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Newsletter | August 2022
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Agriculture
FREE Soil Samples
Now - November, NCCE Clay County is offering free soil samples to residents of Clay County. Stop by our office to pick up your collection box, collect your sample, and bring it back by the office and we will send it off for free!
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Forestry Workshop
The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service will be holding a free Forestry Management Workshop for Land Owners and Certified Foresters. This program will he held on Thursday August 4th from 8:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. at the Macon Extension Center located on 193 Thomas Heights Rd. Franklin NC 28734.
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FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES
Starting a Home Based Food Business
Interested in starting a home-based food business?One of the most common questions our office receives is from individuals wanting to sell a food product they have made such as a jam, jelly or salsa. Food safety is the number one concern when it comes to selling food to the public.
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ServSafe Certification
This program is for food service managers and supervisory staff in any foodservice establishment.
Certification is based on passing the ServSafe exam and satisfies the North Carolina food code requirement for a certified food protection person in charge.
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All About Apples
Learn how to make & preserve fresh apple butter & apple pie filling. Also, learn how to make a dried apple wreath, just in time for fall!
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Master Gardeners
Daylilies
The genus, Hemerocallis, comes from the Greek for ‘beauty’ and ‘day’ as each flower lasts only one day. Daylilies originated in Asia and were grown for food and medicinal purposes for thousands of years. Plants were brought to Europe in the 16thcentury and spread like wildfire. Hybridizers really became industrious in the 1930’s with tens of thousands of named cultivars available today.
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4-H & Youth Development
Children Learning about Gardening | Update
Students in Hayesville's Discovery after school program have been hard at work learning about gardening. Most recently, 4-H Agent, Julie Lyvers, teamed up with local volunteers to build 3 raised beds that the students have planted their crops in.
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Summer Fun With Water
While attending 4-H camp this summer, students from Clay County were able to learn about water safety while having fun! Being around the lake whether it was swimming or canoeing, the campers practiced water safety by wearing life jackets. Even though most of the campers were great swimmers, all of them wore life jackets to be safe in the lake.
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4-H Attends Horse Clinic
The members of the Trails and Rails 4-H Horse Club were able to participate in the 2022 West District 4-H Horsemanship Clinic in Fletcher, NC.
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Sewing Camp a Success!
Clay County 4-H offered a weeklong sewing camp to teens. Liz Hogan with the Mystic Mountain Quilters Guild and a few of its volunteers guided the teens in making 2 projects.
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More Extension News & Updates
Extension Publications: Butterflies in Your Backyard
 

Butterfly watching, though unlikely to match the widespread popularity of bird watching, has gained significant favor in recent years. Butterflies are colorful, diverse, abundant, and active during the day in warm months, making them an ideal pursuit for wildlife watchers. In fact, wildlife watching as a whole, given impetus by the increased awareness of regional and ecological diversity, has become one of this country’s fastest-growing outdoor recreational activities.

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Fore more information about blossom end rot & how to control it, click here.
The NC Mountain State Fair | The Pony Express is Coming!
 
The 2022 Mountain State Fair will be September 9th -18th at the Western North Carolina Agriculture Center.  Do you have a preserved food (canned or dried), honey, craft, photos or art work you would like to enter but don’t have the time to drive to Asheville?  You’re in luck!  We can get it there for you on our Extension Pony Express.  All you have to do is drop your item(s) off at our office before August 22nd and the Pony Express will pick them up and deliver them to the Ag Center.  After the fair, the item(s) will be returned to our office.  For more information, please call the Extension office at 828-389-6305.
 
 
 
 
Need to speak with an agent?
Clay County Center agents are always available to assist you with any questions or issues you may have.

There are several ways in which you can request the assistance of an agent:

  1. Complete the online agent assist form
  2. Give us a call at (828) 389-6305
  3. Stop by our office at 25 Riverside Circle, Suite 2, Hayesville, NC (Old health department building below the library)
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