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Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Vance County Extension Center Announcements Agriculture & Food Animal Agriculture Commercial Horticulture, Nursery, & Turf Farm Health & Safety Field Crops Food Safety & Processing Pest Management Specialty Crops Community Environment Forest Resources Health & Nutrition Home & Family Lawn & Garden Youth & 4-H County Centers Vance County Government Cooperative Extension NC State NC A&T State STREET ADDRESS Vance County 305 Young St Henderson, NC 27536 (252) 438-8188 Phone (252) 492-3830 Fax Map & Mailing Information

North Carolina Cooperative Extension is based at North Carolina's two land-grant institutions, NC State University and NC A&T State University, in all 100 counties and on the Cherokee Reservation. Special Announcements Mary Helen Jones, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences, has been named Interim County Director as of February 1, 2009. 4-H & Youth Lawn & Garden Home & Family The latest issue of the Garden Path is available here. More Events »   Events Forestry Meeting    July 9th, 2009 @ 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Henderson, NC Learn about herbicides as a forest management tool. Our speaker will discuss how herbicides can be used to control unwanted vegetation and increase forest productivity. ... MORE Hands-on Pruning Workshop    July 11th, 2009 @ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Warrenton, NC Come out to the Warren County Extension Center for some hands-on learning about proper pruning techniques. This will be an outdoor workshop with live demonstrations. The Extension Agent and Master Gardeners will demonstrate proper cuts, timing, tool use and maintenance, and more. This event will be CANCELLED in case of inclement weather. If the weather looks questionable, check this website the day of the event. ... MORE More News »   News 05/29/09 Choosing Pesticides Posted June 4th, 2009 in Lawn & Garden     Has your garden been beset by bugs, barnyardgrass, and blackspot? Did something maul the maples?  Are there spots on your spiraeas?       Gardeners today, when faced with such catastrophic circumstances, have a wonderful tool at their disposal that was not available a mere century ago; the wonderful world of chemistry.       Pesticide products, which include insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and all the other “icides”, have tremendous power to keep our yards and gardens looking ... MORE 04/25/09 Building a Raised Bed Posted May 7th, 2009 in Lawn & Garden      My wife is a teacher and convinced me to take some vacation during her spring break for some quality time.  “Quality time” of course includes working on your wife’s “honey-do” list.  On my list was building a couple of raised beds for her vegetable seedlings.    For novice gardeners, I want to stress the verb in that last sentence:  building.  As I stroll around the garden center on a Saturday during spring, I marvel ... MORE

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