On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
- The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8am to 1pm. Today they have tomatoes, snapbeans, beets, cabbages, yellow squash, zucchini squash, red irish potatoes, cantaloupes, watermelons, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, peaches, and canned items.
- The 2025 Landowners and Heirs Property Workshop will be on July 24th, 2025 from 8am to 4:30pm at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market.
- Check for flooded rows after storms have passed open ends of rows to let excess water out.
- Check harvest intervals on the label before applying any chemical on crops that you will be harvesting soon.
- Start planning your fall garden now.
- Protect yourself with correct personal protective equipment. Such as a wide brim hat and safety glasses.
- Keep that garden journal updated each day you work in the garden. Ex: spray schedule, top dressing with fertilizer.
- If you hear thunder, it’s time to get out of the garden.
- Let your children and grandchildren help in the garden and teach them now, they are our future gardeners.
- If planning to renovate your in September take a soil sample now.
- Carolina lawns is the best publication for having a good lawn.
- If you have pumpkins, put a board under the pumpkins to get them off the ground.
- Check houseplants dust weekly with a soft cloth.
- Check storage areas for mice.
The Vance County Cooperative Extension is located at 305 Young St, Henderson, NC 27536
The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is located at 210 Southpark Dr., Henderson, NC 27536
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