Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Fire Ant Control
Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.
Vance Co. Extension with Jamon Glover: Disobedience Pt. 2
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The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 10-13-21
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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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden
Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.
Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Forest Boundaries
Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.
Cooperative Extension with Jamon Glover: Disobedience, Pt. 1
Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.
Garden Chat Series Offers Tips, Suggestions For Gardeners’ Fall, Winter Tasks
The Vance/Warren Master Gardener℠ volunteers will host a series of “garden chats” for local gardening enthusiasts. The virtual, interactive lecture series is titled “Fall & Winter: The Most Important Gardening Season.” The first session is Thursday, Oct. 21 and begins at 2 p.m.
The gardening tasks of the fall and winter seasons set the stage for a beautiful and productive garden over the following spring and summer, and this educational series will provide step-by-step guidance to achieve success, according to information from Paul McKenzie, agricultural extension agent for Vance and Warren counties.
Topics include Trees & Shrubs for Birds and Pollinators, Fall Garden Chores, Vegetable Garden Season Extension, Pruning and more. All sessions will use the Zoom video conferencing platform, which is a free download for computers, smartphones and tablets.
This is a free series, but registration is required. Sign up for all sessions, or choose specific topics of interest. For more information and to register, visit http://go.ncsu.edu/mgchat. For details, contact McKenzie at paul_mckenzie@ncsu.edu, 252.438.8188 or 252.257.3640.
Home and Garden Show
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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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: House Ants
Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.
Cooperative Extension With Paul McKenzie
Listen live at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / or on the live stream at WIZS.com at 11:50 a.m. Mon, Tues & Thurs.