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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Use vermicomposting (earthworms) to compost food scraps into compost for your garden
  • Go ahead and start pruning grapevines whenever we get a few mild days. Don’t worry if they exude sap.
  • Keep a good thermometer in your greenhouse and cold frame when growing plants
  • Get ready to fertilize your tall fescue lawn. Pick up a slow release turf fertilizer for application in mid-Feb. It’s fine to use one combined with crabgrass preventer, but I recommending avoiding other combinations.
  • Prepare your pruning equipment because pruning season is fast approaching.
  • Take stock of stored gasoline. Any stored gas that has an ethanol component can cause starting and running problems for lawn and garden equipment.
  • Check seedlings growing indoors, light and moisture are key.
  • Get ready to do a dormant spray on your fruit trees. Also check your stock of chemicals and spray equipment so you’ll be ready to make the necessary treatments that start soon after flowering.

 

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.:

  • Use sand instead of salt products on walkways and driveways during winter weather and sand don’t hurt plants like salt can.
  • Cut dead foliage off of ornamental grasses. Take care not to cut into the crown or growing point, which is at the center close to ground level. Also trim last year’s foliage off liriope and mondograss.
  • Check stored bulbs for decay.
  • Inspect large shade trees for damage from the winter storm. Look for broken or hanging branches. If you can’t reach them from the ground with a pole saw, then hire a professional.
  • Check your pruning equipment pruning season is just around the corner.
  • Don’t wait until spring to plant trees and shrubs. Plant them anytime now that the ground is soft enough to dig, so they’ll get a head start.
  • If you have seedlings started indoors check each day for moisture

 

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.:

  • Clean your greenhouse check for mice
  • Use annual ryegrass as a temporary cover on bare spots in turf.
  • Plan out your garden now,
  • Be prepared to apply crabgrass preventer earlier.
  • Plan on growing one vegetable that you haven’t grown before.
  • Start checking the planting calendar to see what can be planted.
  • Build a small greenhouse or cold frame to raise your own transplants for 2022
  • If you want to raise transplants indoors, set up a system for artificial light.
  • Order 2022 new released varieties as soon as possible they will sell out quick
  • Get ready to prune grape vines.

 

Home And Garden Show 1-5-22

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • New Year = New Garden Year Start your 2022 Garden Journal
  • Contact wildlife resources commission for help with wildlife damage issues
  • Start planning your 2022 garden on paper now what are your goals for 2022 garden.
  • Turf weed management is different now.
  • What problems did you have in your 2021 garden? Call Cooperative Extension we can give you recommendations that may solve some of those issues before those problems start in 2022.
  • Start preparing your seeding equipment for growing transplants.
  • Build a small greenhouse or cold frame to raise your own transplants for 2022
  • Consider fruit crops that are easier to grow.

 

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What an odd weather forecast for the end of December and the start of January.  Temperatures have been well above normal with 70 plus degree highs this week and mid 70’s projected into the weekend before reality returns the first of the week with high temperatures on Monday staying in the 40’s but what can this unseasonable warm spell do to plants that have been dormant for winter?  Wayne Rowland with the Vance Co. Extension Service discussed that on the Home and Garden Show today (Wednesday) as part of the Local Skinny!  Rowland said that the warmth can effect many plants causing them to break dormancy. However, since we are still quite early in the winter season and the projected return of more normal temperatures next week damage to plants is not a major concern even if dormancy is broken.

“It’s a very unusual warm period,” Rowland said. “If it were to last two weeks it could be detrimental to plants,” Rowland continued. Rowland explained that any plant that has broken dormancy would return to that state once colder weather resumes.

One plant that may suffer are azaleas. Some people have reported that their azaleas are starting to bloom. Rowland says that since azaleas only have one set of blooms that these plants would have less blooms in the spring.

Wayne Rowland can be heard on Home and Garden Show along with Paul McKenzie every Wednesday at 11:30am as part of the Local Skinny! and the Vance Co. Cooperative Extension Report can be heard at 11:50am on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday on WIZS.

On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Get ready to start your 2022 garden journal
  • Cooperative extension has Carolina Lawns publication that will give you information A to Z in lawn care
  • Start planning your 2022 garden on paper now have a garden plan.
  • Check Your trees health,with the leaves off the trees you can see any damage
  • How current warm temperatures can affect your plants
  • Inventory your seed before ordering more seed.
  • Start preparing your seeding equipment for growing transplants
  • Build a small greenhouse or cold frame to raise your own transplants for 2022

 

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

 

THIS WEEK IN THE GARDEN

 

  • Check garden tools if they need replacing add to your Christmas list

 

  • Take a critical look at your shrubbery to decide what to replace.

 

  • Water house plants with room temperature water cold tap water may put house plants in shock.

 

  • Re-pot any houseplants that have become rootbound. Most plants benefit from repotting every year or so.

 

  • Hairspray works well for keeping seed heads and dried flowers on wreaths and other decorations intact.

 

  • Wood ashes have a liming effect and can be spread lightly in the garden.

 

  • Dust houseplant leaves with a soft cloth

 

  • Be very careful when using a chainsaw.

 

  • Check water under your christmas tree each day

The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 12-8-21

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Review your garden journal before ordering more seed of a variety of that you planted last year
  • Continue planting.
  • Buy local for gardeners on your gift list
  • Lightly prune roses
  • Statewide burning ban is still in affect according to NCFS
  • Consider building a small greenhouse or cold frame for seed starting.
  • Shop local nurseries for Holiday Plants
  • Tear out oversized or poorly performing shrubs.
  • Check water under your christmas tree each day

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Home And Garden Show 12-1-21

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Submitting Soil Samples
  • Purchase a NC Christmas Tree
  • Give your trees their annual exam.
  • Take cuttings from evergreens for festive holiday decorations
  • Prune if you have to, but consider waiting until late Feb.
  • Make your garden garden christmas wish list
  • Monitor lawns for cool season weeds
  • Shop local nurseries for Holiday Plants
  • Rejuvenate your raised beds by adding compost
  • Check water under your christmas tree each day

Now that Thanksgiving has past many people are now looking forward to Christmas. If you are thinking about purchasing a live tree this year then think about a tree grown here in North Carolina.  Wayne Rowland, of the Vance Co. Extension Service, strongly encourages the purchase of a tree grown in North Carolina. “Ask where the tree came from,” said Rowland on today’s Home and Garden Show. Rowland says there are numerous species such as Red Cedar, White Pine and Virginia Pine and they are all great trees to consider purchasing for Christmas decorating. By purchasing a tree grown in North Carolina not only are you going to purchase a great tree but you will also be supporting North Carolina Christmas Tree growers and North Carolina farmers.

 

Home And Garden Show 11-17-21

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Wykia Macon, 4-H
  • Plant spring flowering bulbs (quality, P, planting depth)
  • Plant trees and shrubs
  • Plant pansies (soil prep, plant selection)

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Home And Garden Show 11-10-21

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 On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

THIS WEEK IN THE GARDEN

  • Tips for backyard egg production
  • Tips for backyard meat bird production
  • Tips for raising goats/sheep
  • Tips for pasture management for goats/sheep
  • Meat vs. milk
  • Processing options

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