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Extension Provides Resources for Seed Library

A Community Seed Library is Now Available!Last year, N.C. Cooperative Extension, Cherokee County Center staff began meeting with and assisting Murphy Public Library staff (Melissa Barker and Beth…

farmers learning about controlled grazing

Farm School Series 2024

Welcome to Farm School 2024. This is the 3rd year that Cherokee and Graham County will be working together to provide you with classes related to farming, gardening, and agriculture. Some of the…

Group of elementary students with teachers displaying a wooden observation hive with bees outdoors

1st Grade Students Complete "The 4-H Busy World of Bees"

Cherokee County 4-H volunteer and Master Gardener, Arleene Ward, just wrapped up an eight lesson series from our 4-H Busy World of Bees with 86 first graders at Murphy Elementary School. Arleene is…

Woman showing children an observation beehive filled with bees

Cherokee County 4-H School Enrichment Programs Are Everywhere!!!

Cherokee County 4-H loves to partner with Cherokee County teachers and schools to bring 4-H School Enrichment programs to the classroom. 4-H School Enrichment is a sequence of learning experiences…

Podcasting Basics and Mobile Photography Classes Available in January

Would you like to learn more about Podcasting? Would you like to learn some tricks and tips on mobile photography (smartphones)? We are offering introductory classes in both of these areas.Podcasting…

AG STAR North Carolina HOME GROWN VOICE Talent Search

Could You Be the First NC Ag Star?

Paige King Johnson is a singer-songwriter originally from Angier, NC now traveling back and forth from Nashville, TN. She was recently named the first musical ambassador for the NC Department of…

Painted lady butterfly perched on leaves beside bright pink rose blooms

Butterflies Have Emerged at Two Local Schools

Second-grade students at Andrews Elementary School and Murphy Elementary School participated in the 4-H school enrichment curriculum, Winged Wonders. All seven classes received one Painted Lady…

Woman points at bees in wooden observation hive while children watch

1st Graders Explore the Busy World of Bees!!!

All four first grade classes at Murphy Elementary school participated in the 4-H school enrichment program, Busy World of Bees. Students in Mrs. Stonecypher's, Mrs. Wood's, Mrs. Flowers', and Mrs.…

Cluster of red strawberries with green calyxes and leaves, close-up

Cherokee County 4-H 2022 Plant Sale Coming Soon!!!

Cherokee County 4-H will once again be conducting its annual plant and fruit tree sale. All proceeds go to Cherokee County 4-H. As usual, the plants and trees will be of high quality and reasonably…

A Fire-Resistant Home diagram: house with 0–5 ft and 5–30 ft defensible zones and numbered tips

Preparing For Wildfires With Firescaping

Wildfires occur in Cherokee County but there are ways to reduce your risk from wildfire damage and home ignition. A class will be held April 26, 2022 on reducing risks including Firescape principles.…