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Increasing Food Accessibility: Union County Takes Action

North Carolina has the 8th highest rate of food insecurity in the nation. Recent statistics indicate that children have even higher rates of food insecurity in our state. Almost 1 in 5 of North…

Growing Okra in the Home Garden, How to Grow Okra, What Vegetables are Good for the Garden, What Vegetables Can I Grow at Home

Growing Okra in the Home Garden

Okra is a warm-season crop that is a staple in many home gardens. It is a tall, upright plant with a hibiscus-like flower that originated in Africa. The immature, young seed pods are the edible part…

Mosquitos, Mosquito Control, Mosquitos and Water,

Pesky Mosquito Control

Mosquitoes are important pests because their irritating bites often interfere with outdoor activities and can transmit disease to people and domestic animals. I lost a good friend a few years ago to…

Union County Master Gardeners

National Extension Master Gardener Week

50 years ago the Extension Master Gardener℠ program began at Washington State University. The Co-Founder & WSU Urban Horticulturalist, David Gibby, believed in the power of volunteers. What began…

English Ivy Growing on Tree in the Winter, What is the Green Stuff Growing on my Tree, What is the green leaves on my tree, Ivy on Tree, Ivy Growing on Trees

English Ivy

When the leaves are off the trees in winter you can easily see all the English ivy vines growing up tree trunks. N.C. Cooperative Extension, Union County Center wants you to remove the English Ivy…

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Valentine’s Gifts for Gardeners

Flowers and candy are traditional gifts given as Valentine’s Day presents. Many gardeners appreciate both, but they might appreciate a more thoughtful gift even more.You can make a bouquet from the…

Lawn Burrweed, Sticker Weeds, How to get rid of sticker weeds, how to get rid of burrweed, getting rid of weeds in my yard, when is the best time to spray yard for weeds

What Are the Sticker Weeds in My Yard?

I know it is winter time, but do you look forward to spring and taking a nice barefoot walk on your lawn? As a child I can remember playing on the lawn barefoot and getting trapped or surrounded by a…

Christmas Tree Selection

How to Select a Christmas Tree

Not only does Union County send turkeys to the White House to be pardoned, this year the national Christmas tree that will grace the grounds of the National Capital also came from North Carolina from…

Plants to Add to Landscape, Holly Fern, Christmas Fern, Ferns, Plants in Landscape

Christmas and Holly Ferns

In the spirit of the season I want to talk about 2 evergreen ferns that you might consider adding to your landscape. The first fern is commonly called the Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides),…

Tree Root Photos, Tree Roots, Root Problems, Tree Roots Rotting

Root Problems Lead to Tree Decline

Most urban tree decline that we can see is most likely related to root problems. Indicators of tree root problems are: crown die back, epicormic shoots and suckers, stunted twig growth, leaves too…