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Coastal Gardening Festival

What is more fun than a clothes shopping spree? A plant shopping spree in the beautiful month of May! The …

The Art of Seeds Competition

The Art of Seeds Submission Form_Art of Seeds List Plant by Grade – Sheet1 Calling all young artists and gardeners! N.C. …

Cover photo for Hatteras Saltworks, Buxton, NC

Hatteras Saltworks, Buxton, NC

Brian McMahon is a solar-powered-hoop house-sea salt-farmer. Utilizing the sun and a seemingly endless supply of ingenuity and patience, …

Cover photo for Winter Library Garden Series 2023

Winter Library Garden Series 2023

In-Person at Kill Devil Hills Library (meeting room), 400 Mustian Street, KDH, Phone: 252-441-4341 OR Virtual via Zoom (a link to the …

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Apple Butter Class

Join us Tuesday, September 27, at 10:00 a.m. in the Dare County Cooperative Extension Office to make, sample, and take home this Fall delight! …

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Bread & Butter Pickles Class

*** NOTE: The date for this class has changed to August 2, 2022 *** Bread & butter pickles are thin …

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Babin Apiary - Honey

Don Babin is a busy man, as busy as the bees in the 25 hives he keeps on the …

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Hay Point Live Culture Foods

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Harrison Farms Microgreens

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Pressure Canner Testing

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Strawberry Jam Class

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