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Purple Coneflower Clinic: What's wrong with your Echinacea flowers?

Published - July 28, 2026 Read
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It's Okay to Have Moss

Published - July 22, 2026 Read
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How to control Carolina Horsenettle

Published - July 20, 2026 Read
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Pollinator Haven Garden

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July Extension Newsletter - Lee County Center

News From Lee County Center

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Less is More- Lazy Best Practices for Gardening For Pollinators

Published - July 17, 2026

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Pirates and Assassins [Bugs] to the Garden Rescue

Published - July 15, 2026

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Check it Out at Spice Club

Published - July 13, 2026

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When Less is More: A Lazy Gardener’s Guide to Supporting Pollinators

Published - July 9, 2026

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Top Five Hummingbird Plants for Central North Carolina

Published - July 9, 2026

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How to Manage Dogfennel

Published - June 5, 2026

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Connect the Plots: Celebrating Pollinators in Lee County with Yard Certifications

Published - June 2, 2026

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What is Annual Knawel?

Published - May 26, 2026

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Upcoming Events

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4-H & STEAM Program - Water Quality Tuesday | Jul 28 | 4:30 PM — 6:00 PM Lee County Libraries, Broadway Branch
Magetsi 4-H Club Friday | Jul 31 | 5:30 PM — 7:30 PM
Sanford Farmers' Market Saturday | Aug 01 | 8:30 AM — 12:00 PM 157 Charlotte Ave, Sanford, NC 27330, USA
Brick City Clovers 4-H Club Meeting Sunday | Aug 02 | 3:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Sandhills NC Native Plant Society Meeting Tuesday | Aug 04 | 5:00 PM — 7:30 PM N.C. Cooperative Extension - Moore County Center, 707 Pinehurst Ave, Carthage, NC 28327, USA
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News From NC State Extension

Flier for the WNC Regional Ginseng Update meeting on September 18, 2026 in Asheville, NC
WNC Regional Ginseng Update

Published - July 27, 2026

From: New Crops & Organics
Flier for Appalachian Forest Farmer Coalition and NC State University Extension Forest Farming Office Hours. Held on September 11 and November 13, 2026 from 12 to 1:30 PM EST. Q&A, resources, and conversation about forest farming. Held on Zoom.
Fall Forest Farming Office Hours

Published - July 27, 2026

From: New Crops & Organics
Flier: Forest farming office hours summer 2026. Join the Appalachian Forest Farmer Coalition and NC State University for this virtual Q&A session via Zoom. May 8, June 12, and Aug 7 from 12:1:30 pm EST. Register: https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/W86x
Summer Forest Farming Office Hours

Published - July 27, 2026

From: New Crops & Organics
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Save the Date for Pollinator Habitat Workshop & Native Plant Sale

Published - July 26, 2026

From: Growing Small Farms
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Register Now for TH1: Intro to Therapeutic Horticulture

Published - July 24, 2026

From: Therapeutic Horticulture
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Got Chinch Bugs? We Need Your Help!

Published - July 23, 2026

From: TurfFiles
Scatter plot showing the distribution of 4,955 SNPs across chromosomes 1 to 9, with genomic positions on the x-axis and chromosome numbers on the y-axis.
Center Update: Applying Genomic Selection Techniques to the NC State Turfgrass Breeding Program

Published - July 22, 2026

From: TurfFiles
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NC 4-H Introduces New Online System for Project Records

Published - July 17, 2026

From: North Carolina 4-H
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Veggie Disease update, July 17th, 2026

Published - July 17, 2026

From: Vegetable Production
Image showing a potted plant under neath lights and a camera, the resulting image from this set-up, data gathered and charted on graphs, and then a translation to the field.
Center Update: TurfDetect: Leveraging Polarization Camera to Detect Leaf Wilting in Turfgrass

Published - July 15, 2026

From: TurfFiles
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