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Lemon Springs ECA Meeting
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Heart and Hands ECA
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4-H Teen Cooking Camp & Competition
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Lee County 4-H County Council
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News and Updates
Subscription OptionsIntuitive Eating: Focus on the Health, Not the Scale
Written By: Riley Griffin, Dietetic Intern With so many different diets out there, choosing which option works best for you …
Lee County 4-H Young Commissioner to compete at 4-H State Public Speaking Competition
Angel Uy, Lee County 4-H Young Commissioner, attended the South Central 4-H District Public Speaking Competition on Friday, June …
More Than Meets the Eye
The homemade costumes are striking as bright and bold colored fabrics swirl around these young and smiling faces on …
Summer Heat on Plants
Summer is quickly approaching and so is the North Carolina summer heat. Ensuring your plants are healthy and happy …
Home Irrigation
While walking with a blueberry grower a few weeks back, we stopped at a young blueberry shrub with dramatic …
Understanding Tomato Varieties
Tomatoes are easily the most popular crop grown in home vegetable gardens (though the part we eat is most …
Smoothies 101
Written by: Nicole Nuccio, Dietetic Intern With the hot weather and the busyness of summer approaching, it can be difficult …
Climbing Cucumbers
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) has been grown and bred for centuries. It is mentioned in the Bible and in …
Strawberry Disorders
Sun shining, temperatures soaring which can only mean it’s mid-spring and strawberry season is in eastern North Carolina! It’s …
The Importance of Bats
Set aside the spooky Halloween tales. In reality, bats serve as important pollinators of many food plants and provide …
Summer Learning Loss
As the world is greening up our thoughts are turning to summer and summer vacation. Programs all around Lee …
Earth Day
April 22 was Earth Day, and was a great opportunity to remind us that plants are good for the …
Rose Rosette Disease
Rose rosette is a viral disease that has been increasingly common on many rose species and cultivars in North …
Seed Starting
March 21 is behind us. It’s officially spring! Some warmer days and still cold nights, so it still may not …
Reduced Fruit Yield
We’re in sight of full-blown spring, which means steady, warming temperatures, an explosion of plant growth, and dreams of …
Trouble Growing Tomatoes?
Trouble Growing Tomatoes When: Saturday, April 13, 2019 Time: 11 a.m. until noon Where: Broadway Hardware & Supply 305 N. Main Street Broadway, NC …
Geocaching Fun - Into the Woods
Geocaching Fun When: Saturday, April 6, 2019 Time: 1–3 p.m. Where: San Lee Park 572 Pumping Station Rd. Sanford, NC 27330 Would you like to discover and …
Gardening for the Birds
Continued expansion of housing developments is reducing and degrading habitats for native species, but your garden can provide valuable …
Tomatoes and Marigolds
Growing up we always planted marigolds in with our tomatoes. This practice was folklore wisdom that got handed down …