Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden
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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Living Christmas Trees
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Cooperative Extension with Jamon Glover: A Proper Foundation
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The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 12-8-21
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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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Forest Incentives
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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie
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Home And Garden Show 12-1-21
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.
Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Reuse Before Recycling
Recycle…it’s something we hear a lot about but is it the smartest idea? Wayne Rowland of the Vance Co. Extension Service explained on Monday’s Local Skinny that there are actually better ways than recycling to manage waste. Rowland says that recycling is important but it is third of the three R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle. “Before you recycle, choose to reuse,” Rowland said. Reusing an item might mean to repair it or perhaps repurpose an item for another use. Reusing an item has the advantages of minimizing waste and maximizing resources. Additionally, reuse saves or delays purchasing a similar item, eliminates disposal costs, reduces the waste stream, lessens pollution and items that are to be reused can be more affordable than the same item purchased new.
Rowland also explained that reducing is also important when it comes to waste management. Reducing involves eliminating and decreasing the amount of waste and reducing toxicity of materials. Redesigning products to use less packaging, making items more durable and avoiding disposable products are all ways reducing waste helps the environment.
Recycling involves the collection of used materials and these materials are used to manufacture new products. Rowland pointed out that recycling consumes energy, water and other resources and recyling itself can also cause pollution but less than manufacturing products with virgin materials.
For more information contact Wayne Rowland at the Vance County Extension Service at 252-438-8188. The Cooperative Extension Report can be heard as part of the Local Skinny on WIZS Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 11:50 AM.
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: What Works in the Garden
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Christmas Tree Selection and Care
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Choosing a Christmas tree can be a fun activity for the whole family to enjoy, whether perusing a lot full of cut firs and pines or whether venturing out to a tree farm where the perfect seasonal addition to your home décor awaits.
Wayne Rowland, Vance County Cooperative Extension’s natural resources technician, has some suggestions to make sure consumers get the best bang for the buck. Tree prices, like so many other items, are higher this year.
Live, cut trees are completely recyclable. But they also are perishable. To make sure trees hold their needles through the Christmas season, they should get water regularly and stay in a cool spot.
Trees, of course, come in all heights, but they also receive a grade, depending on their shape and fullness. If your tree is going to be visible from all sides, you may want to purchase a #1, or premium grade tree; if you’re putting it in a corner with only a couple of sides visible, perhaps a #2 grade will suffice. Foliage density, color and fragrance are additional factors to consider.
A ball-and-burlap tree is another option for those in search of a Christmas tree – the tree’s roots are literally wrapped in burlap for planting in the landscape after being enjoyed over Christmas in your home. Rowland reminds consumers to make sure that the tree you select will survive in this climate.