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
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:20:11 -0500 From: Al Cooke Subject: Re: pine straw info To the question of “Are there any local sources of long leaf pine straw” …. Longleaf pine is generally considered to be the premier source of pine needles for mulch and very few long leafContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:41:33 -0500 From: Al Cooke Subject: Re: Spanish moss Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides, is a flowering plant in the Bromeliad family. (Though it was common where I grew up, I’ve never noticed the flower, which is apparently rather small and not flamboyant.) The only reasonContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:01:55 -0500 From: Claire Kane Subject: new venue for local farmers Farmers of Orange is accepting vendor applications for 2010 for our year round market, South Estes Farmers Market in Chapel Hill, NC at University Mall near A Southern Season. Information and applications can beContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:59:51 -0500 From: Al Cooke Subject: holly berries There are at least 4 species of holly, both evergreen and deciduous, that are native to Chatham County and others that do well here, especially several Chinese varieties and some hybrids. Despite their extensive use as aContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:27:15 -0500 From: Debbie Roos Subject: Chatham farmer named farmer of the year! At the recent Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference held Dec. 4-6 in Black Mountain, Chatham County farmer Doug Jones of Piedmont Biofarm was named Farmer of the Year fromContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:23:35 -0500 From: Al Cooke Subject: Re: getting rid of eleagnus I gather from Chatlist 3603 that I probably did not receive the preceding edition. In fact my mailbox suggests 2 issues missing and they’re not in the junk file either. This is an occasionalContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:36:17 -0500 From: Tom Glendinning Subject: berries or no berries, that is the question Yep! Us males are transient, no doubt. American holly (Ilex opaca) pollinates in early spring when rain and freezing weather can cease production. The pollen has poor insect dispersal. Other hollies,Continue Reading
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:36:02 -0500 From: Matthew Arnsberger Subject: re: getting rid of elaegnus? Two kinds of Eleagnus are a problem in the Southeast – Eleagnus pungens ( Silverberry, is an evergreen, thorny eleagnus) and Eleagnus umbellata (Autumn Olive, is a deciduous, less thorny eleagnus). They are quiteContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:59:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Sprenger Subject: Mushrooms Bye Extension Hi Al Cooke, I am the someone you refer to as gathering like minded souls that enjoy these “things” called wild mushrooms. I am Robert, but you already know that. Having had the good fortune of beingContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:53:49 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: Re: ‘gnats in the house’ With these pests in the bathroom and kitchen, they might be drain flies. Or fungus gnats. Either could be reproducing indoors without the necessity of using your doors. Have a look at these twoContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:46:37 -0400 From: Forrest Greenslade Subject: Award *Emerging sculptor Ruth Brown is award winner in debut exhibit* The theme of the 21^st annual Sculpture in the Garden Show at the North Carolina Botanical Garden ( http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/29/ ) is */Celebrating Life Forces – Earth, Air, FireContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 09:13:58 -0400 From: Cathy Holt Subject: Beyond the Pail Hello Chatlisters, I want to turn you on to another Chatham County treasure in case you don’t already know of her work. Yesterday Ginny Gregory and her helpers came and transformed my garden/patio area. I wasContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:48:00 -0400 From: Beth Turner Subject: Women’s Rock Retreat Week-end at Celebrity Dairy! Girls Rock NC has scheduled our annual (soon to be bi-annual, we hope) Women’s Rock Retreat Weekend for October 23-25, 2009. This retreat will be held at Celebrity Dairy Goat Farm andContinue Reading
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