a new subscriber to the list. While I currently live in Greensboro, IContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:38:12 -0500 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: Land Use/Chatham Park I was rereading some old notes about the Conceptual Land Use Plan that several folks reviewed after a public invitation back in June 2013. One concept that applies to the current conversation regarding Chatham ParkContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:08:12 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Farmers: Register Now for Fresh Produce Safety/GAPs Workshop March 5, 2014: Principles of Fresh Produce Safety and Navigating the USDA GAP Audit 9:00 am-5:00 pm in Pittsboro, NC The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension, in partnershipContinue Reading
ate: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:06:05 -0500 From: Carol Newnam Subject: Pruning Demonstration The Friends of CORA Garden is offering a demonstration of pruning blueberries and grapevines February 15, 2-4 pm. ( Rain date: February 22 10-12 am) Bring clippers and loppers if you wish to get some hands onContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 08:50:59 -0500 From: Pat Shipman Subject: Congratulations to LilyDen Farms! We were delighted to hear the Withington family & their LilyDen farms won an award at the Sustainable Agriculture conference. Their meats are delicious and — we’ve been to their farm — their animals areContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 16:44:39 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Chatham Farmers Win Young Farmer of the Year! Tucker and Mackenzie Withington of Lilly Den Farm near Goldston in Chatham County, NC were named Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s Young Farmer of the Year at the recent Sustainable Agriculture ConferenceContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:33:05 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Register Now for Cooperative Extension’s High Tunnel Workshop The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a High Tunnel Production workshop as part of its Enhancing Sustainability Series on Monday, March 3, 2014 from 9:00 am-5:00Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:47:43 -0500 From: Tom Glendinning Subject: Crepe Myrtle & Tree Pruning The practice of deep, structural pruning may be confused with “topping.” In the case of the Pittsboro hollies, the pruning was done to achieve shape and size proper to the location and purpose ofContinue Reading