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Learn With Us, week of November 8

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Wildflowers in Your Landscape, Extension Garden Seminar
Sunday, Nov 8, 2015 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Where: Durham County Public Library, South Regional Branch, 4505 South Alston Avenue

Adding wildflowers to your landscape gives your home a sense of place, supports native wildlife, and are quite beautiful! Learn about our North Carolina native wildflowers and leave with ideas for adding plants to your garden. Presented by Nan Len, Durham County Extension Volunteer Master Gardener.
Class is free. Registration required. Contact: 919-560-7410
To Register: durhamcountylibrary.org – Click on ‘Events’ to find the calendar of events. Go to the date of the class and sign up.

 

Canker Worm Workshop
Wednesday, Nov 11, 2015 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: Durham county Cooperative Extension, 721 Foster Street, Durham

Canker worms, those creepy green worms that fall from the sky. Want to learn how to get rid of them? Canker worms are destroying our Willow Oaks. Join the band wagon to fight these pests. Find out how at our informational sessions with experts from Duke University, Durham County Cooperative Extension, and the City of Durham. More information and dates: www.TreesAcrossDurham.org

 

Composting, Extension Gardening Seminar
Thursday, Nov 12, 2015 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Where: Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson Street, Durham

Presented by Georganne Sebastian & Darcey Martin, Durham county Extension Master Gardener Volunteers. Discover the basics of successful composting & vermicomposting. Learn how to transform food scrap, leaves, & other organic materials into a nutrient-rich soil conditioner that will benefit your lawn & gardens.
Class is free. Registration required. Contact: gardenseducation@duke.edu 919-668-1707

11/14 – Getting Dirty Radio Show
Meet the Blue Beech Tree
Carol McPherson introduces us to the perfect tree —the Blue Beech, also know as Musclewood, Ironwood, or Water Beech tree.  Find out if this tree is perfect for you too?
 Listen live on WCOM 103.5 FM (Carrboro) on Tuesdays at 2:00 PM or visit http://gettingdirtyradioshow.org/ to listen to shows you’ve missed.

Learn With Us, week of October 4

On By durhammastergardenersIn Garden events
Oct 6 Getting Dirty Radio Show, 2 PM on WCOM 103.5
New Farmer Profile
Lise Jenkins wraps up her series on Slow Farmers by introducing us to Stephanie Hall.  Stephanie is new to farming and talks about the challenges and lessons she’s learned about farming. Listen to past episodes at  http://gettingdirtyradioshow.org/
Oct 9 Getting Dirty Radio Show, 2 PM on WCOM 103.5
Carolina Farm Stewardship Conference
The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association is holding their conference on Sustainable Agriculture this year in Durham, NC on November 6-8.  For more information check our website gettingdirtyradioshow.org
Oct 10 Getting Dirty Radio Show, 2 PM on WCOM 103.5
Where’s That Plant?
Kit Flynn can’t find her plants.  She confesses how she lost them and how you can avoid this fate.  Dan Mason brings us Kit’s Garden Story.
Saturday, Oct 10, 2015 10:00am – 11:30am
Raised Beds; If you build them the Veggies Will Come, Extension Garden Seminar
Where: Durham Garden Center, 4536 Hillsborough Road, Durham
This class will cover the advantages of raised bed gardening, including recommendations on locating, preparing, sizing and constructing the bed. Doug will also offer helpful tips on using journals to record plant successes and failures, crop rotation, companion planting, improving your soil, protection from critters, and plant support. He will discuss such potential problems and pitfalls as contaminated beds or pest infestations. Presenter: Doug Roach, Durham County Extension Volunteer Master Gardener
Class is free. Registration required. Sign up at the store or e-mail Ann at ann3dgc@gmail,com or call 919-384-7526