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Complete Gardener Workshop Series
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Complete Gardener Series – 2009 Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will again offer its Complete Gardener Series of classes in 2009 beginning on January 21. What: This popular series includes 13 classes beginning with Botany for Gardeners; The Soils We Dig; and Soils, Fertilizer, and Water Quality. This introduction will
Fall Pruning?
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Fall Pruning? I’ve been a bit “bothered” by a number of major pruning projects I’ve observed from the windshield recently. The specific projects don’t bother me so much as the message they communicate – “time to prune.” Wrong. It’s a bad time to prune. It’s unfortunate but true that a lot of folks observe what
Employees attend technology training
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Employees of the Greene County Center of NC Cooperative Extension recently became the newest contributors to Extension's statewide wiki, a special kind of web site that allows users to add and edit content.Gloria Artis, Shenile Ford, Kim Hoskins, and Shirley Howard attended technology training about the Extension wiki last week in Snow Hill."The Extension wiki is a new resource that will save tax dollars by allowing employees from various parts of
Complete Gardener Workshop Series
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Complete Gardener Series – 2009 Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will again offer its Complete Gardener Series of classes in 2009 beginning on January 21. What: This popular series includes 13 classes beginning with Botany for Gardeners; The Soils We Dig; and Soils, Fertilizer, and Water Quality. This introduction
Things to Do This Month
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Things to do this month, or any month. For many of us (including myself) it can be difficult to remember things to do at the optimal time. Then a month later I can give myself a “dope slap” and wonder why I didn’t do that last month. Lists can be handy if I can remember to look at the list. I have begun a series of web pages to help us through the seasons.Visit my
Fall Pruning?
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Fall Pruning? I’ve been a bit “bothered” by a number of major pruning projects I’ve observed from the windshield recently. The specific projects don’t bother me so much as the message they communicate – “time to prune.” Wrong. It’s a bad time to prune. It’s unfortunate but true that a lot of folks observe what
Taking the Fire Out of Fire Ants 2
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Taking the Fire out of Fire Ants Cooperative Extension in Chatham County will offer a program on fire ant management on Monday November 10. There is no charge for the program that begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Agriculture Building in downtown Pittsboro. Participants are required to call 919.542.8202, to pre-register for limited seating. This program is a repeat of the October 15 version, because
Hoke County Extension Staff Update
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The Hoke County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service is excited to announce the following staff update.We would like to congratulate Shirley Smith on her appointment as Family and Consumer Sciences Agent. Her areas of responsibility include food and nutrition, health and wellness, family resource management, human development, home environment and volunteer management. Shirley received an Associate in Applied Science Degree in Human Services Technology from Sandhills Community College. She also
Why Should you care about Conserving Energy at Home?
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Would you be surprised to know that the average homeowner will spend “conservatively” around $1,900 dollars a year on energy alone? Think about it… are you one of those homeowners? While our homes are more efficient today than they were 30 years ago, considerable opportunity remains for greater home energy efficiency. Would you like to save 20-30% on your household energy bills? If your answer is yes, then your first step to savings is
Tips To Head Off High Heating Bills
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With crisper temperatures upon us and new stories predicting skyrocketing natural gas prices along with rising oil prices this winter, homeowners now have more incentives than since the energy crisis of the 70’s to take steps to ensure their homes are energy efficient. In fact, natural gas costs have already doubled from 1999 and are the highest since 1985. The price of a gallon of heating oil is up by more than 30 cents from