upcoming seed swap: 3/25

Join fellow farmers and gardeners this weekend for a day of information, inspiration, and fun! The event, sponsored by the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and the Watauga County Cooperative Extension Office, begins on Saturday, March 25, at 9:00 am at the Extension office on King Street in downtown Boone.

To participate in the Seed Swap, gardeners and farmers are invited to bring any seeds, root-divisions, bulbs, apple-wood scions, and other plant materials they have to share, and partake of the offerings of others doing the same. The seed swap (9 am ? 4 pm) is free and open to all!

Richard Boylan of the Watauga County Extension Office will start the day off with Organic Fundamentals, (9-10:30 am) and then Brad Hinkley of Lily Patch Farms will conduct a workshop on Seed Starting for Beginners (11-12:30), followed by Barry & Lori Hubert and Amy Galloway presenting an afternoon of information about backyard egg-laying chicken production (2-3:30).

Registration is done on-site only, beginning at 8:00 am at a cost of only $10 for the workshop series. For more information or directions to the office, contact NC Cooperative Extension at 828-264-3061.

For more sustainable agriculture fun, join CFSA & and the Watauga County Extension office for a High Country Field Day on Apple Tree Pruning on Sunday, March 27, 2 ? 5 pm at Hoyt Combs' farm, on Howard Edmisten Rd in Sugar Grove. Learn how to rejuvenate those old apple trees on your property and start harvesting apples this fall! Pre-registration for this is not required, but for more information, contact NC Cooperative Extension at 828-264-3061. CFSA members may attend this workshop at no cost, a $5 donation to CFSA is required for all others.