Tag Archive for: #cooperativeextension

Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Pecans

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: Supporting Farmers

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Now is the time to start planning your season extension methods. Row covers. plastic , cardboard.
  • If you plan to renovate your lawn do so ASAP.
  • With cooler temps scout your property for fire ants. Granule baits work well when fire ants are foraging
  • Plant a cover crop on vacant areas of your garden, Crimson clover is a good cover crop.
  • Your fall vegetables may need top dressing check your garden journal for when they were last fertilized.
  • Plant trees, shrubs, bulbs, perennials, pansies, strawberries.
  • Now is the time to collect soil samples. Avoid the rush!
  • Harvest sweet potatoes now. Sun cure them by placing them on a trailer and leaving them in sunshine and moving them inside at night. Do this for about 2 weeks after digging.

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden

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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Bedtime Problems, Pt. 4

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Nights are getting cooler start planning your season extension measures etc row covers, sheets, cardboard.
  • Don’t be too quick to clean up perennial beds. The dried stalks and foliage can provide overwintering habitat for beneficial insects and cover for birds.
  • With cooler temps scout your property for fire ants. Granule baits work well when fire ants are foraging
  • If you plan to use a cover crop in your vegetable garden, order seed now.
  • Your fall vegetables may need top dressing check your garden journal for when they were last fertilized.
  • Plant trees, shrubs, bulbs, perennials, pansies, strawberries.
  • Now is the time to collect soil samples. Avoid the rush!
  • Educate yourself about invasive species.
  • Clean equipment that you know you are not going to use this fall and store correctly
  • Would you like to grow pecans? Make plans now by researching cultivars and identifying nurseries.
  • Remember Lawnmower safety. Check the lawn for debris, use PPE hearing and eye protection and Please No Extra Riders one seat  equals one person on the mower!

 

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Cooperative Extension with Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden

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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Native Plants

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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Sharing Pt. 2

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Vegetables to plant now Chinese cabbage, Garlic, bulb onions, spinach
  • Don’t apply lime to your lawn out of habit or routine.
  • Any vegetables growing now still needs 1 inch of rain or irrigation
  • Scout for fire ants and treat active mounds.
  • If renovating your lawn make sure you pack the seed into the soil. Good seed to soil contact is a must for good seed germination.
  • Plant trees and shrubs.
  • Soil Test season is now! 1 week analysis time
  • Plant strawberries, if you can find them.
  • Visit local nurseries to plan for your fall landscape projects.

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