Extension Successful Gardener Programs – April to October

For those who would like to learn more about gardening, you can join us for one or all of the Extension Successful Gardener sessions being offered at the Rutherford County Extension Center.  The programs MORE »Posted: 4/1/13

4-H Turkey Show

Gobble, Gobble! It’s time to sign up for turkeys for the Mountain State Fair. There is a $25 fee for each member and you will receive up to 4 poults. Poults will be available MORE »Posted: 3/21/13

Agriculture Literacy Project

This week is National Agriculture Week – March 17-23, 2013. It’s a time to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture in our country. Every year, producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, and government MORE »Posted: 3/20/13

Extension Master Gardener Volunteers

Rutherford County is one of the 73 counties across North Carolina offering the Master Gardener Volunteer Program. Our trained Volunteer staff provide educational assistane to county residents concerning lawns, fruit & vegetable production, along MORE »Posted: 5/28/12

Commercial Agriculture in Rutherford County

Within Rutherford County a wide-range of animal and crop diversity exists. Full- and part-time commercial producers rely on the Cooperative Extension Service to provide the latest research to assist their operations in being sustainable MORE »Posted: 5/28/12

Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD)

     Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) is an invasive pest of soft skinned fruit and was first detected in North Carolina during 2010.  The insects will lay their eggs in sound, harvestable fruit and their MORE »Posted: 7/20/11

Vertical Gardening

     Going up!   If garden space is limited, vertical plantings may be an option to use and can be a wonderful addition to a raised bed or container garden.  Whether you utilize a trellis, MORE »Posted: 7/18/11

Hemlock Borers Collected By Native Wasps

     The Beneficial Insects Laboratory of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services has been using the solitary wasp Cerceris fumipennis as a biosurveillance tool to monitor for the Emerald Ash Borer MORE »Posted: 7/18/11