summer
![Honey bees building a comb for their hive.](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Honey-Bees-Haven_Homegrown-NC-State-Extension_Web-16x9-1-scaled.jpg)
Promoting a Honey Bee Haven in North Carolina
![Close shot of gloved hands holding and cutting through cooked pork butt barbecue on a red tabletop.](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pork-Butt-Barbecue_North-Carolina-style_Homegrown-Tailgate-Grilling-16x9-1.jpg)
How to Prepare Perfect Pork Butt Barbecue
![A glass jar with a "barbecue martini" consisting of pork barbecue, baked beans, cole slaw and pickles sits on a white plate while displayed on a red tabletop outdoors.](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Barbecue-Martini_Homegrown-Tailgate-Grilling-16x9-1.jpg)
How to Make a Barbecue Martini
![A man in an industrial kitchen setting leaning over a table with various grilling condiments displayed while holding out a plate of barbecue chicken.](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Barbecue-Chicken_Homegrown-Tailgate-Grilling-16x9-1.jpg)
How to Make Barbecue Chicken
![Close shot of gloved hands holding and cutting through barbecue spare ribs on a red tabletop.](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BBQ-Spare-Ribs-CALS-Tailgate_Homegrown-16x9-1.jpg)
Making Smoked Barbecue Spare Ribs as Simple as 3-2-1
![A cecropia caterpillar is attached to the underside of a partially eaten leaf.](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Caterpillars-of-North-Carolina_Homegrown-web-post-16x9-1.jpg)
North Carolina’s Very Hungry Caterpillars
![Close shot of raw pork chops on a red tabletop with a dry rub mix sprinkled over them for cooking.](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dry-Rub-CALS-Tailgate_Homegrown-16x9-1.jpg)
How to Make Your Own Dry Rub
![Fireflies or lightning bugs flying at night in the forest.](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Fireflies-in-forest_Homegrown_16x9.jpg)
Discover the Secret Science of Fireflies
![A young girl holds a wooden bowl with greens and flowers.](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/backyard-edibles.jpg)
Foraging for Backyard Edibles
![Close-up of individual containers of fresh blueberries on a table at a local farmers market](https://homegrown.extension.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Blueberries_Sweetest-summertime-blues_Homegrown.jpg)