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Plan Your Holiday Pies!

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it is time to start making out menus and deciding on which pie …

Take Control When Dining Out

The Holidays are looming on the horizon, which means celebrating and enjoying time with friends, and often this includes …

Thirty Minute Meals

Healthy 30-Minute Meals to Keep Your Family on Track Through the Holidays! During the Holiday rush between Halloween and New …

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Coping With Drought

Quick Tips: Plants response to short-term drought: wilting, marginal leaf scorch (browning along edges), and loss of some foliage. Plants …

Cook Your Fall Decorations

Don’t Toss Your Fall Decorations – Cook Them! I love Fall decorating, the colors, the use of fresh materials, all …

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The Teal Pumpkin Project

Have a Safe Halloween and enjoy some Allergen-Friendly Treats! Celebrating Happy Halloween next week means a week full of sweet …

Fall Casserole Round-Up

Casseroles, in America, represent the efficient, inexpensive, one-dish meal, made to stretch ingredients and feed a lot of folks! …

Enjoy the Fresh Pears?

Fresh pears are abundant this time of year and you certainly do not want this nutritional treat to go …

Fall is the Season for Apples

Honey Crisp, Pink Lady, or Granny Smith; no matter which variety is your favorite, apples are one of the …

Celebrate the Honey Bee

Each year we celebrate National Honey Bee Day, on the third Saturday in August. The celebration began in 2009 …

Muscadines are Ripe and Ready!

Muscadine grapes originated in the Southeastern region of the United States and as you know are quite commonly grown …

Abundance of Banana Peppers!

Do you have more banana peppers than you think you possibly could ever eat? I am here to help!! …

Medicare 101: Free Seminar October 13

SHIIP, the Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program, will be providing a free Medicare 101 Seminar here at the Cooperative …

Summer Squash

Summer Squash! Yellow squash and zucchini are one of the first signs of summer bounty, and in our area, you …

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