Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:43:43 -0500 From: Debbie Roos Subject: small flock poultry workshop Jan. 19 Registration details for this workshop are on the Growing Small Farms website calendar at http://bit.ly/19Y7lt If you have questions about this workshop please contact Poultry Agent Dan Campeau at 919-548-9895 or dan_campeau@ncsu.edu<mailto:dan_campeau@ncsu.edu>. JanuaryContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 21:15:59 -0500 From: marcia e herman Subject: Keep the tick please! We (Tick-borne Infections Council of NC) have had reports of several people being bitten by “black-looking” ticks in the last few weeks.  Please note: 1. These are likely the black-legged tick (used to beContinue Reading

Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:14:02 -0800 (PST) From: Valerie Broadway <caninecoachnc@yahoo.com> Subject: Canine Coaching Services LLC, New to Chatlist I’m Valerie Broadway and new to the Chatlist.  Have been in Chatham since 1979.  Brought here kicking and screaming as a HS senior from Va. by my parents.  Graduated fromContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:32:05 -0800 (PST) From: Bett Wilson Foley Subject: Keeping cats out of your mulch In response to the post about keeping cats from digging up mulch, I have a couple of low-tech solutions that have worked for me. I tried lots of things, including keepingContinue Reading

Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:40:26 -0400 From: Al Cooke Subject: Re:  Ladybugs! Asian lady beetles begin their search for safe winter harbor with cooling fall weather.  To them the sunny side of light-colored buildings seems ideal, although dark colors as well as brick or stone will do.  Scientists speculateContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:39:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Hope Crossing Animal Hospital Subject: About Coyotes We have a client who does wildlife rehab, and she asked us to pass along this link.   Thanks!   http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Learning/documents/Species/CoexistingWithCoyotes.pdf Hope Crossing Animal Hospital 58 East Cotton Rd Pittsboro (919)542-1975 VOTED BEST VETContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:14:29 +0000 From: Virginia Mary Jacks Subject: Living with Coyotes Thanks Bett for your very intelligent input on “living with coyotes”.  The Native Americans knew well how to do this and the coyote was their teacher.  I had some very hard lessons to learn whenContinue Reading

Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:04:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Ann Jones Subject: Coyotes We had a similar experience not too long after we moved to Chatham about 20 years ago. There was a unfamiliar cat with rabies or distemper in the back yard – obviously a very very sick catContinue Reading