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.
