4 5 Brook Ln Cherokee Firetree Ln Dowd Rd Timber Dr Firetree Ln Ct Pinedale Overlook Chestnut Bunside Ct E Devonshire Ave Rd Sheffield Carthage Rd Barberry Ct Ct Sweetbriar Ct Rolling Hill Ct Round Oak Ct Glen Oak Cardinal Ln Ct Brown Ln ThistleLn Juniper Cardinal Ln Cardinal Ln Ct E Devonshire Ave Ln Berwick Ave Ln arwich Ct Huntingdon Ct Ln Dogwood Ridgefield Ct Dr Cobblestone Ct Lakeview Pt Pinewood Rd Springview E Shenandoah Ln Birchwood Ct wood Ct Sandham Ct Rd Rd Millstone Sherwood Ct Shady Ct Fawn Bark Grove Ln Ln View Pleasant Roundtree Rd pur Ln Cottage Ln Cedar Pinecone Ct Laurel Ct Primrose Ct Ct Running Scuppernong Ct Lancashire Ln Tr Firetree Ln Firetree Ln Firetree Ln LAKE SEQUOIA BIG LAKE JUNIPER LAKE LONGLEAF To CARTHAGE Seven Lakes 6 South Entrance - Seven Lakes - Golf Course & Country Club • Dining Room • Public Welcome. A B C D Cook Pt . . . . . . . . . .D-2 Cottage Grove Ln . . . . A-4 Cross Over . . . . . . . . . B-2 D-E-F Dartmore Ln . . . . . . . . B-3 Davenport Ct . . . . . .D-2 Dennis Cir . . . . . . . .D-2 Devonshire Ave . . . B-C-3-4 Dewsberry Ct . . . . . . . C-3 Dickerson Dr . . . . . . .D-2 Dogwood Ln . . . . . . . B-4 Donnell Pt . . . . . . . .D-2 Douglas Dr . . . . . . . . D-2 Dowd Rd . . . . . . . A-B-4-5 Dorset Rd . . . . . . . . . . B-3 Drum Hill Ct . . . . . . . C-2 Dubose Ct . . . . . . . . B-1 Edgewater Dr . . . A-B-3-4 Edinburgh Ct. . . . . . . . C-3 Edwards Ct . . . . . . . .D-1 Enchanted Dr . . . . . . A-3 Essex Ct . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 Fawn Ct . . . . . . . . . . A-4 Fawnwood Dr . . . . . . C-2 Featherston Pt . . . . . .D-2 Firetree Ln . . . . . . A-B-4-5 Fogleman Ct . . . . . . .D-2 Forest Sq Ct . . . . . . . . B-1 Fox Den Dr . . . . . . A-B-2 Fox Run Ct . . . . . . . . . A-3 G-H-I Gibbons Dr . . . . . . . . B-1 Glen Cove Ln . . . . . . . C-2 Glen Oak Ct . . . . . . . . B-4 Gordan Pt . . . . . . . . . B-1 Grant St . . . . . . . . . . B-3 Greenhock Ct . . . . . . . B-3 Greentree Ct . . . . . . . B-3 Hampton Ct . . . . . . . B-3 Harrell Rd . . . . . . . . . C-2 Harwich Ct . . . . . . B-C-3-4 Hastings Rd . . . . . . B-C-3 Heron Dr . . . . . . . . . . B-2 Holly Pl . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Humphrey Ct . . . . . . . B-1 Huntington Ct. . . . . . . C-4 Hwy 211 . . . . A-B-C-D-2-3 J-K-L James Dr . . . . . . . . . B-1 Josephs Pt . . . . . . . . C-2 Juniper Ct . . . . . . . . B-4 Lake View Pt . . . . . A-B-4 Lakeway Dr . . . . . . .B-2-3 Lakewood Ct . . . . . . . B-3 Lamplighter Ln . . . . A-B-2 Lancashire Ln . . . . B-C-3-4 Laurel Ct . . . . . . . . . A-4 Lawrence Overlook . . . C-2 Lee Overlook . . . . . C-D-2 Leewood Ct . . . . . . B-C-1 Lewallen Ct . . . . . . . C-2 Lewis Pt . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Logan Ct . . . . . . . C-D-2 Longleaf Dr. . . A-B-C-D-1-2 Love Grove Church Rd .C-3-4 M-N-O McCraken Dr . . . . . B-C-2 McDonald Pt . . . . . . . C-1 McDonald St . . . . . . . . B-3 McPhatter Dr. . . . . . . . C-3 MacDougal Dr . . . . . A-B-3 Millstone Rd . . . . . . . . B-4 Monroe Trail . . . . . . . .D-3 Morgan Ridge Dr . . . C-D-1 Morris Dr . . . . . . . B-C-1 Myrick Ct . . . . . . . . . B-2 Mystic Dr . . . . . . . . . A-3 Norris Ct . . . . . . . . . B-2 Oerman Dr . . . . . . . . . B-2 Otter Ct . . . . . . . . . . B-2 Otter Dr . . . . . . . . B-C-2 Overlook Dr . . . . . A-B-3-4 Owens Cir . . . . . . . . . B-2 Oxford Ln . . . . . . . . . B-3 P-Q-R Parker Ct . . . . . . . . . . B-2 Parkwood Ct . . . . . . . . B-2 Patman Ct . . . . . . . . B-2 Patterson Ln . . . . . . . . C-2 Paul Rd . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Penncross Ct . . . . . . . . B-2 Phillips Dr . . . . . . . . B-2 Pine Cone Ct . . . . . . . A-4 Pine Ridge Ln . . . . . . . C-3 Pinedale Ct . . . . . . . . A-4 Pineneedle Dr . . . . . A-3-4 Pinewood Ct . . . . . . . A-4 Pinnacle Ct . . . . . . . . . B-2 Pittman Ct . . . . . . . . B-2 Pleasant View Ln . . . . . A-4 Primrose Ct. . . . . . . . . A-5 Puckett Ln . . . . . . . . . C-2 Ramsgate Ct . . . . . . . . C-3 Rector Dr . