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USDA Hardiness Zone Map Update

So what is the Plant Hardiness Zone Map? The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners …

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2024 NC Farm School

The 2024 NC Farm School has come to our district! Location: East Carolina Agricultural and Education Center, 1175 Kingsboro Rd, …

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Horticulture Needs Survey

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Powdery Mildew

Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease that effects many different plants. The symptom of powdery mildew is a …

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Keep an Eye Out for Bagworms

Damage May thru June is the best time to look for and treat bagworms. Bagworms, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, are common landscape insect …

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What Is a Bee Swarm?

I have already gotten some reports and calls about bee swarms being seen in the area this year. Why …

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Cedar-Apple Rust

Cedar-Apple Rust You may be seeing orange gelatinous blobs with what looks like tentacles on redcedar or juniper trees now …

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Lawn Burweed

Lawn burweed Identification Lawn burweed (Soliva sessilis), is also known as spurweed, bindi weed, field burweed and Spurweed. It is a …

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