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Cicada Killer Wasps Begin Emerging
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Soil Health Principles and Practices to Improve Production Soil Microbiology Workshop
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Agroecology on-Farm Dinner, 10/7/2017
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Problem With Tomatoes
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2017 Summer Edition of Extension Gardener Newsletter Is Now Available
Get your free copy! Statewide information on: Outsmart the weeds Ninebark Okra offers taste and beauty The forest in your yard NC Extension Gardener Handbook As …
Vegetable Chapter, Extension Gardener Handbook, Now Available on-Line
Vegetable Gardening, Chapter 16 of the Extension Gardener Handbook Now available for free on line Everything you need to know to grow vegetables …
Extension Gardener "Small Fruits" Chapter Just Released
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National Pollinator Week 2016
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Building Healthy Soil in Vegetable Gardens: Cover Crops Have Got It Covered.
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Collard Greens and Common Ground: a North Carolina Community Food Gardening Handbook
Collard Greens and Common Ground: A National Award Winning Community Food Gardening Handbook by Don Boekelheide and Lucy …
Second Saturday: A Celebration of Food & Community, 9am-4pm, Raleigh, NC
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Getting Dirty in Your Garden, Radio Podcast Featuring the NC Tomato Man - Craig LeHoullier
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Community Gardening Handbook $10 Plus Shipping
Collard Greens and Common Ground: A North Carolina Community Food Gardening Handbook by Don Boekelheide & Lucy Bradley Now available …
Delay Pruning Until Late Winter
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The Worst Thing You Could Do to Grapes in This Unseasonable Warm Winter Weather . . .
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