Month-by-month lists of common plant diseases, pests, and other problems you may encounter in North Carolina yards and gardens. Straight from our PDIC (Plant Disease & Insect Clinic) entomologists and pathologists!
Winterizing Your Garden Tools! Be sure to winterize your tools this month so you can go straight into your gardening routine when spring arrives!! Visit this article for some helpful tips to winterize your equipment.
How Do Honeybees Survive the Winter? Have you ever thought about what happens to insects once winter comes? It is a very interesting topic, especially if you’re a beekeeper. You may hear beekeepers mention how much honey they left for their bees this winter or they may
mention in the spring that they lost a few hives. This is all part of the process for bees and their beekeepers. Take a look at this article to find out more about what it takes for a honeybee colony to make it through the winter!
Reminders and Upcoming Events....
November 5th - “Fall Back” with Daylight Savings
November 10th - Veterans Day
November 13th @ 7pm - Alexander County Beekeepers Meeting
November 23rd - Thanksgiving Day
Submit Your Soil Samples by November 30th!
Free soil kits are available at our office along with a quick lesson on soil sampling if you haven’t done it before!
2024 Alexander Extension Small Fruit Plant Sale
Be looking for our fruit sale order form to go out after Thanksgiving listing all of the fruit trees and
shrubs that we will have available for purchase.
Alexander County offices will be closed
on the following dates:
Friday, November 10 - Veteran's Day
Thursday, November 23 & Friday, November 24-Thanksgiving
NC State University and N.C. A&T State University work in tandem, along with federal, state and local
governments, to form a strategic partnership called N.C. Cooperative Extension.
