Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:02:35 -0400 From: Chatham Mills Farmers-Market Subject: Farmers Market seeks musicians for the season Chatham Mills Farmers Market is gearing up for the upcoming market season in Pittsboro.  We are seeking acoustic musicians of many varieties to play during the market.  The market runs everyContinue Reading

Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 11:55:57 -0500 From: Margaret Tiano Subject: Q&A about champion trees Thanks for the questions about champion trees: 1) Q: I would imagine that the height was measured by triangulation with a site line a measured distance from the base of the tree. Is this correct?Continue Reading

Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:46:02 -0500 From: Margaret Tiano Subject: How to measure a champion tree Thanks, N.A. Booko, for your descriptions of trees that inspire you  (Chatlist #4559).  As you guessed, there is a standard method for  measuring trees that are being nominated for champion tree status.   YouContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:26:42 -0500 From: Sam Groce Subject: Chatlist 4543 – Planting Potatoes Chatlist Readers: The question was raised in Chatlist 4543 on when is the best time to plant potatoes in our area.  The answer to that question is often determined by soil moisture and itContinue Reading

Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:23:24 -0500 From: John R Dykers Subject: Chicken Plants Note Laura Grab’s post on 5 Dec and her impression that reopening our chicken processing capacity would be a “step backward”. I don’t know Laura, so I apologize if I guess incorrectly and will appreciate itContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:29:50 -0400 From: Heather Gallagher Subject: Woods Charter Founder Series Event *Planting for Posterity: **Forty Years of Gardening in the Carolina Piedmont* Founder’s Series Talk by Tom Krenitsky, sponsored by the Woods Charter School Foundation Date: Tuesday November 13, 2012 Location: Woods Charter School, 160Continue Reading

Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:45:27 -0700 From: N.A. Booko Subject: Corn at Pittsboro Farmer’s Market Last Thursday one of the vendors at Pittsboro Farmer’s Market had so wonderful late corn.  I can’t remember the name of it, but it was similar to Silver Queen-  What a treat to haveContinue Reading