Home and Garden Show


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

  • The Vance County Regional Farmers Market is open Saturdays from 8am-1pm.
  • Take your soil samples now to avoid the rush.
  • If you are planning to renovate your lawn you may have to irrigate your lawn before you spray your lawn to kill the weeds and grass before you renovate your lawn.
  • Lawn renovation season is now! Plant tall fescue. Use a three-variety mix of fescue seed.
  • Obtain your Carolina Lawns publication before you renovate your lawn.
  • Provide irrigation to newly planted fall vegetables. Your garden needs at least 1 inch of rain or irrigation per week.
  • Use row covers to protect young transplants.
  • Keep your garden journal updated each day you work in your garden.
  • Stay hydrated and take rest breaks in these high temperatures.
  • Harvest early in the day and get vegetables under refrigeration as soon as possible.
  • Get your vegetable publications from Cooperative Extension.
  • Check houseplants, dust weekly with a soft cloth.
  • Check storage areas for mice.

The Vance County Cooperative Extension Building 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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