This is the time of the year when you begin to see lots of pumpkins. If you are city folks, you see them at grocery stores, garden centers and other places where they are sold primarily for fall de...
Ag briefs for Nov. 5
LUMBERTON — Gray 4-H polo shirts with the centennial logo will be sold for $15 through the Robeson County extension office. To order or for information, call Shea Ann DeJarnette at (910) 671-327...
NC tops in peanuts
North Carolina is ranked fifth in the nation in peanut production and is the leading producer of Virginia-type peanuts, which are the larger nuts that are used for direct consumption and fancy can...
The forest for the trees
Earlier this week, I spent most of a day traveling through the county with Adlia Strickland, our Robeson County Forest Ranger. Adlia was showing me examples of how he and his staff assist local p...
Ag briefs for Oct. 22
LUMBERTON — Two workshops on baking with whole grains will be at 6 p.m. today and Oct. 29. at the O. P. Owens Agriculture Center in Lumberton. The cost to attend is $3 and participants must regi...
Increasing the number of wild turkeys in Robeson County
I have been reading reports for the last year or so about how the wild turkey population is increasing throughout all of North Carolina. While vacationing in the mountains last month, I saw floc...
Plenty of time to get to the fair
Today is the big day. Today is opening day for the Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair. If you are reading this newspaper while it is hot off the press, you might still have time to get to the Robe...
This past week, I took a few days of annual leave and my wife and I went to the mountains. One of the major reasons for planning a short vacation at this time of the year was so I could go to the M...
As seasons change, so do the fruits and vegetables we enjoy. We realize we cannot buy fresh watermelons and cantaloupes at the farmers market during the fall, but we can buy pears and grapes. We ...
It has not been too many years ago that it was unacceptable to drink wine and, even worse, to make wine. But today wine is an acceptable beverage and is actually recommended for its health benefits...
As fall approaches, many of us are reminiscing about the vacations we enjoyed during the summer. I would like to encourage you to take a few minutes to think about vacations in the future — not you...
LUMBERTON — Lumberton FFA club officers Tara McPhatter and Natasha Bryant recently attended a leadership conference in Washington, D.C. The conference included workshops on leadership skills, comm...
One of the services provided by Cooperative Extension is identifying various insects and providing recommendations for controlling or managing them. As can be expected during the spring and summer...
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