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Newest food trends

Ever wonder what the newest food trends are? After all, food is about more than just nourishment, it’s also about culture and connection. With that in mind, here are a few of the latest national food trends:

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Summer and day camps available through Extension, 4-H

Brunswick County 4-H, sponsored by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, will offer a variety of activities, field trips and day camps for children ages 5-19 through the 4-H Summer Enrichment Program, Passport to Adventure. This summer is full of fun, educational activities for youth to participate in beginning June 13.

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What it takes to be a Master Gardener

Who do you call if you have a question like “When do I prune my roses?” While many of you are probably familiar with the Master Gardener Program in your area; how many of you know what they actually do?

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Low maintenance alternatives for lawn turf

If you are thinking of putting in a lawn to cover an area of ground, you may want to consider planting some groundcovers instead. Groundcovers are plants that spread across the ground but do not grow tall, so no cutting is required.

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Spring fruits and vegetables

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County extension briefs

Master Gardeners plant sale

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How does the canning process preserve food?

So you want to try canning fresh vegetable and fruits this summer? You’ll be ahead of the game if you spend a little time understanding how canning preserves food for later use. The high percentage of water in most fresh foods makes them very perishable. They spoil or lose their quality for several reasons:

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There are organic pesticide alternatives

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Growing veggies organically the easy way

Judy Koehly

Master Gardener

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What to do when nematodes appear on your plants

A gentleman walked into the Extension office with a sample of a compacta holly that was struggling to survive. I immediately suspected it could be root-knot nematodes because compacta hollies are extremely susceptible to this roundworm. He collected a sample, sent it to the NCDA and sure enough, his soil tested positive for nematodes.
Soils usually contain many free-living, or non-plant-parasitic, as well as plant-parasitic nematodes. Often, several genera of plant parasites are present in the same soil, though only one or two may cause major plant damage.

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