Chatham County, NC Blogs

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:32:53 -0500
From: Sam Groce
Subject: News Release on Beef Quality Assurance Training
Upcoming Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Training Program
Many of you will remember during 1997-98 there was the initiative called th=
e North Carolina Certified Beef Producer Program also called Southeast Prid=
e, which encouraged producers to not only vaccinate and more actively manag=
e [...]

Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:05:33 -0500
From: Trace Ramsey
Subject: Chatham Crop Mob event featured in New York Times Magazine
The Crop Mob event at Okfuskee Farm in Silk Hope will be featured in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine.  You can also view the article online now – http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/magazine/28food-t-000.html
For more information on Crop Mob, please visit [...]

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:56:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Sara Brinson
Subject: Pittsboro Garden Club?
Wondering if there is an active garden club in Pittsboro… I’m no expert but would love to be a part of helping Pittsboro bloom. Yes, spring fever is hitting!! Even with the forecast of snow, I’ve seen the crocuses blooming and the daffodils [...]

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:47:12 -0500
From: Al Cooke
Subject: Growing Your Own Food
Thinking of growing a spring garden?  Chatham County Center of Cooperative Extension will offer an introduction to food gardening including fruits and vegetables. This program will be a repeat of a program offered last fall.  It will cover the basics of garden site [...]

Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:34:15 -0500
From: trentt
Subject: Chickens at Pittsboro Feed
I saw the post Friday about the spring chicken schedule at Pittsboro Feed. I bought 4 chicks from them last fall and they are now about 19 weeks old and are on the verge of laying eggs in the next few weeks.
They have been [...]

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:36:25 -0500
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: Chatham County CSAs
Trish,
I have a list of Chatham County CSA farms on my Growing Small Farms website at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/csafarms.html
Each CSA is unique and has its own distribution system. Farmers will often be willing to add a new delivery stop if a certain number of members sign [...]

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:20:11 -0500
From: Al Cooke
Subject: Re:  pine straw info
To the question of “Are there any local sources of long leaf pine straw” ….
Longleaf pine is generally considered to be the premier source of pine needles for mulch and very few long leaf trees are found in Chatham.  However there is significant [...]

Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:16:38 -0400
From: John Dykers, MD
Subject: black walnut trees
How recently is seems that we were particularly preserving our walnut trees at the farm as very valuable future revenue source! With NC at the center of the furniture manufacturing world they seemed such a wise investment. The wood is certainly beautiful and [...]

Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:08:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris Stonehouse
Subject: July Happenings at Pittsboro Farmers’ Market
Come visit the market in July for lots of great summer produce and some exciting special events!  On July 2nd Fleming Phann from Celebrity Dairy will be hosting a cooking demo.  Fleming will be showing market visitors how to make [...]

Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:25:37 -0400
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: photos Holly Hill Dayliliy Farm
Now is a great time to visit Chatham County’s Holly Hill Daylily Farm – they are open weekends throughout June and July so you have four more weekends to visit!
I just posted some photos from a recent trip on the Growing Small [...]

Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:36:35 -0400
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: photos of farm-to-fork picnics
Hi everyone,

I posted a few photos of the recent Farm-to-Fork picnic on Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/farmtofork.html
You can also see photos from the 2007 picnic with Carlo Petrini.
Several Chatham farms are featured.
Debbie
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
919.542.8202
www.growingsmallfarms.org