RALEIGH — As retailers prepare to stock their shelves with garden and landscaping supplies, standards inspectors with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are out to make sure consumers get what they pay for at checkout. Th ...
By Darrell Blackwelder For the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — Moles seem to be everywhere in the county, burrowing through lawns and gardens. Many people have called wanting to eliminate the animals. Controlling moles is not an easy chore; many hav ...
Gary L. Pierce Horticulture Extension Agent Harnett County Q. Why is my annual ryegrass not coming up in my lawn? A. There are two general reasons for sowing a ryegrass lawn in the fall. First, you have a potential erosion problem and your warm seaso ...
By Darrell Blackwelder For Farm Carolina Fertilization is a very important part of maintaining a beautiful lawn. Fescue is the predominant cool season grass that grows best in fall and into the winter months. September is the time to initiate the fe ...
By Gary Pierce Over the years I’ve heard people use the phrase “losing traction” when they refer to some task. For example, people say I’m losing traction on the weeding in my vegetable garden. The word “traction&rdqu ...
SALISBURY — Fall is the best time to renovate or plant cool season fescue or fescue blend lawns. For many, it seems to an annual event, especially with unseasonable summer heat. Granted, there’s not much we can do about the weather, but m ...
SALISBURY — Most fescue lawns in Rowan County have ample strands of crabgrass and other weeds. Abundant rainfall and hot temperatures favor weed growth of endogenous weeds and drastically reduces growth of cool season fescue. In many instances ...
By Darrell Blackwelder Rowan Extension Director Most fescue lawns in Rowan County have ample strands of crabgrass and other weeds. Abundant rainfall and hot temperatures favor weed growth of endogenous weeds and drastically reduces growth of cool sea ...
By Darrell Blackwelder www.farmcarolina.com A woman contacted Cooperative Extension late last week about brown patch in her yard. Brown patch, a fungal disease, was not the problem; it was the unseasonably hot weather. Record high temperatures have b ...
Just in time for spring landscaping, the North Carolina State University Turfgrass Program has launched the NCSU Lawn Care app. Focusing on the key categories of lawn care and maintenance, such as grasses, pest problems and irrigation, the app is a c ...
By Darrell Blackwelder www.FarmCarolina.com Warm spring temperatures and cool nights have let many lawns green up seemingly overnight. Many people are mowing their lawns least three times a week to keep up with the current growth. Cooperative Extens ...
Everything is ahead of schedule this year because of unseasonably warm weather. Insects are also showing up ahead of schedule. The Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education at North Carolina State University posted an alert last week ...
NC State Geranium Root geranium cuttings for color next summer. Take 4-inch cuttings of terminal growth, making an angled cut just below a node. Dip the cut end into rooting hormone. Use a pencil to poke a hole in moistened potting medium then inser ...
http://alamance.ces.ncsu.edu/index.php?page=news&ci=LAWN+84 Remove spent flowers from your annuals or herbaceous perennials to keep them blooming. Self-cleaning flowers save time and work in the garden by dropping dead blooms, eliminating the ne ...
http://alamance.ces.ncsu.edu/index.php?page=news&ci=LAWN+82 April is a good month to start scouting for insect pests on your shrubs and trees. Aphids, azalea lace bugs and Boxwood leaf miners will be active this month. Look closely at your plan ...
