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Grow Series Flyer 2024

What You Need to Know So You Can Grow

The N.C. Cooperative Extension, Beaufort County Center is offering a series of classes beginning Tuesday, February 6th titled, “What You …

Notice the blueberry suckers in the middle (red arrow). These can be severed from the mother plant during the dormant season using a sharp shovel. Immediately replant suckers in a container or prepared bed and prune the top 1/3 of the whip to allow roots to develop.

Propagating Blueberry Bushes

A great question came in this week about propagating blueberries! First, what is propagation? The North Carolina Extension Gardener Handbook …

I took the photo in our teaching garden here at the Beaufort County Center. This is an older vine (I presume the cultivar to be a superior) in which I have regrown and trained the cordons on to teach how this is done to gardeners in the area.

Muscadine or Scuppernong Grapes

There are few rural residential properties across the Southeast that do not have a grapevine growing somewhere. Be it …

Agriculture Winter Meeting Schedule

2023 Winter Meeting Schedule January 11th – Estate Planning Meeting (10:00-11:30 a.m.) @ the Ponzer Community Building (39111 US 264, …

Picking and Keeping Pumpkins

It seems like it is finally fall! These cool nights and moderate temperature days feel so good. This is …

Cover photo for Geophytes

Geophytes

What in the wide world of horticulture is a geophyte? Well, I didn’t know to be honest. As I was …

Non-astringent Persimmon

What Is This Orange Fruit?

I am teaching an Extension Master Gardener℠ training series right now at the Beaufort County Center. This is where …

Cover photo for Freezing Class

Freezing Class

Check out this freezing class Louise will be offering next month! Details below. Come meet new friends, and build your …

Cover photo for Dehydrating Class

Dehydrating Class

Check out this Dehydrating Class Louise is offering next month! Details below. Food Preservation: Drying Foods Come meet new friends and …

Recent Publications related to Agriculture & Food

Female farmer or agronomist examining green soybean plants in field

An Extension Guide to Alternative Proteins

This Fact Sheet describes key concepts related to alternative proteins and their use in food …

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A Guide to Intensive Vegetable Systems

Intensive Vegetable Production refers to a system of marketing and producing vegetable crops in which …

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Tomatoes for Processing in Eastern North Carolina

The per-capita consumption of processed tomatoes has increased steadily in recent years. This has been …

Fresh Market Tomato Production Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina

The tomato is a warm season crop. With special production practices you can produce your …

Bulb Onions

The onion is a cool season crop that will withstand moderate freezes. It may be …

Lettuce

This publication discusses growing and harvesting head lettuce, the most important salad vegetable grown in …

Asparagus Crown Production

Producing asparagus crowns for sale or use is simple and profitable. Careful attention to details …

Neighbor Complaints: The Basics of North Carolina's Right to Farm and Bona Fide Farm Zoning

Though impossible to measure the incidence of neighbor complaints against farmers, North Carolina public policy …