By Amber Veverka Paw paws- those mysterious forest fruits that taste like part-banana, part-mango - are ripe across the Carolinas Piedmont. The fruits look a bit like knobby, misshapen mangoes, and when ripe are quite soft. Inside, they have a custardy yellow pulp with large, shiny black seeds. “These are an understory forest tree [...]
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N.C. paw paws ripe for the picking
Posted in foraging, tagged foraging, fruit, paw paws on August 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
More N.C. deer dying of hemorrhagic disease
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deer, hemorrhagic disease on August 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
By Amber Veverka State scientists say they’re seeing a surging number of western North Carolina deer dead or dying of hemorrhagic disease, a condition transmitted by biting gnats. Hemorrhagic disease enters the deer’s bloodstream and causes emaciation, loss of motor control, fever, lameness, and swelling of the neck and head. Often the sick deer seek [...]
New local-food website launches in Charlotte
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged farm, farmers markets, gardening, local food on August 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Charlotte-area locavores have a new online resource to help them find homegrown food – and learn a little about the farmers who produce it. A local branding firm has launched GrowCharlotte.com, a new website that ultimately will let users track locally raised fruits, vegetables and meats from their farm source to the market, store or [...]
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