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Molly and Niki planting

Tabernacle Community Garden Planning Meeting 2025

The N.C. Cooperative Extension-McDowell County Center “Keep McDowell Beautiful” program will facilitate the planning meeting for the Tabernacle Community Garden in 2025. Volunteers are needed to…

food and drinks in a refrigerator

Food Safety After a Storm

Fall storms can leave us with a lot to clean up and go through. If your power has been out, you will need to know what foods are safe to keep and which foods you should discard. Usually, you can not…

kids in the garden

Tabernacle Community Garden Harvest Days

Join us at the Tabernacle Community Garden for one of our garden harvest days. The garden is located in the backyard of 313 Baldwin Ave, on the property of the East Marion Pentecostal Holiness…

Large stainless canner next to two jars labeled "Crushed Tomatoes 7-15-22" on countertop

Summer Hands on Canning Classes

What better way to learn something new or to brush up on skills than to take a hands on class. This summer N.C. Cooperative Extension, McDowell County Center will partner to offer hands on canning…

Garden photo

Tabernacle Community Garden Work Days

Join us at the Tabernacle Community Garden for one of our garden work days. The garden is located in the backyard of 313 Baldwin Ave, on the property of the East Marion Pentecostal Holiness Church.…

Large stainless-steel pressure canner with lid and dial thermometer on gas stovetop

It's Time to Start Preparing to Preserve Our Bounty This Year

April is a time for planning your garden and what you may want to start planting this year. As we plan what to grow this year, we need to keep in mind what we like to eat and also what we may want to…

Tomato Zucchini Bake

National Garden Month

April is National Garden Month. So gather up your tools and seeds and get dirty! Planting now and tending to the garden all summer will bring all the benefits when you start to harvest all the things…

Fermented spicy kimchi (napa cabbage) piled on a white-rimmed plate

Fermentation Program at the Senior Center

The program will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 25, at the McDowell Senior Center, 100 Spaulding Road, Marion. The Master Gardeners of McDowell County will present a program on Introduction…

Tabernacle Garden

Community Garden Coordination Meeting

We are hosting a meeting for new and experienced gardeners who plan to be involved in community and school gardens in McDowell County. If you are a gardener or want to start a garden this is an…

Craig LeHoullier with tomatoes

Good Earth Gardening: A Garden Symposium Part I

The Master Gardeners of McDowell County have been working hard organizing Good Earth Gardening: A Garden Symposium. Good Earth Gardening will be Saturday, March 12, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the McDowell…