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 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 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: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:41:07 -0400 From: Susan Graham Subject: Water and the Landscape Program Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will present a program on water and landscape uses of water for landscapers and grounds managers beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday August 28. TheContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:18:49 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Don’t forget to vote in the “Best of Chatham” Survey There have been a LOT of recommendations about different services on this bulletin board the last several weeks. Don’t forget to stop by and vote online for the BestContinue Reading