Randolph County Center: Lawn & Garden

Are you a plant killer? Watch this episode of "In the Garden with Bryce Lane" to learn to keep plants alive: [more]
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Avoid foodborne illness this holiday season by following these Extension tips from #NCSU and Kansas State Univ: [more]
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For much of NC, Thanksgiving is a great time to plant spring-flowering bulbs. See Extension at #NCSU tips: [more]

Lawn & Garden

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Gardening is considered our nation's most popular pastime, yielding fresh fruits and vegetables for the dinner table, a cleaner environment and aesthetically pleasing landscapes. North Carolina Cooperative Extension helps gardeners learn more about new plants, native plants and environmental stewardship. Extension-trained Master Gardener volunteers are instrumental in these efforts, sharing their knowledge of plant selection, cultural practices and pest management with fellow gardeners, school students and others.

Master Gardener volunteers are part of the volunteer staff of NC State University's Cooperative Extension Service. They are members of the local community who take an active interest in their lawns, trees, shrubs, and gardens. They provide unbiased, research based educational assistance and programs in horticulture and environmental issues to the gardening public. Visit the Extension Master Gardener web site to learn more.
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Common Vegetable Problems
Posted October 15th, 2009 in Lawn & Garden

Common Vegetable Problems By Mary Helen Ferguson, Extension Agent, Horticulture We extension agents continue throughout our careers to get new questions, some of which are quite unusual (we could write a fairly entertaining book, I think). However, there are certain issues that reoccur time and time again—Leyland cypresses seem to be dying, voles are eating someone’s plants, etc. In this article, I’m going to talk about a few common vegetable problems and some possible solutions. Blossom end ... MORE

Forestry Cost-Share Programs/Fire Ants Are Here Again!
Posted October 2nd, 2009 in Lawn & Garden

Forestry Cost-Share Programs by Mary Helen Ferguson, Extension Agent, Horticulture One of our NCSU Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources faculty members, Dr. Robert Bardon, spoke earlier this month about cost-share programs that are available to woodland owners. We sometimes throw around jargon and assume people will know what it means, but let me define “cost-share”: This means that some agency pays part—not all—of the costs for something you do. Because of the 2008 Farm Bill, there ... MORE