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Beekeepers: Register Now for Queen Rearing Workshop
The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a Hands-on Queen Rearing Workshop for Beekeepers from 10:00 am-3:00 pm on Saturday June 1 in the auditorium of the Agriculture Building in Pittsboro. The MORE »Posted: 5/13/13Kudzu Bug Invasion!
Last fall I got alot of calls from folks wanting to know what insects were all over their figs, beans, tomatoes, and other crops. So I took photos and made a new web page MORE »Posted: 5/13/13Pollinator Garden Tour May 8!
Wednesday May 8 at 5:30 pm I will be giving the first tour of the year of Chatham County Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro. The garden was designed MORE »Posted: 5/6/13NCSU Research Looks at Using Herbal Oils to Kill Pathogens on Produce
The News & Observer has an article today discussing the exciting research being conducted by North Carolina State University that is looking at using herbal oils to kill pathogens on produce and reduce the MORE »Posted: 5/6/13Create a Pollinator Paradise Workshop & Garden Tour
The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a pollinator conservation workshop and garden tour as part of its Enhancing Sustainability Series on Saturday, June 8, 2013 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. starting MORE »Posted: 4/22/1318th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour This Weekend!
How does this sound for a great weekend? Savor strawberries you picked yourself, sample delicious cheese, veggies and meat you just bought at the farm, and top it all off with a wine tasting MORE »Posted: 4/21/13Should Farmers & Gardeners Worry About 17-Year Cicadas?
Many of you have been reading about the coming emergence of the 17-year periodic cicadas (Magicicada), likely bringing back memories of 2011, the last time central North Carolina saw a periodic cicada invasion. In 2011 MORE »Posted: 4/17/13Small Ruminant Parasite Control Training
On Thursday April 25, Chatham County Cooperative Extension will conduct a Small Ruminant Parasite Control Training from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at Celebrity Dairy in Siler City for folks who raise goats and MORE »Posted: 4/16/13EVENTS View AllMore Events
Pollinator Garden TourWed Jul 10, 2013
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
480 Hillsboro St. Pittsboro, NC 27312
— 3 weeks awayCover Crop WorkshopMon Aug 12, 2013
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Where:
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Where:
65 East Chatham St., Pittsboro, NC 27312
— 2 months awayPollinator Garden TourWed Aug 14, 2013
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
480 Hillsboro St. Pittsboro, NC 27312
— 2 months awayPollinator Garden TourWed Sep 11, 2013
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
480 Hillsboro St. Pittsboro, NC 27312
— 3 months awayPollinator Garden TourWed Oct 9, 2013
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
480 Hillsboro St. Pittsboro, NC 27312
— 4 months awayPollinator Garden TourWed Nov 13, 2013
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Where:
480 Hillsboro St. Pittsboro, NC 27312
— 5 months away
