The Carrboro Board of Aldermen meets Tuesday night at Town Hall. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. Links here. Items on the agenda include:
1. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Public Hearing on a Land Use Ordinance Text Amendment to Modify Impervious Surface Limitations for Day Care Uses in Village Mixed Use Developments

2. OTHER MATTERS
1. Consideration of a Resolution in Support of the Orange County Real Estate Transfer Tax

2. Annual Update of the 2005-2010 Consolidated Housing Plan for Orange County

3. Review of Advisory Board Appointment and Training Processes

Fiddlehead of Christmas fern is protected by a hairy jacket. Photo by Dave Otto.

By Ken Moore

A few days ago, local wildlife photographer Dave Otto sent me beautiful images of a Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) fiddlehead and a flower cluster of wild azalea (Rhododendron pericymenoides) expressing themselves along Bolin Creek in Carrboro.

Those fiddleheads are a definite sign of spring. Once they begin unfurling their new leaves, we can usually be confident that the warm growing season has finally arrived and we can move forward with our vegetable and flower gardening pursuits – but hold it right there!! Remember last year, when we had a serious frost about this time that resulted in some real setbacks for tender garden plants as well as our native flora.

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