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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Carpenter Bees

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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Communication, Pt. 5

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Home And Garden Show

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

  •  Farmer’s Market Opening
  • Get your soil samples turned in
  • Lawn mower safety
  • Purchasing transplants
  • Provide green house and cold frame ventilation
  • Check indoor seedlings daily

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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Earthworms

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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Communication, Part 4

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Cleanup perennial flower beds. Cut back plants, pull weeds and refresh mulch
  • Finish up your pruning chores. Fruit trees,blueberries,grape vines, broadleaf evergreens and ornamental trees.
  • Increase pollination of your garden by purchasing Honey bees or contacting a beekeeper to place a hive on your property
  • Keep your garden notebook up to date
  • Check vegetable seedlings that you are growing indoors daily, light,soil moisture
  • Plan your spring garden on paper before planting your garden
  • Check all Garden equipment have it ready when needed
  • Avoid the temptation to plant tender flowers and vegetables. Trees and shrubs are fine to plant now April 20 avg frost free date
  • Refrain from tilling wet soil.
  • Conduct a germination test on old seed.

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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Communication, Part 3

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Home And Garden Show; Farmers Market Opens Soon

— On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Extension

On your mark, get set…Go! To the Vance County Regional Farmers Market, which opens on Saturday, Apr. 20.

Market Manager Pat Ayscue and Cooperative Extension Director Wykia Macon welcomesthe public to the 2024 season at the market, where local vendors will share fruits, vegetables, meats and much more throughout the growing season.

Ayscue manages the Vance County market, but she knows only too well all the work that goes in to making sure that quality products are available at the market each week.

Not only did Ayscue grow up in a farming family, but she married into a farming family.
“You look at the produce in a whole different light when you have planted and harvested it (too),” Ayscue said.

There’s a new sign out front that Ayscue said should go a long way to remind passersby of the schedule and hours of operation, which continue to be Saturdays beginning April 20 and then adding Wednesdays beginning June 5.

The Spring Fling will be held Saturday, May 4 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there are sure to be plenty of unique Mother’s Day gifts available for purchase to go along with the produce and baked goods that fill the market each week.

One popular crop that should be available on opening day is the strawberry crop. This year’s forecast is good, Ayscue said, noting that growing conditions have created slightly smaller vines, which may mean the plants will use extra energy to put into juicier, bigger berries.

The farmers market always has room for more vendors, and Ayscue encourages anyone interested to come out and talk to her to learn details.

She also creates an email list each season to share information about what’s new at the market as well as recipes to create with all the fresh produce that’s available.

And market vendors also accept senior vouchers and EBT.

Ayscue said she looks forward to welcoming returning vendors – and new vendors – to this year’s market “family,” and said the 2024 market will have something for everyone.

Visit https://vance.ces.ncsu.edu/vance-county-regional-farmers-market/ to learn more.

 

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