2021 Extension Master Gardener Class - Begins September 1!
Take your gardening to the next level! And share the joy with others! If you feel like you can respond …
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Stir Crazy Micro-Courses With Tom Dyson!
Have a little bit of time on your hands due to COVID-19 and need something to do? Tom Dyson …
Herbicide Use and Safety in the Landscape
2nd Online Pesticide Class offered by N.C. Cooperative Extension in Lincoln County! Contact the office with your name and …
2021 Extension Plant Sale!
It’s time for the Extension plant sale!! We are offering BLACKBERRY, BLUEBERRY, RASPBERRY, ELDERBERRY, FIGS, STRAWBERRY, and even ASPARAGUS …
Do You Have Angry Fire Ants Again This Spring?
Red Imported Fire ants aggressively attack anyone or anything that disturbs them or their mound, as too many Lincoln …
How to Take a Soil Sample
Dory Hubbard, an Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteer in Lincoln County, writes a blog entitled “Maple Hill 101.” Dory did …
Ask an Extension Master Gardener Volunteer!
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Controlling Fire Ants - VIDEO!
Now is the time to get out there and make smart, strategic fire ant treatments! This link will take you …
The Myths of Tree Topping
Dear Agent Trowel, I hear that the city of Charlotte once fined one of their businesses $10,000.00 for “topping” eight …
Zika Panic Still Premature in NC
Bad news travels way faster than the Zika virus. And that is good news. It is true that Zika …
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