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Paper Clover Campaign at Tractor Supply
runs through May 3rd
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Since 2010, Tractor Supply has partnered with 4-H to help equip youth with the skills they need for both work and life. Through the biannual Paper Clover campaign, more than $26 million has been raised to support youth development, providing hands-on opportunities to build confidence, leadership, and technical abilities.
This year’s spring Paper Clover campaign will take place from April 17 through May 3.
Visit the Siler City location! 100 Siler Crossing, Siler City, NC 27344
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Space still available for Chatham 4-H Summer Camps!
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Summertime is just around the corner, and Chatham County 4-H is excited to offer a variety of engaging and fun-filled camp opportunities for the 2026 season of summer fun! Explore our camp offerings below and find the perfect experience for your youth.
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Scholarships are available - please inquire with staff for more info!
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Growing an Herb Garden; Extension Master Gardener Workshop
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WHEN: Tuesday May 12, 2026
TIME: 9 AM - 10:30 AM
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If you’re short on space but still want to grow delicious and nutritious vegetables for the table, consider giving microgreens a try.
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Spring Brings Monarch Butterflies!
For most of the past 18 years, I could always count on seeing the first monarch butterflies in Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demo Garden around Tax Day, April 15. For the past two years they have been early. I spotted the first monarch this year on April 3, followed two weeks later by the first monarch caterpillar on April 17. Thankfully I have plenty of milkweed in the garden, which is the host plant they require to feed on. I have eight different native milkweed species in the garden, including common milkweed, purple milkweed, swamp milkweed, and butterfly weed. You can support monarchs by growing these native milkweed species on your property. Visit Chatham County’s nurseries to find these plants. These photos show a female monarch
depositing an egg on milkweed, and then a single egg, and a just-hatched caterpillar.
Photos: monarch laying egg, monarch egg, monarch caterpillar
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On March 19, we hosted a hands-on Fermentation: Yogurt Making class. Participants made delicious homemade yogurt and topped it with fresh fruit, granola, and other nutritious ingredients.
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Tiffany Hancock
County Extension Marketing and Media Support Specialist
(919) 545-8304
tiffany_hancock@ncsu.edu
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Ag History
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From the The Chatham RecordThu, Jun 04, 1936
Dry Weather Is Hurting Farmers
Drought Likely To Cause Crop Shortage In Chatham County, Hope Still held Out.
Last Monday, being the first Monday in the month, farmers from every section of the county were in Pittsboro, and when asked what results the prolonged drought would bring to the crops of Chatham County, the farmers stated that a curtailment of from 25 to 50 per cent in the tobacco, cotton and corn acreage was their prediction. The drought completed its 50th day of dry weather Tuesday. The last date a good rain has fallen in Chatham County was on April 10.
There is very small chance of any normal crop being produced in Chatham County or North Carolina. Signs of rain have appeared in the horizon in the last few days. Anxious farmers scan the skies for rain every day. Aside from the dry weather effecting the crops, it has hampered the construction and re-pair of roads.
Many tobacco growers stated here Monday that they had abandoned all idea of planting a full crop and some express their Intention of cutting their acreage. A part of the tobacco crop has already been planted. Farmers are watering their plant beds in hope it will rain and they can set out the crop. A good rain this week would mean a life-saver to the farmers. The corn crop has been delay-ed. The cotton planted is not coming up. Many farmers have replanted. Spring gardens have almost been a complete failure There is a scarcity of vegetables and prices in local stores throughout the county for vegetables have advanced.
The drought in Chatham County this year is one of the worst the county has had during planting time in years. It is believed by many that a fair crop can still be made if rain comes this week.
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Cattle - 4 September 1936 - cow herd - Wenona, number 21, Animal Husbandry
This photo was taken during the drought of 1936. If you look closely, you’ll notice just how dry the grass and ground were.
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
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