Thanks to everyone who entered! The photos are wonderful and I hope everyone enjoys looking at them. As I have more time, I’ll continue to identify them. I’ll be adding photos of other pest and beneficial creatures. I received some of snakes, toads, slugs and snails. Please check back in a day or two.
Just a reminder to enter the Grayson LandCare(GLC) pest and beneficial bug photography contest. The last day to submit entries is Wednesday September 16th. The winners will be announced via Zoom during the regular monthly GLC meeting Monday September 21 at 7pm. These should be common pests or benefical insects of our local vegetable and[…]
This will be an Online event at our usual 7pm meeting time. Our Zoom platform can allow 100 people, so please pass along to anyone who might be interested!- You can find the Zoom invitation at the bottom of the post. We are pleased to have Robin Suggs, the new Procurement/Grower Manager for the Agroforestry[…]
We are very disappointed that Marlene Condon couldn’t be our speaker this month. However, Marlene is willing to offer her book for half price because she thought we might have time now to read it and perhaps implement some things to make our yards more nature-friendly this year. Why wait a whole year to start[…]
Given the cancellations of area schools and church services as well as confirmed cases in Alleghany County , NC and Montgomery County, VA, we have made the decision to CANCEL our March meeting. We’ll watch and wait and decide what to do in April. In addition to the usual wash your hands, don’t touch face[…]
2020 Grayson LandCare Presentation Schedule February 17-Reid Walters, Independence Town Manager, Town update March 16 – CANCELLED Britt Boucher, Forester, Planning for your forest’s future April 20- CANCELLED Michelle Pridgen, Native Pollinators & Build a pollinator box, Presentation is free, $5 covers the materials to build a box to take home Saturday April 25-CANCELLED– LandCare[…]
Grayson LandCare is pleased to announce Britt Boucher as the featured speaker for March. Join us at 7pm March 16 at the Grayson LandCare office at 104 Courthouse Street. After a brief update of GLC activities, Mr Boucher , a forester, will speak on best forest management practices he has developed: a Forest Future Vision.[…]