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Take the Gardening Survey!

What home gardening programs/workshops would you like to see offered through the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Swain County Center in …

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Leyland Cypress Lamentations

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kudzu

What Can You Do About Kudzu?

The hills are alive with the sound of….kudzu growing. Sorry, this is no Rogers and Hammerstein musical, and I …

2024 Swain County Fair

2024 Swain County Agricultural Fair

A County Fair-style festival, complete with judging of vegetables, eggs, and flowers; agricultural demos; craft vendors; food vendors and …

poison Ivy

Leaves of Three, Let It Be

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Eastern Tent Caterpillars

Spring is early this year. We know it, the plants know it and guess what? The Eastern Tent Caterpillar …

Minda Daughtry

Extension Office Has New Horticulture Agent!

Article written by: Jessica Webb, The Smoky Mountain Times editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com The first thing Minda Daughtry, the new horticulture agent for the …

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Jumping Worms

Matt Bertone, the director of NC State University’s Plant Disease and Insect Clinic, just published an Extension factsheet about …

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County Extension is Here to Help

According to the 1918 home demonstration annual report, the agents and volunteers addressed the pandemic in 55 counties. A …

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