April is the month to get your vegetable garden ready for summer. Warm season vegetables, including squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, and corn, can be planted after the threat of frost has passed. The average last frost date for our area is around April 15, though we cannot rule out a light frost later in April, so be prepared to protect newly planted annuals and vegetables by covering them with an old sheet or floating row cover if frost is predicted. Read the entire article: http://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/index.php?page=news&ci=LAWN+69Pender County Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your lawn, garden and landscape questions during their annual plant sale, April 16 & 17 at the Pender County Cooperative Extension Center, located at 801 S. Walker St. in Burgaw. The plant sale will feature a wide range of tough plants that thrive in Pender County conditions, including annual and perennial flowers, vegetables, herbs, blueberries, and figs!
In addition, Summer Vegetable Gardening 101, a FREE class covering all the basics of growing a summer vegetable garden, will be taught at the Extension Center Saturday, April 17 from 10am to noon. Call 259-1235 to register for this class, find out more about the plant sale, or get answers to your gardening questions. Information is also available online at http://pender.ces.ncsu.edu.
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