Cooperative Extension's Junior Chefs Visit Chatham County Farms
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent. Chatham County Cooperative Extension runs a popular Junior Chefs Cooking Camp every summer where kids ages 8-12 …
Photos From Pawpaw Orchard Show & Tell
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent. These photos are from Chatham County Cooperative Extension’s Pawpaw Orchard Show & Tell held on September 8, …
Photos From NCSU Class Visit to Peregrine Farm
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent. Chatham County Cooperative Extension Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos hosted a group of about 30 students …
Pawpaw Orchard Show & Tell
Chatham County Cooperative Extension has organized a Pawpaw Orchard Show & Tell for Monday, September 8, 2014 at Full of Life Farms …
Amazing Diversity of Critters at Cooperative Extension's Pollinator Garden!
Photos by Debbie Roos, Chatham County Cooperative Extension In late 2008, I planted a demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham Mills …
Basil Disease Delivers a Setback for Growers
A severe basil disease is impacting some of our local growers. The disease is causing problems up and down …
Farm Tour Photos: NCSU Faculty Visit Local Farms
Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent. I was asked to arrange an all day farm tour for faculty in …
What Is the White Fluffy Stuff on My Shrubs?
I get lots of gardening questions from visitors when I am working in my pollinator garden at Chatham Mills. …
Where Are All the Butterflies?
Today I saw my first eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly of the year in my pollinator garden in Pittsboro, and …
Cranberry Fruitworm in Blueberry
Farmers and gardeners who grow blueberries may notice damage to the developing berries caused by the cranberry fruitworm. The …
The Year of the Butterfly?
Photos by Debbie Roos, North Carolina Cooperative Extension (all photos taken at Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden in Pittsboro) Have you …
Bill Dow, Organic Farming Pioneer, Dies at 67
Chatham County organic farmer Bill Dow of Ayrshire Farm passed away unexpectedly on December 4, 2012. Bill was one …