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Towering Collards
Robert Goins, of Fairmont, stands beside his 7-foot-tall collard greens he grew at his farm.
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Talk of forestry
For the past several weeks, forestry professionals and Cooperative Extension agents from Robeson, Cumberland, Bladen and Sampson counties have been planning an educational meeting for forest owners from these counties. This meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Friday at the Cooperative Extension Center in Lumberton on N.C. 72 west. If you own a farm, you most likely have timber growing on it. If so, and your goal is to make money from your farm, you n...
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Libby Burney, volunteer leader of the St. Pauls 4-H Pony Club, instructs a 4-H member in how to prepare a skeleton of a horse for their educational booth at the county fair.| Contributed photo
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 Robeson County Fairgrounds for the 5 p.m. opening ceremonies. If you have finished dinner and are reading it while reared back in your recliner, you missed the grand opening, but you still have nine more days to visit the fair. Your county fair is the on...
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An award-winning fair is just minutes away
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 Mountain State Fair. I have always wanted to go to the Mountain State Fair, because I have heard that it was a very good fair. I have heard many comments that this fair was quite a bit different than fairs in this part of the state. I have been told ...
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A bounty of fruits and vegetables
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 cannot buy fresh broccoli and cabbage, but we can buy turnips and collards. We are fortunate that we have such a long growing season in southeastern North Carolina and that a lot of different kinds of fruits and vegetables can be grown in this area. W...
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Of grapes and wine
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. Just like collards in the garden, it was common in years past to have at least one grapevine around the house. Although it was not always the case, it was claimed that the grapes from these vines were used for jams and jellies. But in truth, many b...
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Help county lure tourists
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 your vacations but other people’s vacations. This subject has been on my mind for the past few weeks because of the great number of fantastic things that have happened in our county just recently and also the great number of things that will be happenin...
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Agriculture Briefs for Sept. 3
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, community development and running a chapter. The students also visited the National Mall and the top of the Washington monument. Lumberton FFA alumni helped with the expenses of the trip. LUMBERTON — The extension office will offer computer classes to he...
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Brown recluse.
Spider identification offered
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, our staff members receive hundreds of requests from local citizens asking for our assistance with these pests. In addition to insects, we are also often asked to identify spiders and to provide recommendations on how to control them. I have alre...
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Farmers tax guide now available
LUMBERTON — Copies of the 2008 IRS Farmers Tax Guide are available for pick up at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Robeson County Center, in the O. P. Owens Agriculture Center, Highway 72 West. According to Nelson Brownlee, Extension area farm management agent, there have been quite a few changes in the tax laws this year, and some of them affect farmers. Whether you do your own federal tax returns or you just check behind your tax preparer t...
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Coble Wilson, president of the Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair, accepts the 2008 Image Award from Mary Ann Cooper, North Carolina Association of County Agricultural Fairs. | Contributed photo
Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair named best in state
Did you go to the county fair this past fall? If not, you missed your chance to be able to brag that you went to the best county agricultural fair in the entire state of North Carolina. When Al Parnell, Jr., was murdered this past summer, the Board of Directors of the Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair made a special pact to put on the best county fair possible. They wanted to do this in Al's memory. They all knew they were going to have to wo...
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Don’t ignore lawn during winter
In recent columns, I have predicted a severe winter this year based on the abundance of nuts and berries on trees and bushes. Early folklore stressed that plants yielded an unusually heavy crop of nuts and berries to enable wildlife to survive a harsh and difficult winter. Other areas of the United States have been experiencing record-breaking cold with heavy snow, ice, and winds. But so far, our weather has been rather mild. The worst we hav...
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