on Real Virginia

Featured this month on Real Virginia, Virginia Farm Bureau’s weekly television program:

• Learn how Halifax County’s NOVEC biomass facility is turning wood waste into renewable energy.

• Find out how to prune wisteria so it will provide colorful blooms.

• Meet a King William County farmer whose land dates to before the American Revolution, on this month’s County Agricultural Close-up.

Real Virginia airs nationwide at 3:30 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month on RFD-TV on Dish Network and DirecTV, and on selected cable outlets around the state. It airs weekly on WBRA digital channel 15.2, WHRO Norfolk, WVVA Bluefield and WTKR Norfolk, and on the first and third weekends of each month on WVIR Charlottesville, WSVF Harrisonburg, WRLH Richmond and WSLS Roanoke.

Native Wildflowers

2,500

That’s the number of Virginia wildflowers that are native to the state. The other 1,000 wildflower species listed in the Flora of Virginia have come from elsewhere and naturalized. See related article on page 16.