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Four Season Garden-Season Extension Workshop at the Stone House in Mebane, NC ($5-$15)
Are you interested in learning how to grow greens and veggies through the winter and getting a jump on things in the cool days of early spring? Come out to The Stone House. We're building a Hoop House!!
Facilitated by Tahz Walker and Cristina Rivera Chapman
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8th 10:30-4:00
Trinity Green: Downtown Composting Service (the milkman of composting)
Dear Neighbors -
The average American family discards tons of kitchen waste that is rapidly filling our nations landfills. Unlike plastic bottles, disposable diapers, and other synthetic materials, this organic matter will gradually decompose. Wouldn’t it put to better use in your garden?
Most of us are thinking of ways to minimize waste and, more importantly, do our part in helping the environment. An economical and ecologically sound solution is to turn your families scraps into compost.
Shiitake Wonderland
Well it finally happened!! After rolling my mushroom logs into the pooling water below my gutter for a bath and then back to their home under the pecan tree behind my house, they fruited!!
Great Talk from a Native Plant Expert All the Way from Delaware--October 11th
NORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN
T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I N A A T C H A P E L H I L L
Doug Tallamy The 10th Annual Jenny Elder Fitch Memorial Lecture
Bringing Nature Home
How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife
in Our Gardens
Sunday, October 11, 2009
2 pm
in our new, green
Education Center! More information at ncbg.unc.edu
Free! Please call to reserve
a seat as space is limited!
962-0522
Disease Prevention, Planting and Maintenance by Bob Guillow
By Bob Guillow
Although diseases can appear despite your best efforts, if you're familiar with their symptoms and the controls that can be used against them, you'll have a better chance of stopping them before they can become a problem.
While good gardening practices will fend off many diseases, you can't always prevent a disease from attacking a prized plant. To help keep plant problems under control, try taking the following steps:
