Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Blueberries In The Garden
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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Goat Facilities
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Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
- Check soil moisture before tilling soil. Tilling soil that is too moist makes clods.
- How do we come up with recommended planting dates?
- Check temps in greenhouses and cold frames when day time temps will be 70 degrees F Provide ventilation to prevent cooking your plants growing in these structures.
- Which plants should be direct seeded, and which should I use transplants?
- ID all your plantings with variety and planting date popsicle sticks and a permanent mark work well.
- Compost your kitchen scraps. Get a countertop bin to hold scraps, then periodically empty into compost pile or bin.
- Check garden equipment. Tillers, sprayers, weed trimmers.
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The Local Skinny! Programs For Youth At Perry Memorial Library
If Perry Memorial Library looks more like an artist’s studio than a library this afternoon, you have Melody Peters and Alice Sallins to thank. Peters, the library’s youth services director and Sallins with the local arts council, are teaming up for the March Kids Connect program.
Kids Connect is geared toward elementary-age students, Peters said it’s fine to bring older or younger siblings. Peters has a word of warning: Kids should come dressed in “paint friendly” clothing, because there will be painting!
Today’s project involves art, and Sallins will talk to the children about art and how they can express themselves through art.
“Learning happens through play, the arts, and discovery,” Peters said on Tuesday’s bi-weekly library segment of The Local Skinny!
April’s Teen Life Hacks involves a different kind of art – poetry. But it’s poetry with a twist, Peters said. Bull City Slam Team is coming to the library on Tuesday, April 11 at 4:30 p.m. to entertain, inform and enlighten youngsters about spoken word.
“They are amazing!” Peters said. “It’s poetry, but it’s performed, it’s personal, it’s original work. It is just powerful.”
So many young people may think that poetry is boring, but Peters said the April 11 program will change their minds. “It can be lively and reflect you in a whole different way of expressing yourself,” she said. This program is geared toward tweens and teens, 6th grade and up.
And then on Thursday, April 13, students off for spring break can gather at the library from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. to get some first-hand experience with cooking and some STEM activities. Register for this activity online, Peters said. She hopes to have at least 20 participants come to the library to get some tips on cooking and proper nutrition from community partners at the N.C. Cooperative Extension.
Register for this activity here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSer-QeW_IAgx8E4Vozpx9YRYArvW-YjXxpDiDmC7blRB_oTZw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
Visit https://www.perrylibrary.org/ to find out about all its programs and services.
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Cooperative Extension With Paul McKenzie: What Works in the Garden
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Cooperative Extension with Wayne Rowland: Clothes Moths
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The Local Skinny! Pink With A Passion Cancer Walk
The second “Pink With A Passion” cancer walk planned for Saturday, April
15 in Warren County grew out of one woman’s desire to pay it forward. And Amena Wilson wants to see all the colors of cancer represented. This year’s theme, in fact, is “Fight cancer in all colors,” Wilson told John C. Rose during Thursday’s segment of The Local Skinny!.
“We are celebrating all types of cancer survivors,” Wilson said. “It’s going to be a day with great meaning,” she added, filled with music, testimonies and encouragement for anyone whose lives have been touched by cancer.
Wilson is president of the nonprofit group, which she founded after a 2017 breast cancer diagnosis – thus, the color in the organization’s name.
Wilson said she hopes there will be all colors associated with particular cancers present for the event, which will be held at the Warren County Rec Complex from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
It’s going to be “a day of celebration for patients, survivors, caregivers,” Wilson said. There will be food trucks and vendors, as well as music and other entertainment throughout the day.
Walkers are encouraged to wear whatever color represents the cancer that has affected them or loved ones they’ve cared for. “It’s going to be a day with great meaning,” she said.
This event is NOT a fundraiser, Wilson emphasized; rather, it’s just a small way to show support and encouragement to cancer patients and to survivors.
And it’s not just for Warren County residents – “we welcome anybody, near and far…we would love to have you,” Wilson said.
Wilson can be contacted at 252.213.5735 to learn more.
Here are some common cancers and their colors:
Lung cancer: white
Brain cancer: grey
Breast cancer: pink
Liver cancer: emerald green
Lymphoma: lime green
Prostate cancer: light blue
Stomach cancer: periwinkle blue
Bone cancer: yellow
Leukemia: orange
Skin: black
Colon: dark blue
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Cooperative Extension With Jamon Glover: Thank You
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Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
- Keep your Garden notebook or app up to date. Ex planting dates, fertilizer schedule
- Make plans to visit a public garden this spring to get inspiration and ideas for your own landscape.
- Purchase a good soil thermometer.
- If you direct seed crops in your vegetable garden, monitor soil daily to ensure the seed bed has adequate moisture.
- Order Honeybees ASAP for pollination.
- If you have plans to do some landscaping this spring, don’t wait to plant trees and shrubs.
- Check garden equipment. Tillers, sprayers, weed trimmers.
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The Local Skinny! The Importance of Rabies Vaccines for Pets
Did you know that state law requires pet owners to have their pets vaccinated against rabies?
The statute states that all owned cats, dogs and ferrets must be vaccinated for rabies. It’s important to keep all vaccinations up-to-date, but especially rabies, said veterinarian Alex Besermenji with Franklin Animal Hospital.
Besermenji spoke with Bill Harris Tuesday during the recurring Pets and People segment of The Local Skinny!
“Rabies is a viral disease,” Besermenji explained, most commonly seen in wildlife like raccoons, coyotes, foxes and bats. Unvaccinated pets that are bitten by rabid animals face a bleak outcome. The disease is incurable, he said.
“Once the virus enters the nerve system, it works all the way up to the brain. There is no cure.”
Although rabies isn’t often seen in cats, Besermenji said the feral cat population may be more at risk than our domesticated tabbies and torties.
The fact of the matter is, any mammal may contract rabies. And prevention with a one-year or three-year vaccine given at the vet’s office or at clinics offered regularly be local animal shelters is what keeps all our furry friends safe.
Franklin Animal Hospital is located at 501 W. Mason St. in Franklinton, just off U.S. 1.
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