Life During the Cold: Dormancy, Diapause and Death
Finally, we are experiencing a real, deep cold (the teens, brr!) in Central North Carolina. There’s frost on the …
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DEADLINE Dec. 16: UMO Announces 2025 AgPrime Funding for Farmers and Agribusinesses
The University of Mount Olive (UMO) Lois G. Britt Agribusiness Center announces the 2023 AgPrime Cost-Share Grant Opportunity in …
Pruning: Pointers, Tips and Timing
Pruning is one of the most important tenants of garden maintenance and it causes the most anxiety among gardeners. …
Next Year’s Butterflies Are Tied to This Year’s Fall Garden “Clean-Up”
It is shaping up to be our favorite kind of fall, with temperatures already dropping in the 40s at …
Poppies for Veterans Day
Plants have been used as symbols since the dawn of civilization, and their meaning can resonate through time and …
Notes From the Garden Lab: Contributions to Science From the Pollinator Haven Garden
I have always taken the philosophy that gardens are living classrooms, full of lessons we can learn if we …
"Fall" in Love in Planting: The Best Time to Get Your Perennials and Trees in the Ground!
Fall is an excellent time for planting many of our favorite trees, shrubs and perennials. Sometimes it is confusing …
Sandhills Cut Flower and Herb Growers Gathering for Producers
Build a community of Sandhills cutflower and herb growers with us! Do you grow specialty cut flowers or herbs for …
Stackable Pumpkins: Where Fashion Meets Food
Fall decoration themes include natural and agricultural elements in our modern times. There is something innate that makes us …
Balancing Diseases and Leaving the Leaves for Pollinators
Gardening and farming are acts that require you to be in the moment, while also looking backwards to the …
Privacy Hedges: How We Should Use Plants to Hide
Humans use plants for a host of ornamental purposes, and the privacy hedge is an excellent use of plants. …
“No Mow Late Summer” Equals Beautiful Roadside Wildflowers
The roadsides of Lee County can be places of incredible botanical diversity. Without much help, mother nature shows off …