Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:12:48 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Reap the Benefits of Community Supported Agriculture! Community supported agriculture (CSA) is a convenient way to get high quality locally grown food and is a win-win for both eaters and farmers! Read all about it and check out theContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:45:36 -0500 From: Carol Mohr Subject: Crepe Myrtles The post by Taus BALOG is an excellent opportunity to help the lovely Crepe Myrtle tree. Extreme pruning of Crepe Myrtles does not encourage new growth or more blooms. If you prune you should do so gentlyContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:05:48 +0000 From: Al Cooke Subject: Pesticide School If you hire someone to perform landscaping or garden work in North Carolina, it is illegal for that person to apply any product to control weeds or pests without a pesticide license or at least being underContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:55:04 -0500 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: Tiny miracle . . . I am a saver of seeds. I have saved seeds of beans grown by my family for 75 years or more. Last fall I collected the few remaining bean pods before frost. I driedContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:49:23 -0500 From: Abundance Foundation Subject: Revolutionizing School Lunches in rural North Carolina – Monday, January 13 at Library Revolutionizing School Lunches in rural North Carolina PITTSBORO, NC – Given the low per-meal allowance for school lunches and breakfasts, how can schools afford to serveContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:07:07 -0500 From: Abundance Foundation Subject: Abundance Foundation Conference Supports NC Farmers through Climate Change 2nd Annual Farming Adaptation Conference Supports NC Farmers through Climate Change PITTSBORO- Next month, the Abundance Foundation will host a conference to help North Carolina farmers and gardeners adapt theirContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:01:24 -0500 From: Margaret Tiano Subject: Fun with “Trees in Winter!” Celebrate Chatham County Arbor Month with Grand Trees of Chatham on Wednesday, November 20, at 4:00 PM at Chatham Community Library. This after-school program invites children, caregivers, and families to enjoy stories and hands-on activities aboutContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:55:53 -0500 From: Ken Vrana Subject: The Best It’s always nice to be able to recommend great people and I was very fortunate, through the Chat to meet Wynn Dinnsen. He has a great nursery between Pittsboro and Siler City and he is assisting usContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:17:22 -0400 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: Growing large Elephant Ears (Esculenta/Caladium) The secret and even sometimes this does not work- Water, Water, Water and manure. Pliable soil, and medium to average shade. Last June I bought five one gallon containers of black elephant ears. IContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:48:44 -0500 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: Ag Center Location I personally would dearly LOVE to have the new Ag Center in Siler City, BUT Sam Groce tells me that most of the folks that will be using the center are closer to Pittsboro andContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 22:08:37 +0000 From: Al Cooke Subject: Forestry in Chatham County I did not specifically address any issues of forestry practices in my recent rant about Chatham Park. I do have an article on Chatham County forestry in the current issue of Chatham County Line availableContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:15:50 +0000 From: Ginger Cunningham Subject: soil sample analysis fees begin november 27, 2013 The Chatham County Cooperative Extension office would like to make all of our homeowners, producers, and community clientele aware of legislation that may be pertinent to many of them. With passageContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:37:32 +0000 From: Al Cooke Subject: Speaking of Elephant Ears And what are the variables related to leaf size? An initial consideration, of course, is that the term “elephant ears” generally refers to many cultivated varieties of several species of plants in the genus Colocasia. Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:00:39 -0500 From: Angela Crisp-Sears Subject: Pittsboro Farmers’ Market closing at 6pm Hello Friends, Beginning this week, Thursday, November 7, the Pittsboro Farmers’ Market will be closing at 6pm for the remainder of the season. Our farmers have an abundance of autumn produce: collards, cabbage,Continue Reading
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 09:45:23 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: Bill Crawford Subject: Chatham County moving the planned Ag Center? The County Board had made plans previously to build an Agricultural Center in Pittsboro, next to the CCCC campus. The Pittsboro Town Board, at the County’s request, rezoned the property, amendedContinue Reading