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Blueberry Pruning 2025: Wrangling and Basics

Published - December 11, 2024

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Winter 2025 Muscadine Pruning in Lee County

Published - December 11, 2024

Green industry professional Opportunity- Sandhills T&O 2025

Sandhills Professional Turf and Ornamental Conference 2025 Registration Coming!

Published - December 9, 2024

Making Meals Healthier This Holiday Season

Published - December 6, 2024

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Life During the Cold: Dormancy, Diapause and Death

Published - December 5, 2024

Use the Holiday Season to Say “Thank You” to Family, Friends and Farmers

Published - December 5, 2024

Pond Nutrient Management

Published - December 5, 2024

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DEADLINE Dec. 16: UMO Announces 2025 AgPrime Funding for Farmers and Agribusinesses

Published - December 2, 2024

Making Meals Healthier This Holiday Season

Published - December 2, 2024

Pruning Tools

Pruning: Pointers, Tips and Timing

Published - November 20, 2024

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Published - November 20, 2024

Next Year’s Butterflies Are Tied to This Year’s Fall Garden “Clean-Up”

Published - November 15, 2024

Poppies for Veterans Day

Published - November 15, 2024

Tracie in PollExtension Master Gardener Volunteer Tracie taking data for the Great Southeast Pollinator Census in the Pollinator Haven Garden in 2024inator Garden

Notes From the Garden Lab: Contributions to Science From the Pollinator Haven Garden

Published - November 1, 2024

Safe Pesticide Use and Disposal: Household Hazardous Waste Day in Lee County

Published - November 1, 2024

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"Fall" in Love in Planting: The Best Time to Get Your Perennials and Trees in the Ground!

Published - November 1, 2024

Making Meals Safer This Holiday Season

Published - October 31, 2024

Cutflower grower at a local farmers' market

Sandhills Cut Flower and Herb Growers Gathering for Producers

Published - October 28, 2024

The Importance of Soil Sampling

Published - October 21, 2024

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Stackable Pumpkins: Where Fashion Meets Food

Published - October 21, 2024

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Apply for 2025 NC Farm School Today

Published - October 16, 2024

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Balancing Diseases and Leaving the Leaves for Pollinators

Published - October 14, 2024

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Fall Freezing Guide

Published - October 14, 2024

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Privacy Hedges: How We Should Use Plants to Hide

Published - October 4, 2024

Food Expiration Dates: What Do They Actually Mean?

Published - September 26, 2024

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“No Mow Late Summer” Equals Beautiful Roadside Wildflowers

Published - September 26, 2024

The Evolution of Corn Mazes

Published - September 26, 2024

Lee County EMG Volunteer Class of 2025 Recruitment Poster

Lee County EMG Class of 2025: So, You Want to Be an Extension Master Gardener Volunteer?

Published - September 20, 2024

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Surprise, There Is a Naked Lady Hurricane (Aka Lycoris Lilies Are Up)!

Published - September 20, 2024

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Are Your Trees Dying?: Make Landscape Maintenance Changes Before It Is Too Late

Published - September 13, 2024

Milkweed seeds Photo by Amanda Bratcher

Saving and Sowing Seeds From Your Perennials

Published - September 4, 2024

Showcasing Community Talents, From the Past to the Present

Published - August 31, 2024

fall armyworm Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood

Marching In: Fall Armyworm Populations Spike After Summer Weather Swings

Published - August 27, 2024

Cinnamon Spice

Celebrating Fall Flavors and Spices

Published - August 27, 2024

Beating Boredom

Published - August 20, 2024

Lee County Counts Pollinator Census, Aug 23-24, 2024; learn more: lee.ces.ncsu.edu

Lee County Counts in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census

Published - August 20, 2024

Wind and Rain Damage in Crops

Published - August 14, 2024

“Pollinators are under threat.” We hear it more and more from scientists and the news. If you haven’t heard, you’ve probably at least noticed that your windshield has stayed a lot cleaner over the last couple of decades. What is important to understand fr

Gardeners Are Scientist: Count Lee County Insects in the Census

Published - August 13, 2024

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Insects, Worms and Peaches, Oh My! BOLO for Mantises, Hammerhead Worms and Peach Tree Borers

Published - August 7, 2024

EMFV Joy Shockey & Bobbie West

Lee County Introduces New Extension Master Food Volunteer Trainees

Published - August 7, 2024

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