CLICK ON THE CLOVER to go to Pamlico County 4-H! 4-H is a fun program where you get to Learn by Doing. 4-H is about the things you like and the new things you want to try! Everyone is invited to join! 4-H has special activities for you! 4-H offers something to match everyone’s interests. Best of all, membership is FREE!
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CLICK ON THE CLOVER to go to Pamlico County 4-H! 4-H is a fun program where you get to Learn by Doing. 4-H is about the things you like and the new things you want to try! Everyone is invited to join! 4-H has special activities for you! 4-H offers something to match everyone’s interests. Best of all, membership is FREE!
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Disaster Information from Extension NCCE Disaster Information Center: www.ncdisaster.com NCCE Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NCExtension EDEN-Extension Disaster Education Network: http://eden.lsu.edu/Pages/default.aspx Pamlico County Government Disaster Information: http://www.pamlicocounty.org/ Pamlico County Master Gardeners Are you looking to expand your knowledge for Gardening and Lawn Care and all things related. Would you be willing to share that knowledge with the rest of the world? If so, consider becoming a Pamlico County Master Gardener Volunteer. Farming, Fishing, and Forestry in Pamlico County Video Click Here Where the Land and Water meet the Sky! NCSU Tourism Plan for Pamlico County The Tourism Plan for Pamlico County is now available! Click here to download the PDF file, or contact Bill Ellers, Pamlico County Extension Director, for a copy: bill_ellers@ncsu.edu
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Public Announcement Pamlico County Tobacco Research Referendum The Pamlico County Tobacco Research Referendum will be held on Thursday, November 19, 2015. The polling location for the referendum will be located at the Pamlico County Cooperative Extension office in Alliance, NC. Pamlico County Cooperative Extension 13724 NC Hwy. 55 Alliance, NC 28509 Phone: 252-745-4121 Email: Daniel_simpson@ncsu.edu The referendum is being held to let tobacco growers decide if they wish to continue the self-assessment program. This program has been in place since 1991, and the law requires that a new referendum be held every six years. A 2/3 favorable vote will mean that growers are willing to continue to assess themselves to support tobacco research and education. The assessment is ten cents per hundred pounds of tobacco produced in North Carolina. The funds, about $300,000 annually, is collected at buying stations by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and then allocated by the Tobacco Research Commission to research and extension projects for tobacco at NC State University. For more information on the referendum please call your County Extension Office at 252-745-4121.
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Pamlico County 4-H has a NEW Sewing Club. This group under the direction of Carolyn Sinclair will have their first official meeting on September 22, 2014 at the Pamlico County Library from 3pm-5pm. The club began out of interest of the sewing workshop Ms Carolyn presented during Summerfest. There is currently space for 2 more youth. Youth must be 9-18 years old. Youth will focus on basic sewing projects, learning the parts of the sewing machine, and being able to read patterns. At their first meeting the club will establish their club name and begin on a patchwork shoulder bag. You do not need to own a sewing machine or have any previous experience. If you are interested in joining the sewing club, please contact Sarah Delap, 4-H agent, at 252-745-4121.
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Extension's Gardening Portal at NC State University provides access to a wealth of information, events and resources for gardeners in North Carolina. Managed by the State Urban Horticulture Specialist and Cooperative Extension Horticulture Agents throughout the state, it is your doorway to guidance about successfully growing vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers and ornamentals in your landscape.
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Tobacco Research Update: Magnesium Deficiency of Tobacco In this tobacco research update, we highlight the symptoms of magnesium deficiency. These images are part of a project supported by the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation to MORE » – from 
Tobacco Growers Information
Wednesday September 14 at 5:30 pm Chatham County Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos will be giving a tour of Chatham County Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro. The garden was designed to MORE » – from Growing Small Farms
Tobacco Research Update: Boron Toxicity of Tobacco In this tobacco research update, we highlight the symptoms of boron toxicity. These images are part of a project supported by the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation MORE » – from Tobacco Growers Information
Photos by Debbie Roos, Chatham County Cooperative Extension In late 2008, I planted a demonstration pollinator garden at Chatham Mills to provide forage from early spring to late fall for pollinators such as honey MORE » – from Growing Small Farms
Tobacco Research Update: Boron Deficiency of Tobacco In this tobacco research update, we highlight the symptoms of boron deficiency. These images are part of a project supported by the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation to MORE » – from Tobacco Growers Information
Do you own or manage a pond, storm water pond, or lake? Do you have problems with unwanted aquatic vegetation or water quality? Do you have the correct types, sizes, and numbers of MORE » – from Onslow County Center
I had several questions related to problems with maples last week. In the process I noticed damage from maple spider mite, hopper burn (potato leaf hopper), maple shoot borer, anthracnose, and canker diseases. MORE » – from Wilson County Center
Come out and join Cooperative Extension for a Vegetable Garden Workshop “How To Get Started” Topics Selecting and Preparing a Location Soil Testing and Fertilizer Application Planting Seeds and Transplants General Care & MORE »
It’s spring and time to think about those gardens. Often, the first crop that home gardeners think about is tomatoes. However, this is probably the number one crop that the Pamlico Cooperative Extension MORE »
This week, we received several samples of stunted wheat from Robeson, Lenoir, and Beaufort. There are more reports of wheat “going backward” in the Tidewater area. Contrary to my earlier message, we MORE »
Several widely separated parts of North Carolina appear to be having outbreaks of downy mildew of wheat. This is a highly unusual problem in North Carolina. The current symptoms are severe stunting, excessive MORE »
STRIPE RUST Low to medium levels of wheat stripe rust have been observed over the past week in a handful of fields in Raleigh, Plymouth, and near Goldsboro in the central Coastal Plain. MORE »
Preparing Insect and Plant Disease Samples
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