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Woody branch covered in clustered white armored scale insects

Check Fruit Trees for Scale Pests

If you have fruit trees, now is a good time to inspect them for scale insects. White peach scale and San Jose scale are serious pests that can kill fruit trees within a few years if not controlled.…

We had about 50 folks turn out for the show and tell to learn about pawpaw production.

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, 2014 at Full of Life Farms outside…

The class first toured Debbie's demonstration Pollinator Paradise Garden at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro.

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 from Dr. Chris Gunter's Vegetable Production…

paw paw fruit

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 outside of Pittsboro. We will visit grower Wynn Dinnsen's…

Cooperative Extension's Pollinator Paradise Garden

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 to provide forage habitat for pollinators such as honey bees,…

Genovese basil shwing late stages of basil downy mildew

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 the east coast. Learn all about it and see over 20 photos on the Growing Small Farms…

Touring Lilly Den Farm

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 North Carolina State University's Agricultural & Resource Economics Department to…

Nymphs of the flatid planthopper on eastern ninebark shrub.

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. Several people have asked me what is the white fluffy stuff they are seeing on the stems of…

cranberry fruitworm in blueberry

Cranberry Fruitworm in Blueberry

Farmers and gardeners who grow blueberries may notice damage to the developing berries caused by the cranberry fruitworm. The cranberry fruitworm moth lays eggs on green berries and after hatching…