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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Home And Garden Show 11-3-21

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

  • Compost leaves please DO NOT BURN THEM!
  • Continue planting trees and shrubs. Dig a planting hole that’s 2 or 3 times as wide as the rootball, and no deeper than the rootball.
  • Have Frost Protection materials ready projected forecasts for lows will be in the 30’s
  • Plant spring flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. If the bed has not been fertilized recently, mix some into the planting site first.
  • Harvest your sweet potatoes today if possible you do not want sweet potatoes that have been exposed to frost.
  • Even perennial flowers can be planted now. The tops will die off over the winter, but the roots will continue to grow and the plant will come back strong next spring.
  • Winterize any equipment that may have water in it.
  • Many plants can be divided now, giving you a free way to expand your plantings or share with friends. Possibilities include daylily, hosta, iris, liriope, and many perennial flowers.
  • Do not leave pet food outside it will attract wildlife. Skunks, raccoons, opossums.
  • Monitor lawn for cool season weeds through the fall and winter. It’s best to treat them as they appear.

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden

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

Make a compost bin if you don’t have one.
As stem and foliage of perennial flowers and ornamental grasses begin to die off, consider leaving them standing through the winter.
Use PPE equipment when doing landscape chores. Eye protection, hearing protection.
If you’ve never tried battery powered lawn and garden equipment, take a fresh look at the offerings. Battery tech has improved significantly and the equipment is very quiet.
Harvest sweet potatoes before frost.
Be sure to remove gas from any equipment that will not be used over the winter.
If you have areas in your garden or lawn that don’t produce well take a soil sample you may have a pH problem or a nutrient deficiency.
Consider doing some basic maintenance to lawn and garden power equipment before storing for the winter so you’ll be ahead of the game next spring. Oil change, spark plugs, air filters, etc.
Have your frost protection materials organized and ready for when we have our first frost.
Planting time is now! Add new trees and shrubs to your landscape.

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The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 10-13-21

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This week in the garden with Vance Co. Extension:

  •  Now is the time to dig your sweet potatoes.
  •  Get outdoor container plantings ready for cold weather.
  •  Start planning your season extension materials. Cardboard, row covers, plastic canvas
  • Consider adding ornamental grasses to your landscape.
  • Check cole crops; they may need top dressing with nitrogen if they are light green.
  • Enjoy a visit to a public garden during the mild weather.
  • Soil samples are still free of charge to avoid the rush bring your samples to Cooperative extension today.
  • Spray ivy, wisteria, poison ivy and English Ivy with Brush Killer.
  • Store garden equipment that you won’t need until next spring.
  • Drain water from hoses and other irrigation equipment to prevent freeze damage

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Home and Garden Show

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

THIS WEEK IN THE GARDEN

1 Check your cole crops for insects. Ex Harlequin bugs, cabbage worm, loopers, aphids
2 Use the NC Extension Plant Toolbox to find trees or shrubs for any situation. 
3 Start collecting your season extension frost protection materials. Cardboard, sheets, etc.
4 It’s late to sow tall fescue seed, do so immediately or wait until late Feb.
5 Keep leaves off of newly established lawns.
6 Fire ants are more active during these times of milder temperatures, which means bait products work well for controlling them. 
7 Soil samples need to be taken now to make soil amendments!
8 Collect seed from cosmos, zinnia, rudbeckias, sunflowers and more. Store in a cool dry location.
9 You can plant carrots,,bulb onions, mustard,lettuce,garlic ,arugula
10 Make a cold frame to raise spinach, lettuce and other greens through the winter.
11 Check for voles in your flower beds and fruit orchards
12 Continue succession planting in your garden 

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Home and Garden Show

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

  • Vance County Regional Farmers Market Update.
  • If finished with your garden consider planting a cover crop to protect the soil and add nitrogen to your garden for next year. Example – Crimson clover.
  • Avoid using organic soil amendments when planting trees and shrubs unless you can amend a large area.
  • Start winterizing equipment that you are not going to use until next spring.
  • This is a good time to make herbicide applications to vines and woody brush you want to eliminate. This includes things like english ivy, poison ivy, wisteria, briars, tree saplings, etc. Use a brush killer that will kill the root as well as the top part of the plant.
  • Start assembling your leaf gathering equipment. Have a plan on what to do with your leaves this year.
  • Do you have any mixed spray solution in any of your garden sprayers? Use it up now before you forget what it is, and before we get freezing temperatures.
  • Soil samples need to be taken now to make soil amendments!
  • If you have shrubs with major dieback, consider replacing them this fall. Shrubs with dieback may continue to survive, but they almost never look good and treating them is impractical to impossible.
  • You can plant beets, sweet peas, bulb onions, mustard, lettuce, collards, arugula.

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Home and Garden Show

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

  • Prevent weeds from going to seed. Easier to control now than controlling weed seedlings in the spring.
  • We are past the preferred planting window for tall fescue.
  • Put netting over your goldfish pond before leaves start actively falling.
  • Check NC State Extension resources before planting fruit crops of any kind to find out recommended cultivars for this area.
  • Start assembling your leaf gathering equipment. Have a plan on what to do with your leaves this year.
  • Strategic limb removal from large shade trees can allow more sunlight into your yard. Take note now of key limbs, but wait until December at the earliest to do the work.
  • Monkey Grass / Liriope maintenance – February.
  • Soil samples need to be taken now to make soil amendments!
  • Don’t waste time trying to pull bermudagrass or wiregrass out of flower beds. It’s a futile effort. Call us for more effective strategies. 438-8188.

Home and Garden Show

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

  • Farmers Market
  • Getting to Know Your Land
  • Before tilling up an area of your garden, take a picture of what was growing there and record it in your garden journal so you can rotate vegetables in that area next year.
  • Sow your tall fescue seed now though mid-September. Get soil seed contact and water frequently.
  • Consider planting cover crops such as crimson clover to provide nitrogen for next year’s garden.
  • Don’t put grass clippings in the compost pile.
  • Consider constructing a greenhouse or cold frame to extend your growing season.
  • When planting trees and shrubs this fall, consider choosing native plants that produce berries to help birds get through the winter.
  • Take your soil samples now to avoid the rush !!!!!!!
  • Don’t apply lime to your lawn unless indicated by soil analysis.
  • You can plant beets, sweet peas, bulb onions, mustard, lettuce, collards, arugula.
  • Visit the Memorial Garden at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market to see what’s blooming late in the season.

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