Blossom End Rot, A Fixable Tomato Problem popular
Blossom end rot is a common problem of gardeners everywhere. It can be identified by dry brown or black spots or depressions at the blossom end of the tomato. It can enlarge as MORE »
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Green Beans MUST be Canned with a Pressure Canner
The process for canning green beans has often been controversial as many still remember old-fashioned practices learned from family and friends. Safely canning green beans requires using a tested and reliable method. Pressure MORE »
Forage Sampling
Do you know the nutrient composition of the hay you have baled or purchased? If not, you really have no idea what you are feeding your livestock. Profitable livestock production is dependent on MORE »
Rose Rosette Disease
Rose rosette disease has been identified in the south since the 1940s and although it is a killer of wild and cultivated roses, it has been relatively benign in its damaging effects until MORE »
Tough Beans Perplex Gardeners
Each summer I get a few calls from area gardeners with complaints about tough green beans. Most folks around Burke County grow one of the half-runner type green beans. These beans have been MORE »
Tomatoes or Walnuts?
It’s a tough choice to have to make. As southerners, we hold our tomato plants in high esteem and go to great lengths to have the biggest and best plants around. But, then MORE »
Heat and Humidity
Livestock producers can help their animals endure the stress from heat and humidity in a variety of ways. To reduce livestock heat stress in hot humid conditions, it is important to provide plenty MORE »
Dealing With Pinkeye In Cattle
Pinkeye or infectious bovine kerato-conjunctivitis was first diagnosed in 1889, and remains an economically important disease in cattle today. There are three different types of pinkeye. The first is a vitamin A deficiency MORE »
Why Don’t My Hydrangeas Bloom?
The one garden question that I get at all times of the year is ”why don’t my hydrangeas bloom?” There are some things that the gardener needs to know before the answer becomes MORE »
Learn to Delay Complications of Diabetes
Did you know that the number one complication of diabetes over time is heart disease? Other complications of diabetes may include nerve damage or neuropathy, liver and kidney damage, vision problems, infections, gum MORE »
NC Broadband Survey – Have you taken the survey yet?
You can help get high speed internet service available in all areas of Burke County! MORE »
Watch for Early Blight in Tomatoes
Tomatoes are America’s favorite garden crop and although they taste great, they can be difficult to grow. They are susceptible to many diseases and insects, many of which they can withstand without major MORE »
Controlling Flies On Cattle
With recent warmer weather, fly populations have increased. Horn flies and face flies are the primary pests of cattle here in Burke County. These species breed in fresh manure but each presents a MORE »
USDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs
USDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs Farm Bill Implementation Continues at Brisk Pace with Universities and State Cooperative Extension Programs Now Set to Help Educate Farmers WASHINGTON, MORE »
Time For Garden Pest Warfare
Seeds are up, the tomatoes are getting taller and the squash and cucumbers are starting to run-now what? For the vegetable gardener, the easy part is done. It’s time for the most difficult MORE »
Test Pressure Canner Gauge For Safe Canning
Spring is here and gardens are beginning to produce. It’s time to get canning supplies and equipment checked and ready for use. If your canner has a pressure gauge, it should be tested MORE »
Forages For Horses
Good management of horse pastures can easily provide almost all dietary requirements for the average pleasure horse. Good management can greatly extend the grazing season, greatly reducing hay needs. Horses on poor pasture MORE »
Garden Alert – Squash Vine Borer
It’s time for a devastating insect to attack our squash and pumpkin plants. The squash vine borer danger period is fast approaching and if you’ve ever had this pest before, now is the MORE »
Strawberries, Nutritious and Delicious
Sweet, fragrant strawberries are a sure sign of summer! Locally grown strawberries are now in season and taste great. Look for bright and fully red, medium sized, plump, unblemished, fragrant, glossy, slightly soft MORE »
Carpenter Bees Are Officially Here
What could be more frustrating than japanese beetles, boxelder bugs or army worms? The answer is carpenter bees. Anyone who owns a building made of wood is probably experiencing the problems of trying MORE »
