Guilford County Center: Lawn & Garden

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Lawn & Garden

Gardening is considered our nation's most popular pastime, yielding fresh fruits and vegetables for the dinner table, a cleaner environment and aesthetically pleasing landscapes. North Carolina Cooperative Extension helps gardeners learn more about new plants, native plants and environmental stewardship. Extension-trained Master Gardener volunteers are instrumental in these efforts, sharing their knowledge of plant selection, cultural practices and pest management with fellow gardeners, school students and others.

***The School Garden Network***

Brings together teachers, parents, administrators, and volunteers to create and maintain school gardens in Guilford County. We share informationand support in order to deliver the best garden based learning for our children in schools.

Questions? contact Cynthia Nielsen,

Guilford County Cooperative Extension

School Garden Network Coordinator:

cynthia-nielsen@ncsu.edu

Mosquitoes are important pests because their biting activity often interferes with outdoor activities and they can transmit disease organisms. Most mosquitoes are active during twilight hours and at night; however, around the home, the mosquitoes that breed in discarded containers are active during the day. Mosquitoes need water to complete their life cycle. You can help reduce mosquito populations by eliminating or properly maintaining these problem spots: 1. "Tip and Toss" - empty or discard containers, old tires, etc. that can hold stagnating water. 2. If you use barrels/containers to collect rainwater for watering gardens, cover them with screening to keep out mosquitoes. Keep the screens clear of debris. 3. Treat decorative ponds/pools with products containing the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. 4. Dump excess water from saucers under outdoor flower pots. 5. Flush the water out of bird baths at least twice weekly. 6. Store boats, canoes and other objects so that they do not collect rainwater. Remove water that collects in depressions in tarpaulins covering boats and other equipment or objects. 7. Cover or drain unused swimming pools. 8. Keep rain gutters free of leaves and other debris that prevent water from draining. 9. Correct drainage problems in your yard that allow rainwater to pool in lowlying areas. 10. Fill tree holes to keep them from being used as breeding sites by mosquitoes. 11. Remove debris (or report drainage problems) in drainage ditches and culverts along private or public roadways
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