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From Garden to Pantry Series: 250 Years of Growing and Preserving

Published - February 11, 2026 Read

Same information can be found under number 3 in article.

September is Food Safety Month

Published - September 10, 2026 Read

Lookout for Fall Armyworms

Published - August 6, 2026 Read

News From Alexander County Center

Yellow-legged hornet update

Published - August 7, 2026

From: Pollinators

2026 Native Plant Sale

Published - August 5, 2026

Alexander County in Extreme Drought

Published - May 7, 2026

2026 Farmers Market Season!

Published - May 7, 2026

So Easy to Preserve Books Available

Published - May 7, 2026

Free!! Canning Lid Testing Options

Published - May 7, 2026

Let's Celebrate....May is National Beef Month!

Published - May 7, 2026

2026 N.C. Cooperative Extension-Alexander County 4-H Summer Opportunities

Published - March 17, 2026

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Upcoming Events

Sep 17

Southern Grace 4-H Club Thursday | Sep 17 | 4:30 PM — 5:30 PM 151 W Main Ave, Taylorsville, NC 28681, USA

Sep 18

Native Plant pick up Friday | Sep 18 | All Day

Sep 21

Apple City Stitchers Meeting Monday | Sep 21 | 5:00 PM — 7:30 PM 151 W Main Ave, Taylorsville, NC 28681, USA

Oct 01

Project Learning Tree Explore Your Environment K-8 Workshop @ Stone Mountain State Park Thursday | Oct 01 | 9:00 AM — 3:30 PM Stone Mountain State Park, 3042 Frank Pkwy, Roaring Gap, NC 28668, USA

Oct 05

Livestock Club Meeting Monday | Oct 05 | 7:00 PM — 8:00 PM 151 W Main Ave, Taylorsville, NC 28681, USA

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News From NC State Extension

Seeding Cool-Season Grasses in NC

Published - September 14, 2026

From: TurfFiles

Residual Soil Fertility Deduction (IRS Section 180)

Published - September 11, 2026

From: Soil Fertility

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Art Bruneau FUNdraiser Tournament 2026

Published - September 10, 2026

From: TurfFiles

Left - Springhouse Farm Farmstand before Hurricane Helene. Right - the newly built farmstand at Springhouse Farm

*New Resource* So, Do You Want to Start a Farm Stand?

Published - September 10, 2026

From: Local Food

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RSVP for Chatham County Native Plant Sale September 18

Published - September 8, 2026

From: Growing Small Farms

Aerial view of fall foliage in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina.

North Carolina’s Fall Foliage May Be Patchy, Muted and Shorter This Year

Published - August 31, 2026

From: Extension Forestry

underside of a blueberry leaf with 3 dark blue whitefly immatures

Bearberry whiteflies showing up in NC blueberries

Published - August 27, 2026

From: Blueberries

Scatter plot showing field-observed clipping vs. estimated clipping predictions. Perfect predictions would follow a dotted line through the center of the graph.

Center Update: Improving Bermudagrass Putting Green Nitrogen Fertilization Management by Understanding Growth Rate

Published - August 26, 2026

From: TurfFiles

devil's bite and tall tickseed in the fall pollinator garden

Published - August 21, 2026

From: Growing Small Farms

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Interactive Fall Armyworm Map is Back!

Published - August 21, 2026

From: TurfFiles

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