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News From Tyrrell County Center

How to Care for Your Poinsettia?

December 28, 2023

Washington's historic Leach House, owned by The Gerard's and decorated by The Acreage - Gene Fox

December 18, 2023

As the sun sets on the swamp in Beaufort County. The Bald Cypress in the middle of this picture is home to a wood duck family every winter! - Gene Fox

What Do Cypress Trees Have to Do With Culpepper Virginia?

December 8, 2023

Pink Christmas cactus with blooms and buds in a pot on a windowsill

Thanksgiving or Christmas Cacti: What Is the Difference & How to Force Rebloom

November 20, 2023

Armillaria Root Rot on Arborvitae 'Green Giant'. Photo Credit: Beaufort County Resident Diane Ross

My Trees Are Turning Brown

November 15, 2023

Frost, What to Do

November 13, 2023

USDA Forest Service - Southern Research Station , USDA Forest Service, SRS, Bugwood.org

Going Batty for Bat Week?

October 31, 2023

Notice the blueberry suckers in the middle (red arrow). These can be severed from the mother plant during the dormant season using a sharp shovel. Immediately replant suckers in a container or prepared bed and prune the top 1/3 of the whip to allow roots

Propagating Blueberry Bushes

October 24, 2023

2023 GROWING GARLIC AT HOME

Growing Garlic at Home - Free Class!

October 24, 2023

European Pear Bartlett

When Can You Eat Pears?

October 20, 2023

The photo is my daughter, Willa Grace, standing in the Pumpkin House at Stokes Family Farm in Greenville, NC. Photo Credit: Kayla Fox

How to Pick and Keep the Perfect Pumpkin!

October 10, 2023

Pomegranate fruit hiding among the foliage. Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Have You Ever Had a Pomegranate Martini?

October 4, 2023

Two girls examining a lizard with a magnifying glass; text "4-H is a feeling." and "I ♥" 4‑H clover

National 4-H Week in Tyrrell County

September 28, 2023

Crepe Murder! This is not a good practice, but if you must do it, wait until February so the branches do not split from the cold.

Two Myths That Should Go Down With Fall

September 27, 2023

Gray Garden Slug found beneath a rotten planter. Slugs like to hide during the day under leaves, wood, or even mulch. Cheryl Moorehead, Bugwood.org

September 18, 2023

I took the photo in our teaching garden here at the Beaufort County Center. This is an older vine (I presume the cultivar to be a superior) in which I have regrown and trained the cordons on to teach how this is done to gardeners in the area.

Muscadine or Scuppernong Grapes

September 11, 2023

NC State University's Factsheet on Glyphosate Alternatives. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/are-there-alternatives-to-glyphosate-for-weed-control-in-landscapes

Glyphosate Aka Roundup Fact or Fiction?

September 5, 2023

Karen Thomas took this picture last week of our poor defoliated peach tree. Karen is a certified Extension Master Gardener Volunteer from our most recent class in 2022.

Even When You Do It All the Right Way...

August 28, 2023

Hammerhead Worm (Bipalium kewense) Picture from Matt Bertone NCSU

Aliens Among Us?

August 21, 2023

The Angel Oak's massive branches reach nearly 100 feet from the trunk of the tree. Photo: Charlotte Fox

August 16, 2023

Great picture of the Azalea Caterpillar

Azalea Caterpillars or Labor Day Worms?

August 8, 2023

Five pecan shells, one split open showing a cream-colored caterpillar-like larva inside

Every Year I Have These Holes in My Pecans

July 31, 2023

Deadly Nightshade

Gardener Beware

July 10, 2023

Various Herbicides

There's an "Icide" for That!

July 7, 2023

Swallowtail Butterfly sipping nectar from a butterfly bush. (Picture by Jim Lawerence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Native & Non-native Plants Help Pollinators In Your Garden

June 27, 2023

NED District Activity Day, 4-H Presentations

NED District Activity Day

May 2, 2023

Blacklands Farm Managers Tour 2023

April 3, 2023

4‑H clover over board game pieces; text "Game Night Achievement Program" and "March 20, 2023"

Achievement Night

March 7, 2023

Person receiving CPR chest compressions; "4" LIFE TRAINING flyer, March 2 and March 16

"4" Life Training

February 28, 2023

Assorted vegetables (carrots, radishes, radicchio, artichoke, eggplant, squash) in metal colander

Mediterranean 411

January 10, 2023

Uprooted shrubs with exposed roots lined on concrete beside a landscaped mulch bed

November Horticulture News

October 31, 2022

Man in red polo and cap leaning on a yard sign reading "VOTE" on a suburban street

November Agriculture News

October 31, 2022

Decorative "November" lettering with a pumpkin, autumn leaves, and acorns

November FCS News

October 31, 2022

Tyrrell County 4‑H seeking volunteers for Livestock Advisory Council; collage of youth showing animals

LS Advisory Council

October 24, 2022

Person in red polo and tan pants leaning on a yard sign in a residential front yard

Welcome New Tyrrell County Ag. Agent, Memphis Slade-Credle

September 8, 2022

An image of a white microphone stand in a spotlight. Register now for NED district activity day.

District Activity Day

May 19, 2022

4-H SUMMER FUN poster; #TYCONC4H; June–July; tyrrell.ces.ncsu.edu

TyCoNC 4-H Summer Fun

May 16, 2022

4‑H electric workshop poster; hands soldering Arduino; text: FRIDAY 18 MAR 2022 04:00-6:00 JOIN NOW

Electric Workshop

February 24, 2022

Group of teenagers posing outside; text: "NED teen retreat", "March 8-10, 2024", "$100"

February 14, 2022

Teens playing in snow; text: NORTHEAST DISTRICT WINTER FLING FOR AGES 13-18 and 4-H clover

Northeast District Winter Fling

January 3, 2022

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