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Redding Ct . . . . . . . . B-1 Rembert Ct . . . . . . . B-2 Rhyne Rd . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Ridgefield Ct . . . . . A-B-4 Ritter Dr . . . . . . . . . B-2 Rolling Hill Ct . . . . . . . B-4 Round Oak Ct . . . . . . . B-4 Roundtree Rd . . . . . . A-4 Roxburgh Ct . . . . . . . . C-3 Running Brook Ln . . . . A-4 Rustic Dr . . . . . . . . . A-3 Rhyne Rd . . . . . . . . . B-1 S-T-U Sandham Ct . . . . . . . . B-4 A-B-C Amberwood Ct . . . . . . A-3 Anchor Pt . . . . . . . . .D-2 Andrews Dr . . . . . . C-D-1 Atwater Ct . . . . . . . . . A-3 Auman St . . . . . . . . . B-3 Azalea Ct . . . . . . . . A-3-4 Baker Cir . . . . . . . C-D-2 Baldwin Dr . . . . . . . . . C-3 Barberry Ct . . . . . . . . . B-4 Barnes Pt . . . . . . . . . B-1 Sandspur Ln . . . . . . . A-4 Sandy Ridge Rd . . . .B-3-4 Scarlet Oak Dr . . . . . . A-3 Scheffield Ln . . . . . . . C-4 Schever Rd . . . . . . . . . B-2 Scuppernong Ct . . . A-B-4 Seminole Ct . . . . . . . A-4 Seven Lakes Dr . . B-C-3-4 Seven Lakes Pl . . . . . . . B-3 Shady Wood Ct . . . . . B-4 Shagbark Ct . . . . . A-B-3 Shaw Dr . . . . . . . . . . B-2 Shenandoah Rd . . . .B-3-4 Sheroff Ln . . . . . . . . . B-2 Sherwood Rd . . . . . . . B-4 Shropshire Ln . . . . . . . B-3 Shropshire Ct . . . . . . . C-3 Simmons Dr . . . . . . .B-1-2 Slate Ct . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Smathers Dr . . . . . A-B-2 Somerset Ln . . . . . . . . B-3 Southerland Ct . . . .B-1-2 Spong Ct . . . . . . . . . B-2 Spring View Ln . . . . . . B-4 Stallion Ct . . . . . . . . . B-3 Standish Pt . . . . . . . . B-2 Stedman Ct. . . . . . . . . C-2 Stockport Ct . . . . . . . C-3 Sunrise Way . . . . . . .B-3-4 Sunrise Pt . . . . . . . . . B-2 Sunset Pt . . . . . . . . . B-2 Swan Run Ct . . . . . . . A-3 Swaringen Dr . . . . . . B-1 Sweetbriar Ct . . . . . . . B-4 Teague Dr . . . . . . A-B-1-2 Thistle Ln . . . . . . . . . B-4 Thomas Pt . . . . . . . . . B-1 Timber Dr . . . . . . . . . A-4 Tiverton Ct . . . . . . . . B-3 Trade St . . . . . . . . . A-B-3 Tucker Ct . . . . . . . . . A-1 Turnbridge Ct . . . . . .C-3-4 V-W-X-Y-Z Vanore Rd . . . . . . . . C-2 Village View Dr . . . . A-B-3 Wagoner Ct . . . . . . . . C-2 Wedgewood Dr . . . . . . B-2 Wertz Dr . . . . . . . . A-B-1 White Dr . . . . . . . A-B-1 Wilderness Ct . . . . . . . B-2 Wildleaf Ct . . . . . . . . A-4 Winsford Cir . . . . . B-C-3-4 Winston Dr . . . . . . B-C-2 Wolverton Ct . . . . . . . C-3 Woodall Ct . . . . . . . . B-1 Woodcock Ct . . . . . . . B-1 Yearington Ct . . . . . . . B-1 Yorkshire Ct . . . . . . . . B-3 Beacon Ridge Dr . . . A-B-1 Beacon Ct. . . . . . . . . . C-4 Berkshire Ct . . . . . . . . B-3 Berwick Ave . . . . . . . . B-4 Birchwood Ct . . . . . . B-4 Betz Ct . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Bexley Ct . . . . . . . . . . C-3 Brandywine Dr. . . . . . . A-3 Brendell Ct . . . . . . . . .D-2 Brown Bark Ln . . . . . . A-4 Brown Ct . . . . . . . . .D-2 Bruton Ct . . . . . . . . . C-2 Bunside Ct . . . . . . . . B-4 Butterfly Ct . . . . . . . . B-2 Callis Cir . . . . . . . . . .D-2 Calmwater Ct . . . . . . B-3 Cambridge Ln . . . . . .B-3-4 Cardinal Ln . . . . . . . . B-4 Carr Ct . