Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:49:41 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Silk Hope Old Fashioned Farmers Days was a great event Silk Hope Old Fashioned Farmers Days I attended one of my favorite county events yesterday – Old-Fashioned Farmers Days in Silk Hope. As a history major I love thisContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:48:31 -0400 From: Andrew Subject: Re: Beech Trees Dianne, We have the same thing going on with our beeches. I was concerned initially that it might be beech bark disease also, but after researching the topic I’ve concluded that they are in fact beech blightContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:13:25 -0400 From: Glenn Woolard Subject: Introduction to Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension Recently there was a post to the Chatlist asking about who and what the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension is. Due to a full schedule isContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:52:53 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: RE: Diseased Beech Trees Diane, et al., Your description is consistent with a beech specimen that someone else brought to me recently. I narrowed that one down to either “wooly beech leaf aphid” or “beech blight aphid.” A standardContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:03:22 -0400 (EDT) From: carole henry Subject: tree service About ten years or so ago, I had a tree struck and killed by lightning. It was not only twenty feet from the house but right next to it was a large cedar tree that IContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:08:08 EDT From: Greg Jones Subject: poteat landscaping hey gene…as always thanks for this great service to the community. I saw the other day a reply from Poteat Landscaping for a chuckhole problem and field/yard re-seeding. I just wanted to chime in with a goodContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:59:19 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: Re: putting in my yard… You will get suggestions about landscape businesses to do a lawn and/or landscape installation. Let me suggest you also have a look at my pages of listings and guidelines on How to Hire aContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:50:01 -0400 From: Jim Nitsch Subject: Re:Pasture “holes” question one possible explanation is that the holes were created from decomposing wood from stumps and such from when the pasture was made. I’ve seen similar holes on a pasture that is less than 10 yrs old.Continue Reading
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:36:52 -0400 From: Sam Groce Subject: RE: Pasture “holes” question In response to Suzette call for an explanation about the “big holes” that are appearing in her horse pastures, there is very little information here to go on, however, my first guess is that thereContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:13:00 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: Re: Source for Topsoil “Does anyone know of a good source for topsoil. . . we’d need probably four or five truckloads. We’re out Silk Hope way.” I deal with the question of “topsoil” on a regular basis, soContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:02:11 -0400 From: Lauren Irby lauren.irby@chathamnc.org Subject: 4-H Clubs in Chatham County Chatham County 4-H currently has three clubs and is looking to form new clubs each day! All it takes is five youth and one adult to start your own 4-H Club! The threeContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:23:25 -0400 From: Lauren Irby Subject: State 4-H Public Speaking Presentation Finalist Chatham County 4-H member Elise Janson took her public speaking presentation titled Arthritis in Dogs to competition in Laurinburg, NC on June 26. Elise won the gold medal in her Veterinary Science divisionContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:59:51 -0400 From: Larry & Karen Webster Subject: Pittsboro Farmer’s Market Okay all you Chatham County people, come on out to the Fair Grounds on Thursdays from 3:30-6:30PM and buy local vegetables, seasonal fruit, baked goods, canned goods, plants and what ever else all ofContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:29:49 -0400 From: jack-of-all-thumbs steward Subject: Re Amy B’s Post on Rainwater Collecting Over the past few years we have employed three types of rainwater collection at our house to cope with an increasingly low-yielding well. The simplest approach was a series of partially buriedContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:05:25 -0400 From: Sam Groce Subject: RE: goat fencing (& weeds) This message is in response to Susan Turner’s questions about the weeds in her goat pastures that even the goats won’t eat. I hate to make “guesses” for plant identification, that is making anContinue Reading
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