Lee County Center | N.C. Cooperative Extension

It's Okay to Have Moss

Published - July 22, 2026 Read

How to control Carolina Horsenettle

Published - July 20, 2026 Read

Less is More- Lazy Best Practices for Gardening For Pollinators

Published - July 17, 2026 Read

4-H Youth Development

Family and Consumer Sciences

Lee McSwain Policies and Procedures

Learn how reserve the McSwain Center for meetings and events

Pollinator Haven Garden

Learn about the Garden, how to visit and how to get involved

Gardening and Lawns in Lee County

Learn how to take care of your garden and lawn in Lee County

Lee County Cooperative Extension Monthly Newsletter

Dive into our monthly newsletter below and catch the latest buzz!

July Extension Newsletter - Lee County Center

News From Lee County Center

Pirates and Assassins [Bugs] to the Garden Rescue

Published - July 15, 2026

Image depicting the spice club that will happen at the Lee County Library once a month on the second Thursday from 6-7 pm

Check it Out at Spice Club

Published - July 13, 2026

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

Published - July 9, 2026

Top Five Hummingbird Plants for Central North Carolina

Published - July 9, 2026

How to Manage Dogfennel

Published - June 5, 2026

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

Published - June 2, 2026

What is Annual Knawel?

Published - May 26, 2026

Why You Should Remove Fruit From Your Fruit Trees

Published - May 26, 2026

All News From Lee County Center

Upcoming Events

Jul 28

4-H & STEAM Program - Water Quality Tuesday | Jul 28 | 4:30 PM — 6:00 PM Lee County Libraries, Broadway Branch

Jul 31

Magetsi 4-H Club Friday | Jul 31 | 5:30 PM — 7:30 PM

Aug 01

Sanford Farmers' Market Saturday | Aug 01 | 8:30 AM — 12:00 PM 157 Charlotte Ave, Sanford, NC 27330, USA

Aug 04

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

Aug 07

Monthly Pollinator Haven Garden Tour- August Friday | Aug 07 | 10:00 AM — 11:30 AM Pollinator Haven Garden

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News From NC State Extension

Published - July 24, 2026

From: Therapeutic Horticulture

From left to right, chinch bug (small, winged insect) life stages, nymph through adult in increasing size.

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

NC 4-H Introduces New Online System for Project Records

Published - July 17, 2026

From: North Carolina 4-H

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

zoysiagrass lawn under heat and drought stress

Managing Turfgrass Under Heat and Drought Stress

Published - July 14, 2026

From: TurfFiles

Color Coded Drought Map of NC showing most of the state in moderate to Exceptional drought. With North Central and South Central the driest

Landscape Tips for Drought

Published - July 8, 2026

From: Gardening

Joanna Radford and Surry County CES Staff

Supporting Farms, Inspiring Youth: A Conversation with Joanna Radford

Published - July 6, 2026

From: Local Food

Hive of honey bees with bees clustered and hanging on the front or 'bearding' due to extremely high daytime temperature.

What Should I be doing in the apiary this month? July

Published - July 1, 2026

From: Pollinators

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