Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:04:44 -0400 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Take the 10% Campaign 10/10/10 Challenge! Now is a great time to join the NC 10% Campaign! The 10% Campaign is an initiative of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) and North Carolina Cooperative Extension that encourages consumersContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:00:57 -0400 From: Paperbacksplus Subject: Bison Just wanted to thank everyone who responded to my request for bison. Who knew I was not the only lonely bison burger lover out there! Received lots of very helpful tips on where to find and pricing. So farContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:49:04 -0400 From: Debbie Roos Subject: photos of Hickory Mountain Farm Happy rainy Monday everyone! We had a great turnout for last week’s Extension Farm Show and Tell at Chatham’s newest farm: Hickory Mountain Farm! I posted photos of the farm and the event onContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:38:37 -0400 From: Lesley Landis Subject: Chatham County Fair I’m a graphic designer and have been working on the brochure for the Chatham County Fair – it celebrates 60 years this year! The Chatham County Fair is a great opportunity for local folks to showContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:09:04 -0400 From: Debbie Roos Subject: New pollinator exhibit at NC Botanical Garden I was thrilled to collaborate with the staff at the North Carolina Botanical Garden to create a new pollinator exhibit: Behold the Humble Pollinators. The exhibit highlights Cooperative Extension’s demonstration pollinator gardenContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:15:49 -0400 From: Sam Groce Subject: N.C. Cooperative Extension partners with 10% Campaign to promote local foods Debbie Roos, Agriculture Agent with the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension, will be Extension’s local foods coordinator supporting the 10% Campaign. The campaign is anContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:24:59 -0400 From: Mari Trosclair Subject: Chickens in the neighborhood The requests from home buyers to be able to raise chickens or goats in neighborhoods has greatly increased in the last few years. Some developers have recorded covenants to allow chickens (rarely allow a rooster)Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:09:21 -0400 From: vinitslrn Subject: Fleas…..a big thank you and feedback [picappgallerysingle id=”7240367″]I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my flea plea. I received at least 25 responses, and all were helpful. For the benefit of all, I wanted to share some info. BoraxContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:24:18 -0400 From: John Dykers, MD Subject: pond fishing [picappgallerysingle id=”109777″]If you catch them, eat them. It is beneficial to the fish population to remove caught fish and make room for others to gorw larger. If you need a delicious and easy recipe: fish underContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 16:06:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Billy Thornton Subject: produce at a reasonable price Went by farmers market at the brewery Saturday to check it out. Not much to offer but high prices. English peas at $4.00 a pound. Heard the Pittsboro market offered lettuce in aContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 07:12:44 -0400 From: Debbie Roos > Subject: new website for pollinator garden For those of you interested in pollinator conservation (and that should be anyone who likes to eat!), take a look at Cooperative Extension’s new website for the Chatham Mills “Pollinator Paradise” Demonstration GardenContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:15:38 -0400 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Pittsboro Farmers’ Market on Facebook! I created a Facebook page for the Pittsboro Farmers’ Market so please check it out and become a fan! We think that this will be a great way for vendors and customers to interactContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:30:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Billy Thornton Subject: Busy Bee Farm Stopped by the Busy Bee Farm on the way back from Sanford to see John. While I was there I picked up four types of lettuce, some spinach and some radishes. John was still outContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:43:39 -0400 From: trentt Subject: Re: Chicken Talk I’ve had chickens for a year and I have 7 hens and 1 rooster. I get usually 5 or 6 eggs a day. You can usually get about 5 eggs per week from 1 hen in goodContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:29:59 -0400 From: Ollie waddell Subject: What I Saw At Pittsboro Farmer’s Market Thursday with be the third week of new season for Pittsboro’s Farmers Market. I was there last week, it was breezy but cool to look at all that was available. Starting onContinue Reading
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