Charity Event FRIDAY AUGUST 20TH to benefit both the Cancer Association and the Prizery.

The $100 ticket gets you two dinners before the raffle and a chance to win $10,000.
Tickets are for sale at the Prizery box office only; please contact (434) 572-8339 or prizery@mac.com for more information.

Hors Dourves start at 6:30 PM - BYOB.  Catering by Maynard Childress.

Tips from the Southside Master Gardeners to keep your garden healthy.

PLANT Late August is the best time to plant Oriental poppies.  A mulch of oak or sycamore leaves will give them needed protection the first winter.

PRUNE
Maples and birches may be pruned after new growth has hardened.

FERTILIZE
At the beginning of the month trim back and fertilize perennials for the second blooming.

Feed roses for the last time this season.  When cutting blossoms, cut above the 5-leaflet leaf.

WATER
During dry weather be sure to thoroughly water azaleas, camellias, rhododendrons, and heather

Clean Virginia Waterways (CVW) announces an upcoming “Train the Trainer” workshop for nonprofit organizations, community groups and other groups that would like to host their own “Make a Rain Barrel Workshop” for the public.

After taking this CVW workshop, your organization or group may order our recycled food barrels and hardware kits for use in your own rain barrel making workshops.

Halifax County's Department of Tourism plans to add a vacation rentals feature to their website, www.gohalifaxva.com; if you own vacation rental property in Halifax County, or live in the county and own vacation rental property that may be outside of the county but is close enough for county tourists to use (like Buggs Island Lake), contact me to find out how you can list your property on the site.

The vacation rental listings will be free, with "featured" listings available for a small fee.  Listings will be similar to the format on real estate websites, so you'll be able to include details of your property, photos, etc., and all contacts will come directly to you - not the Tourism office.

The Southside Master Gardener Association will hold a rain barrel workshop from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on June 5^th during HaliFair at the Halifax County Fairgrounds.  Cost of the class is $40 per barrel.  Class size is limited so pre-registration is required.  Call the Halifax Extension Office at 434-476-2147 to make your reservation.  Class will be held rain or shine.

For more information, visit www.halifairva.com.