Buncombe County Government, NC / Cooperative Extension

Buncombe County Master Gardeners want to help your lawns and gardens to not only look their best but to yield a healthy crop. Seeing as how it is October, do you know what you need to do to prepare your garden for the winter and next spring? It's time to take some action. If you need further assistance you can call the Master Gardener Hotline at 828-255-5522, or visit buncombemastergardener.org.

The Garden Tour is an annual event hosted by the Extension Master Gardeners of Buncombe County. Proceeds from the tour benefit the Extension Master Gardeners School Garden Grant program and other community outreach initiatives. The School Grant program provides grants to our local schools to establish and support school garden programs.

The Buncombe County Master Gardener program, though NC Cooperative Extension, is holding an Ask a Gardener Plant Clinic coming up. So if you have gardening questions, or need help diagnosing and solving gardening problems, make sure to stop by on Saturday, July 25 from 11am - 2pm at the WNC Farmer's Market.

For more information about the Master Gardener Program, visit buncombemastergardener.org.

The Office of Cooperative Extension wants to help you learn how to properly, and safely, can green beans with a summer workshop. It's taking place on Tuesday, July 21 from 10am - 3pm at the Extension Office at 94 Coxe Ave. The cost is only $10.

For more information, visit buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu or call 828.255.5522.

The mountains are a beautiful place to live, however gardening can be a little tough with the large amount of clay we have in our soil. A great solution is inexpensive, highly productive, and easy - Raised Bed Gardening. Join Master Gardener Gene Rainey as he goes through the steps of preparing your Raised Bed Garden for the summer months.

The Master Gardener Program is through the Buncombe County Office of Cooperative Extension. To speak with a Master Gardener or for more information, please give them a call at 828.255.5522.

Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District held an Environmental Field Day on Warren Wilson College property for area fifth graders. Students visited stations that presented macroinvertebrates from Cooperative Extension, water cycle from Montreat College students, soils from NC Department of Agriculture, wildlife/nature from WNC Nature Center, solar from Sundance Power Systems, weather from The Colburn Earth Science Museum and agriculture from Warren Wilson College students. At each station, students learned by playing games and hands-on activities.

Our beautiful mountain streams are one of the best assets we have here in Western North Carolina. Not only do these streams and creeks provide the elements of the quality of life that most people seek here in the mountains, but they're also an important part of our tourism industry.

Join Extension Agent Diane Silver, who works on water quality here in the mountains to help protect streams and creeks from pollution, as she teaches you about everything from soil erosion to the direct causes of pollution to our waterways.

Normally when you think of water pollution you think of toxic sludge coming from a pipe connected to a factory, but did you know that everything from dirt, to heat, to excessive water run off from rainstorms are the number one source of water pollution today?

Learn how you can help lower the amount of pollution goes into our streams, creeks and ground water through at-home practices like rain gardens. Also learn more information about why the sustainability of our creeks and streams is so important.

For more information on this video you can contact the Buncombe County Office of Cooperative Extension at 828.255.5522, or you can check out their web site at buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu.

Rain Gardens are a great way to prevent soil erosion and increase the amount of water that goes back into our groundwater supply. Combine a Rain Garden with a Cistern and you have a great way to retain rain water for personal use, while also preventing erosion. Join Watershed Coordinator Diane Silver and Extension Watershed/Water Quality Agent Mitch Woodward as they show you how to install these great additions to any property.

GrowBC2012 is a Buncombe County Government Campaign that promotes creating healthier, kinder, greener, safer, and smarter habits to improve not only how the county works to better itself for its citizens, but also for a great way for everyone to better themselves.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of Decemberl. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

If you've ever noticed white, cotton-like spots all over your Hemlock trees, they're aren't a fungus or another plant, they're actually bugs. Known as Woolly Adelgids, they infect and spread from Hemlock to Hemlock until they've had their fill. However with the help of the Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Office and Linda Blue, you can combat these pests.

Learn all the tricks to protect your Hemlocks from the Woolly Adelgid. For more information you can call the Extension Office at 828.255.5522 or check out their web site at buncombe.ces.ncsu.edu.

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Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of February. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of April. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of June. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of March. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of May. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of January. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of July. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of August. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of November. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of October. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.

Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of September. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.

Nancy Ostergaard with Cooperative Extension teaches us some of the causes of household mold and how to clean it properly.

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This special segment of Buncombe Life discusses the Cooperative Extension's Small Farms Initiative.

Water, in one form or another, causes 95% of the maintenance problems around the home. Join Nancy Ostergaard with Cooperative Extension as she explains what causes these problems and how to solve them.

Linda Blue, Cooperative Extension Agent, explains how to test your soil and how to maintain and keep healthly soil.