Register Now for Spring Pollinator Workshops & Garden Tours
The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer three spring pollinator conservation workshops and garden tours …
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A Good Thing We Held Off With Strawberry Variety Showcase Today! (2pm, Tue., April 24, 2018)
Good afternoon, I got these photos (below) from Whit Jones, Cottle Farms, this early morning (APRIL 24). Duplin County must …
Weather Forecast Outlook for 25 Apr 2018 – 20 May 2018 (3pm, Sunday, April 22, 2018)
Figure 1. Ruby June fruit harvested just this Sunday morning (4/22) in Greensboro area (from cut-offs planted on 10/8/17). Figure …
Variety Showcase Re-Scheduled for May 1st Due to RAINS on Tuesday, April 24 (9am, Sunday, April 22, 2018)
Dear Friends, I just got off the phone this early Sunday morning with Whit Jones, Cottle Farms, and he informed …
45 Farms on the Piedmont Farm Tour April 28-29, 2018!
The 23rd annual Piedmont Farm Tour will be Saturday and Sunday, April 28 – 29, from 2:00 – 6:00 pm …
2018 Warm Season Turf Update
Join Area Extension Agent Gene Fox and NCSU Crop Science Department’s Matt Martin for the 2018 Warm Season Turf …
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