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According to NC State Extension Landscape Specialist Barbara Fair, Callery pear, cherry, and other typically spring flowering trees and …
Lawn & Garden
Add Hurricane Michael & Mosquitoes to Your Weekend "To-Do" List
We are obviously not out of Hurricane or mosquito seasons quite yet (that’s a few weeks away). Hurricane Michael …
Alternatives to Glyphosate for Weed Control
In a recent post on the NC State Extension Weed Management Portal, Dr. Joe Neal, NC State Extension Specialist and Weed …
Webinar: Impact of Flood Water on Vegetable Garden Produce and Soil
Time: Oct 16, 2018, 10:00 a.m. EST Recording Examine the danger of bacterial and chemical contamination of vegetable gardens that have …
Register Now for 2019 Chatham County Beekeeping School
Back by popular demand…the Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will team up again with the Chatham …
Ashe County PSA Hurricane Florence
Ashe County PSA Hurricane Florence Spanish Translated Version Below (Version en Espanol abajo) Please DO NOT call 911 dispatch, the sheriff’s …
County of Ashe Hurricane Florence Press Release
Spanish Translated Version Below (Version en Espanol abajo) Ashe County and the Towns of Lansing, West Jefferson and Jefferson have …
Square Foot Gardening
A Square Foot Gardening class will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
County Extension Programs
- 2017 Pesticide License Re-Certification Opportunities by Cooperative Extension and NCDA
- Ashe County Plant Clinic and Call Center
Information Portals
- Blackberries and Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Composting
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Gardener
- Gardening in North Carolina (Urban Horticulture)
- Horticulture
- Muscadine Grapes
- NC Community Gardens
- Therapeutic Horticulture
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Fruit Crops
- NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
- Urban Wildlife
- Wildlife Extension
National eXtension Resources
Newsletters
- Extension Gardener
- Garden Thymes Fall 2017 Newsletter
- Garden Thymes Spring 2017 Newsletter
- Garden Thymes Summer 2017 Newsletter
- Garden Thymes Winter 2018 Newsletter
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