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Carriage Park Dr. . . . . . A-2 Carthage Rd . . . . . . C-D-4 Cedar Lm . . . . . . . . . . A-4 Cedar Pl . . . . . . . . . . C-3 Cherokee Tr . . . . . . . A-4 Chestnut Ct . . . . . . . . B-4 Christine Pl . . . . . . A-B-2 Christopher Ln. . . . . . . C-3 Clay Cir . . . . . . . . . .D-2 Cobblestone Ct . . . . . B-4 5 6 ONCE UPON A CENTURY continued ONCE UPON A CENTURY continued ONCE UPON A CENTURY continued Over the years, Joe has collected several “pups” from the mother plant. Overseeing their care, Joe informs, “Full sun, half-rate fertilizer. I fertilize them once a year with time-released fertilizer, and if the bag says you need two tablespoons on your plant, then only use one. Nutrients aren’t plentiful in the desert, so they’ve adapted to utilizing less. Agave like to be watered during the hot seasons on a semi-regular basis, but they like to be dry in the winter. Plants from the desert dehydrate themselves in the winter because there is usually no rain. Since they push all the water out of their system, cacti wilt in the wintertime. With less water inside, they can endure colder temperatures. The reason plants die in the freezing temperatures of winter is because the water inside the cells freezes and creates crystals which puncture the cell walls. When there is no Turgor pressure, the cells wilt, and the plant dies.” In caring for cacti locally, Joe explains the importance of keeping them dry. “Cacti don’t have the same mechanism to fight off fungus as other plants living in more humid areas; therefore moisture in the winter, when they’re not actively growing can create rot. The best way to keep them dry is to plant them elevated, mounded up in sandy soil. When it rains, the moisture drains from the soil which prevents the cactus from rotting.” Locally we do not have any native Agaves. However, we do have some native prickly pear living amongst the pine straw of the Sandhills. Joe remarks, “It’s interesting because in the summer, they’re all puffed up and happy with yellow flowers, but in the winter, they’re all shriveled up and look like they’re dead. Just leave them alone, and once spring brings warmth, they revive.” Joe continues, “We’ve got an Opuntia cactus that completely wilts in the winter. However, when spring comes, the arms stand right back up; it’s close to six feet tall now.” From our established local resource of Star Ridge Aquatics, Joe highlights other options for interested locals. “The NC Zoo in Asheboro, features a Sonoran Desert exhibit showcasing hearty cactus and Agave. Also the desert section in the Sandhills Community College gardens presents an opportunity for locals to observe plants that don’t normally grow around here.” A 1993 graduate of the SCC horticultural program, Joe has donated several plants to the program in hopes of encouraging future growth. From hardy bananas, to hardy palm trees, aquatic plants, and fish, Star Ridge offers unique varieties of all things growing. From the “pups” ONCE UPON A CENTURY con't. next column ONCE UPON A CENTURY con't. next column of the Agave, to the different varieties of water lilies, Joe informs, “I enjoy unusual plants, and ironically Agaves are included in the lily family along with the Easter Lily and Artichoke.” If you like the desert, Southwest look, Star Ridge grows many hardy cactus, hardy Agaves, and hardy yuccas for planting in your yard. If you have a water garden, they offer numerous aquatic plants. Joe encourages, “If your yard is dry, come see us. If it’s wet, come see us!” In regards to the Century Plant in bloom, Joe summarizes, “Some things are worth the wait. You can see something every day for 25 years, but one day, it just surprises you!” As for the babies around the mother, Joe agrees to leave them. “Sure. Maybe in another 25 years, they will be ready to bloom, but will you be around for another story?” We figure our ages plus 25 and laugh. From his big green Agave, the biggest at the nursery, he tells of the second biggest, the Dasylirion. Onto another plant, another chapter, another story. �� As you record your once upon a lifetime story, go see Joe and family at Star Ridge Aquatics, LLC. For more info, see ad p. 32. No. 127 The Pinehurst Gazette, Inc. p.25
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