Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:29:41 -0400 From: Marina C Long Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #3705 [picappgallerysingle id=”7532527″]Subject: Mystery Noise. Reply to Lyn Hicks about mystery noise: I don’t know if the crackling sound you hear is related to the cut Maple leaves you see all around. However, at myContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:31:50 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: Mysteries in the trees It’s often misleading to identify insects or other mysteries based on general descriptions. But I recently had a call about a small caterpillar and black fecal pellets falling from a tree – oak I think. Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:19:53 -0800 From: Tom Glendinning Subject: Subject: Slippery Elms dying Kira; Decline of elms, slippery or Chinese, is a common occurence. Elms do not seem to live long in the Piedmont. Root rot, trunk cankers, borers are more likely invaders. The variable oak leaf caterpillar,Continue Reading
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:14:13 -0400 From: Kira Dirlik Subject: Slippery Elms dying For the past two years I have seen all the leaves fall off slippery elms on my property, as just dry brown skeletons, in mid- summer. (Never before 2 summers ago.) I noticed this week that Continue Reading
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:08:45 -0400 From: Lynn Hicks Subject: mystery noise We have noticed for a week or so a crackling kind of noise as we walk through the woods in the evening. It really sounds a lot like a gentle rain on the leaves. I then noticed,Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:20:48 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: Taking the Fire out of Fire Ants Taking the Fire out of Fire Ants Cooperative Extension in Chatham County will offer a program on fire ant management on Thursday April 29. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. inContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:37:36 -0700 From: Gardner, Patricia (Trish) Subject: chicken talk Hi Friends – I’m interested in keeping chickens in my backyard and live in a neighborhood where current covenants do not allow chicken keeping. I’m interested in hearing your advice – the pros and the consContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:31:35 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Sprenger Subject: Time For The Mushrooms Again…. It feels like the wheel is turning. Winter is creaking to an end, and Spring is starting to reveal itself. Our local wild mushroom club, Chatham Mushroom Friends, aka Chatmush, has grown to 44 members sinceContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:45:33 -0500 From: Camille Subject: Organic Modular Gardens Workshop April 17 Don’t let a small yard hold you back. Learn how to construct your own modular container gardens with readily available materials, much of it recycled! Grow an abundance of food anywhere! Instructor Bob ArmantroutContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:32:53 -0500 From: Sam Groce Subject: News Release on Beef Quality Assurance Training Upcoming Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Training Program Many of you will remember during 1997-98 there was the initiative called th= e North Carolina Certified Beef Producer Program also called Southeast Prid= e,Continue Reading
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:05:33 -0500 From: Trace Ramsey Subject: Chatham Crop Mob event featured in New York Times Magazine The Crop Mob event at Okfuskee Farm in Silk Hope will be featured in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. You can also view the article online now –Continue Reading
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:56:00 -0800 (PST) From: Sara Brinson Subject: Pittsboro Garden Club? Wondering if there is an active garden club in Pittsboro… I’m no expert but would love to be a part of helping Pittsboro bloom. Yes, spring fever is hitting!! Even with the forecast of snow,Continue Reading
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:47:12 -0500 From: Al Cooke Subject: Growing Your Own Food Thinking of growing a spring garden? Chatham County Center of Cooperative Extension will offer an introduction to food gardening including fruits and vegetables. This program will be a repeat of a program offered last fall. Continue Reading
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:34:15 -0500 From: trentt Subject: Chickens at Pittsboro Feed I saw the post Friday about the spring chicken schedule at Pittsboro Feed. I bought 4 chicks from them last fall and they are now about 19 weeks old and are on the verge of layingContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:36:25 -0500 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Chatham County CSAs Trish, I have a list of Chatham County CSA farms on my Growing Small Farms website at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/csafarms.html Each CSA is unique and has its own distribution system. Farmers will often be willing to add aContinue Reading
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