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Lawn and order: Renovating a yard

By Amy-Lynn Albertson Rowan County Extension I recently bought a home in Salisbury and moved from a 100-acre ...

Farm & Garden

Farm at your fingertips: New app allows farmers to reach customers more directly

SALISBURY — Patterson Farm has been growing and selling produce in Rowan County for generations. That doesn’t mean ...

Farm & Garden

Rowan Farmland Protection Plan could preserve agricultural space for decades to come

SALISBURY — With development from Charlotte steadily creeping up Interstate 85, Rowan County could see increased development in ...

Lifestyle

Controlling crabgrass, Japanese stiltgrass

Hot weather and frequent rainfall, our now normal weather over the past few weeks, has provided perfect growing ...

Lifestyle

NC State student takes on new challenges during internship

By Murphy Stafford Rowan County Cooperative Extension I am a senior at North Carolina State University studying animal ...

Lifestyle

Fig trees are gaining popularity in home gardens

Many homes in Rowan County have included fig trees in their plantings to supplement their fresh produce. Most ...

Farm & Garden

Amy-Lynn Albertson: Who are the bad guys among bugs of summer?

By Amy-Lynn Albertson Rowan County Extension It’s been hot and sweltering, like North Carolina hot, summer. Our flowers ...

Lifestyle

Darrell Blackwelder column: Taking a weed-infested yard and starting over

I spoke to a friend a couple of weeks ago and he told me that he couldn’t tell ...

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Darrell Blackwelder column: Lantanas full of color

Lantanas are an excellent choice of summer color for our landscapes, especially with the excessively hot weather we’ve ...

Lifestyle

Many plants suffer in the heat of July

Many shrubs and bedding plants are suffering in the normal hot weather of July. Homeowners are concerned about ...

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Darrell Blackwelder column: Hydrangeas are in full bloom

Many are curious about shrubs blooming throughout the county garnering white, puffy blooms. Some are confused and think ...

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Morgan Watts column: Do you sell eggs?

By Morgan Watts N.C. Cooperative Extension Do you have chickens and sell eggs? If so, keep reading for ...

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Daylilies more than a ditch lily

By Amy-Lynn Albertson Rowan County Extension director The daylily is one of my favorite perennial flowers. It’s an ...

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Problems with bedding plants

What is wrong with my bedding plants? They were beautiful when I planted them but after a few ...

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Darrell Blackwelder: Mud daubers build their nests in the summer

If you live anywhere near water — a lake, pond, or creek — you’re probably going to have ...

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Darrell Blackwelder column: Cow-itch vine

There is a colorful vine showing out now with colorful orange blooms across Rowan County. The trumpet creeper ...

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Blackwelder column: Brown patch

The unseasonably cool weather and abundant rains in April and May provided perfect growing conditions for fescue. Unfortunately, ...

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Blackwelder column: Powdery mildew is a common disease

My neighbors noticed something a little different on their shrubs this past week. There were powdery white splotches ...

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Watts column: Guarding poultry from predators

By Morgan Watts For the Salisbury Post Every year, I try to recap and talk about predators in ...

Lifestyle

Magnolias in full bloom at Hurley Park

By Danelle Cutting For the Salisbury Post Even though we have had a lot of rain, we are ...

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Darrell Blackwelder: The catalpa is an unusual tree

There is a very unusual tree blooming along North Main Street in Salisbury. It has very long cascading ...

Lifestyle

Tips for growing healthy tomato plants

By Michael Fine For the Salisbury Post Spring has presented some obstacles for tomato crops across the central ...

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Most light pruning can be done year-round

By Darrell Blackwelder For the Salisbury Post Pruning is generally a major topic of conversation among home gardeners ...

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Darrell Blackwelder: Evening primrose

There is a rather attractive flowering plant with yellow flowers growing on the side of a lawn down ...

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Hurley Park Q&A

Times have been tough for everyone during this pandemic. Even through everything, Hurley Park has been grateful to ...

Lifestyle

Watts: Getting started with baby chicks

By Morgan Watts For the Salisbury Post A few weeks ago, I wrote about what to do when ...

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Blackwelder column: It’s getting too warm for winter annuals

With summer weather arriving, pansies and other winter annuals are beginning to fail. Even though the plants may ...

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Home & Garden Q&A: Applying fertilizer, controlling poison oak

The weather has been perfect over the past few weeks to work outdoors and many have questions about ...

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