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-1pm.
• Keep hydrated, drink water and do garden chores early or late in the day.
• If going on vacation, have someone harvest your vegetables while you are away.
• Keep your garden journal updated daily.
• Identify insects before spraying a chemical. Cooperative Extension can help with insect or disease identification.
• If you have more vegetables than you need, share them with someone else that can’t grow a garden.
• Check your garden for harvestable vegetables each day.
• Keep your rain gauge clean and empty after recording any rain in your garden journal.
• Continue your fruit spray program according to product directions.
• 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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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-1pm
• Check for harvest intervals on the label before spraying any vegetables.
• Use Personal Protective Equipment when working in the garden, wide brim hat, long sleeve shirt, sun gloves, keep hydrated. Work early in the garden if possible.
• Vegetables need 1 inch of water a week.
• Identify insects before spraying a chemical. Cooperative Extension can help with insect or disease identification.
• Squash vine borer is visiting your squash now.
• Water tomatoes at the base of the plant.
• Monitor plants for Nitrogen deficiency Yellow green leaves are the first sign of nitrogen deficiency.
• Continue your fruit spray program according to product directions.
• Record rainfall each day in your garden journal.
• 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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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• The Vance County Regional Farmers Market Spring Fling is this Saturday, May 9th, from 8am-1pm.
• The Vance-Warren Beekeepers Association will have their next meeting on June 8th, starting at 7pm at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market.
• Gardens need 1 inch of rain or irrigation per week.
• Read the label each time you use any chemical in your garden.
• Spray weed killers when the wind blows less. Be mindful of chemical drift.
• Identify insects before spraying a chemical. Cooperative Extension can help with insect or disease identification.
• If you planted seed in your garden and ample rain has occurred, be mindful of soil crusting. You need to slightly loosen the soil surface to help the seed to emerge well.
• Keep your garden journal updated daily.
• Monitor plants for Nitrogen deficiency Yellow green leaves are the first sign of nitrogen deficiency.
• Continue your fruit spray program according to product directions.
• Record rainfall each day in your garden journal.
• 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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Like a lot of other folks tending gardens and lawns around here, Sam Franklin of Franklin Brothers Nursery is hopeful that the weather forecast is accurate and the area is going to get some much-needed rainfall over the next week or so.

Franklin has been in the plant business for more than 50 years and he said he’s proud of the relationship that his nursery has with the community.

“We try to set ourselves apart with customer service,” Franklin said on Wednesday’s Home and Garden show. “We want every gardener to be as successful as possible.”

A couple of helpful tips Franklin has for those who are trying to keep lawns green, flowers growing and gardens producing include:

• Using mulch in flower and vegetable beds to help keep moisture in the ground.
• Water early in the day and water deeply – water new plants 2-3 times a week and established plants weekly
• Remove weeds that steal precious moisture from desired plantings
• Don’t skip a watering. Try to keep moisture even – don’t wait until plants are very dry to water and don’t over-water in a single application

There’s still time to plant more summer vegetable plants – can you really have too many tomatoes, cucumbers or peppers? Now through the end of June is the perfect time to consider adding some of those summertime favorites to extend your harvest season.

These summer favorites like the summer heat, Franklin said, as long as they stay properly hydrated.

“There’s nothing like growing your own produce,” Franklin said.

The nursery has plenty of whatever you need to plant, from vegetables and herbs to succulents, annuals and perennials, as well as roses, shrubs and trees. And most of them are grown right here in Vance County, Franklin said.

Visit www.franklinbrothers.com or, better yet, come on out for a visit. The nursery is located at 3193 Vicksboro Rd. “If you’ve never been out, you’ll be amazed at what you see.”

The phone number is 252.492.6166.

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

• The Vance County Regional Farmers Market opens this Saturday, May 2nd, open from 8am-1pm.
• Know what insect you have in your garden before spraying, it might be a beneficial insect.
• Use a soaker hose to irrigate raised beds.
• Refrain from using weed  killers until weeds and grass start back actively growing.
• Use row covers to protect seedlings from birds. Ex: corn seedlings.
• If you have a bee swarm contact Cooperative Extension we have bee keepers that can retrieve the swarm.
• Check ponds for aquatic weeds, bring us a sample so you can have a positive ID before purchasing a chemical.
• Gardens need at least 1 inch of rain or irrigation per week.
• Continue your fruit spray program according to product directions.
• Clean out your rain gauges to accurately measure the amount of rain.
• 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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