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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]

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Pitt County Cooperative Extension Office Goes Greener
Posted November 20th, 2009 in Environment

Kitchen waste composting program started at Pitt County Agricultural Center... MORE

Winter Lawn Weeds
Posted November 16th, 2009 in Lawn & Garden

During late February, March, and April each year, the NC Cooperative Extension office receives numerous calls on how to get rid of the weeds growing in many lawns at that time. Actually the best time to control these weeds is between now and February. The first question we usually get is what should I spray to kill those weeds? This is a natural reaction, but it is not the only option for managing ... MORE

Fall Planted, Spring Flowering Bulbs
Posted November 16th, 2009 in Lawn & Garden

Fall planted spring flowering bulbs are some of the toughest plants around. They have stored energy in the bulb to produce the root system, then foliage, and flowers for the spring. With just a little water to get them started at planting they will not disappoint in the spring. The major bulbs planted for spring color are tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils. Remember that most tulips (excluding the species tulips) give a grand show the first ... MORE

Boxelder Bug
Posted November 16th, 2009 in Lawn & Garden

During fall and winter each year Extension offices get calls about elliptical, half inch long insects with dark gray or black bodies that have red stripes on their body and outline of wings. These insects are often found wandering in mulched areas, gathering on the south side of trees or structures, and may even find their way into buildings. As you might imagine calls revolve around finding out what these things are and how ... MORE

Fall Planting
Posted November 16th, 2009 in Lawn & Garden

Fall is here and isn't it great! I know that by the end of the summer, many people are just plain sick and tired of mowing the lawn. There is a way to make lawn mowing more enjoyable while saving time and money. If your landscape consists of mostly lawn, consider reducing the amount you have. Lawns require more maintenance than any other part of your yard. If most of your family's time spent ... MORE

Wax Myrtle
Posted November 16th, 2009 in Lawn & Garden

Quite often I get asked questions about what type of plants are best for screening and what a good small tree to plant is. The answer I often give is "It depends". It depends on whether or not you want a plant that has ornamental flowers, evergreen or deciduous foliage, attractive fruit, few pest problems, drought tolerance, moisture tolerance, slow or fast growth, and what the size requirements are. Anyway, I do have a ... MORE

Moles
Posted November 16th, 2009 in Lawn & Garden

Every year I get calls about moles in lawns. Many times moles are a problem because of development in mole habitat and the lawns we install are perfect feeding grounds for them. Moles have a long tapering snout, they lack external ears, and have small barely noticeable eyes. Moles have a short neck, muscular front forelegs, and heavily clawed feet. The fur is short, velvety, dark gray to black and covers most of the animal. ... MORE

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