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Three women at NC STATE Extension Master Gardener Clay County booth displaying gourds and produce

Clay County Master Gardener Volunteer Interest Sign Up

Are you passionate about gardening, plants, and helping others learn how to grow successfully? The Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteer Program might be the perfect opportunity for you! Master…

Sunflowers

by Eleanor Moyer, Extension Master Gardener, Clay County VolunteerKeep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It’s what sunflowers do. Walt WhitmanAugust is the season for…

Discovery Garden

by: Eleanor Moyer, Master Gardener Volunteer My daughter delights in our Hayesville library’s used book store which her family supports each time they visit. This week she found glossy, elegant…

June Garden Chores

BY: ELEANOR MOYER, CLAY COUNTY MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEERUsually it’s time to encourage purchasing a rain barrel. Difficult as it may seem right now, July, August, and September will bring drier…

Daylily

by Eleanor Moyer, Clay County Master Gardener Volunteer I’ve been blown away this spring with the season’s first flush of spectacular flowers! It’s gratifying to think there are months of flowers to…

Hands in gloves planting young pink flowers in a garden bed among orange marigolds

May to-Do List

by Eleanor Moyer, Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteer of Clay CountyReady, on your mark, get set—It’s Gardening Season!! Till garden beds, working in compost and soil conditioner. Add fertilizer…

Summer Squash

by Eleanor Moyer, Extension Master Gardener℠ Volunteer of Clay CountyOne delight of summer is picking fresh zucchini to sauté with salmon or steak, or biting into a cheesy squash casserole made from…

April to-Do List

By: Eleanor Moyer, Clay County Master Gardener VolunteerThere is a song “April is the Cruelest Month” which can apply to our gardens. It warms up, we are enthusiastic to plant all those annuals and…

A Rose by Any Other Name

By Eleanor Moyer - Clay County Master Gardener VolunteerI ran into my rose expert at the grocery last summer and asked about a problem my neighbor was having with her hybrid tea rose, only to have…

Garden to-Do List March

by Eleanor Moyer, Extension Master Gardener℠ Clay County Volunteer Reseed or resod lawns through mid-month. Begin pre-emergent weed control on lawns and in flower beds. However, consider that…