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Agriculture

Recommendations of herbs for budding gardeners

There are several herbs that you can grow in the landscape. Most of these would fall into the annual category however, meaning that you would ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Friday, February 19, 2021 2:37 pm

Agriculture

Beaufort County Cooperative Extension offers fresh salad and salad dressings class

NC Cooperative Extension is offering a hands-on fresh salad and salad dressings class! We will explore a variety of fruits and vegetables and create delicious ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:52 pm

Agriculture

Telltale signs of rose rosette virus

Every once in a great while, I get to take my wife out to eat on an actual date. No kids, no work, just the ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 3:45 pm

Agriculture

Poisonous plants to avoid with animals

My son has participated in the 4-H Livestock Show and Auction since he was 6 years old. My wife and her family participated in and ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Thursday, January 21, 2021 4:10 pm

Agriculture

Got moles?

This time of year, I always get calls about mole tunnels across lawns. Why is that? Eastern moles spend their time foraging for food under ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Friday, January 15, 2021 9:57 am

Columns

Is a sweet potato a yam or is a yam a sweet potato?

Our family has a tradition of going camping sometime between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The fathers in the family take the kids away so ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Thursday, December 31, 2020 4:12 pm

Columns

The restaurant industry isn’t the only one hurting!

Terra Ceia, loosely translated, means “Where Heaven meets Earth or Heavenly Earth”. The area is aptly named if you have ever witnessed one of the ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Saturday, December 19, 2020 3:28 pm

Columns

A guide to Christmas tree care

Thanksgiving is here and you know Christmas is around the corner! My family traditionally decorates for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving. It seems the commercial ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Friday, November 20, 2020 2:52 pm

Community Columns

Mums blooming a sign of fall

This week has been absolutely wonderful, the beginning of fall actually feels like fall! I can’t remember when the last time that happened — it ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Saturday, September 26, 2020 3:53 pm

Community Columns

New leaf spot disease in pears?

I am seeing something on pears that I haven’t seen in the past four years since taking this position. Not that I think I have ... Read more

by Beaufort County Cooperative Extension, Friday, September 11, 2020 10:00 pm

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