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How to Care for Poinsettias: A Guide to Keeping Your Holiday Plant Healthy

In its natural environment, the poinsettia can be used as a landscaping plant around the home and yard. (Source: NC Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox/Jim Robbins)Poinsettias are most recognizable with…

Prepare Your Home for Winter!

We are fortunate to live in a relatively mild climate here in the Appalachians, but we can still have spurts of prolonged freezing weather with snow and ice. Start preparing your home now to help…

Autumn

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulnessclose bosom-friend of the maturing sunKeatsWell, I am afraid that fog mists seem to be the only moisture we are to receive this season. It’s been an ‘all or…

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What’s Fashionable in Landscape

by Eleanor Moyer, Clay County Master GardenerMy daughter attended the Southern Living Design House near Charleston lastweek—how to live on a budget of $3 to $5+ million! The landscaping was one thing…

Prepare Your Home

The following link provides invaluable information for homeowners on how to prepare their homes for the weather that is headed our way and how to recover after a disaster. Stay safe, everyone!

Clay on the Fly 4-H Fly-Fishing Club Hits a Home Run at Gunner’s Ranch!

The Clay on the Fly 4-H Fly-Fishing Club recently enjoyed an exhilarating day of fishing, thanks to the generous hospitality of Jan and Joe Griggs at Gunner’s Ranch. The event was a hit from the…

Clay County 4-H Program Hosts Successful Summer Robotics Camp

The Clay County 4-H Program recently held a dynamic week-long Summer Robotics Camp, inviting local youths aged 5 to 18 to explore a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)…

Tips for Growing Apple Trees

Have you thought about enhancing your garden or landscape with apple trees? Not only do they produce delicious fruit perfect for baking, canning, selling at farmers markets, or simply enjoying fresh…

Sign reading "FARM FRESH EGGS FOR SALE" beside potted plants at an outdoor market

Clay County Farmers Market - Opening Day a Success!

The farmers market returned to Hayesville on May 16 and made its debut at the Clay County Recreation Park. On the opening day, there were 9 vendors and 120 visitors who stopped by to shop local…

Ripe red apples hanging from a branch in a row of orchard trees

Fruit Tree Class

Join the N.C. Cooperative Extension – Clay County Center for a class on Caring for Fruit Trees. The class will take place Tuesday, May 10th from 5-6:30 in the Community Room of the Community Services…