CHECK THIS OUT !!! The Department of Horticultural Science’s Titan arum is about to bloom ! You are cordially invited to visit this rare, exotic tropical wonder this week to witness the bloom MORE » – from 
Integrated Pest Management
Fall is a great time to enjoy fresh fruits. Right now, I’m enjoying figs and muscadine grapes. When I finally get my fill of fresh fruit, I like to preserve some of summer’s MORE »
Vegetable Garden Plant cool season crops like radishes, spinach, and lettuce in September. Cool season herbs like dill, parsley and cilantro can be sown or transplanted. Plant garlic and onion until November. Choose MORE »
Root knot nematodes have stunted the roots of this tomato plant. Nematodes are a common problem in sandy soils. Nematodes are microscopic worms that live in the soil. Many nematodes are beneficial, preying MORE »
Wednesday September 14 at 5:30 pm Chatham County Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos will be giving a tour of Chatham County Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro. The garden was designed to MORE » – from Growing Small Farms
For several years, I’ve been hearing that crape myrtle bark scale was heading towards North Carolina. Well, now we know that it is here. This is bad news because crape myrtles are typically MORE »
Photos by Debbie Roos, Chatham County Cooperative Extension In late 2008, I planted a demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham Mills to provide forage from early spring to late fall for pollinators such as honey MORE » – from Growing Small Farms
Davon Goodwin is a prime example of what it means to work hard and have a big heart. Davon launched OTL Farms this fall as an application of the lessons he learned from MORE » – from NC Farm School
Tomato late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, was reported to NCSU Extension Agent on August 25, 2016 from a conventional tomato field in Buncombe County, NC. Symptoms were first observed on MORE » – from Extension Plant Pathology
Cucurbit downy mildew has been reported on pumpkin and cucumber in Ashe and Haywood Counties, respectively. Downy mildew, caused by the oomycete Pseudoperonospora cubensis, infects leaves and can result in significant yield loss. It was reported through the CDM MORE » – from Extension Plant Pathology
