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Lumpkin County Cooperatve Extension

Greg Sheppard's Newspaper Articles (pdf format)

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June 28, 2006 - Japanese Beetles - Family Reunion Time In The Garden
July 5, 2006 - Vegetable Pollination - The Private Lives Of Vegetables Revealed
July 12, 2006 - Whip-poor-will - Hear The Call Of The Whip-Poor-Will
July 19, 2006 - Adelgids - Adelgid Control For Homeowners
July 26, 2006 - Adelgids - Coping With Hemlock Adelgids On Forest Land
August 2, 2006 - Carpenter Ants - Hunt Carpenter Ants At Night
August 9, 2006 - Fish Ponds - Fish Pond Management
August 16, 2006 - Coneflowers Don't Have To Be Purple Anymore
August 23, 2006 - Bagworms - Cones" On Your Leland Cypress?
August 30, 2006 - Get Even With Chiggers
September 6, 2006 - Hornets - Hornets Are Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
September 13, 2006 - Garden Clean Up - Time To Clean Your Room
September 20, 2006 - Kudzu - Godzilla of Garden Weeds
September 27, 2006 - Figs For Fantastic Fruit
October 4, 2006 - Fall Garden Series-Don't Be Late For Class
October 11, 2006 - Master Gardener Training Class
October 18, 2006 - Mystery of the Falling Branches
October 25, 2006 - The Confederate Rose
November 1, 2006 - Leaves Aren't the Only Things To Fall in Autumn
November 8, 2006 - Burning Bush Sets Landscape Aflame
November 15, 2006 - Tough and Beautiful Astilbe
November 22, 2006 - Research Investigates Lawn Problems
November 29, 2006 - Plan For A Winter Garden
December 6, 2006 - "Mighty Oaks From Tiny Acorns Grow"
December 13, 2006 - Buyer Beware!
December 20, 2006 - Gifts for Gardeners
December 27, 2006 - Have A Spring Fling Indoors
January 3, 2007 - New Year's Resolutions
January 10, 2007 - Tiny Insects by the Thousands
January 17, 2007 - Who Needs a License to Kill?
January 24, 2007 - Seed Catalogs!
January 31, 2007- Prevent Crabgrass
February 7, 2007- Fire Pits Are Hot Stuff
February 14, 2007- Ten Dozen Roses For My Valentine
February 21, 2007 - Beware of the Dark Side of the Force
February 28, 2007 - Different Strokes For Different Folks
March 7, 2007 - Liriope A Handy Plant
March 14, 2007- Master Gardener Voluteers
March 21, 2007 - How Much Do I Need?
March 28, 2007- We're Not In Kansas Toto
April 4, 2007 - Eastern Redbud Provides Spring Color
April 11, 2007 - Admiral Semmes Azalea
April 18, 2007 - Coping With Freeze Damage
April 25, 2007 - Check For Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Now
May 2, 2007 - A Confederate Jasmine For North Georgia
May 9, 2007 - Sloppy Mowing Doesn't Cut It
May 16, 2007 -
May 23, 2007 - Rhodondendron Borers
May 30, 2007 - Don't Let Vegetables Run Out of Gas
June 6, 2007
June 13, 2007 - Irrigation Pointers For Home Gardens
June 20, 2007 - Don't Feed The Bears
June 27, 2007 - Plants Need Thier Space Too
July 18, 2007- Chiggers Control
July 25, 2007- Buying Pesticides
August 1, 2007 - Bed Designs with a water hose
October 24, 2007- Fall Pruning
November 14, 2007 - Rain Barrels
January 16, 2008 - Pruning Crape Myrtles
January 23, 2008 - Walnut Trees
February 13, 2008 - Arbor Day
February 06, 2008 - Muscadine Pruning
March 5, 2008 - Spring Fertilizer Application
June 11, 2008 - Thinning Fruit Trees
July 09, 2008 - Irrigation Bags
July 23, 2008 - Extension Website Helps save you time & money
July 30, 2008 - Vegetable care
August 06, 2008 - Year of the Insect
August 13, 2008 - Garden Math is important
August 20, 2008 - Fragrance- Another Garden Dimension
October 01, 2008 - Time to Tidy up
October 08, 2008 - Bulb Planting
October 15, 2008 - Tree Planting Space
October 22, 2008 - Flowering Quince
October 29, 3008 - Black Widow Spiders
November 05, 2008 - Time for Soil Testing
November 12, 2008 - Pecans in your yard?
November 19, 2008 - Ground Covers are Landscape Heroes
November 25, 2008- Thank goodness for gardening
December 10, 2008 - Look up!
December 17, 2008- The gift of Agriculture
December 23, 2008 - Hollies much more than Landscape Plants
December 30, 2008- Garden Scrapbooking
January 14, 2009 - Store Garden Chemicals Safely
January 21, 2009 - A purple wave of Tiny Critters
January 28, 2009 - Proper Design saves maintenance time
February 4, 2009- Extension Website Information
February 11, 2009 - Lunch & Learn
February 18, 2009 - Have you planted a Tree?
February 25, 2009 - Salmonella Infection in Wild Birds
March 04, 2009 - Kill Crabgrass Now!
March 11, 2009 - "Crummy" Azaleas may have the Bug!
March 18, 2009 - Manure in the Veggie Garden
March 25, 2009 - Versatile Daylilies
April 08, 2009 - Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces
April 15, 2009 - Plan your harvest when you Plant
April 22, 2009 - Shopping List for Shrubbery
April 29, 2009 - How long will pollen season last?
May 20, 2009 - Popular plants in Dahonega
May 27, 2009 - Spring Flowering plants need care
June 03, 2009 - Fungus Among us!
June 10, 2009 - Scorpions make poor bed fellows
June 17, 2009 - Hot enough for you?
July 15, 2009 - A stitch in time saves nine
August 12, 2009 - Pesticide Primer
August 26, 2009 - A Hydrangea for everyone
November 04, 2009 - Getting Ready for winter
November 11, 2009 - Plant Properly
November 28, 2009 - Berries in the Landscape
December 09, 2009 - Tree of the Year-- Chinkapin Oak
December 23, 2009 - The First Christmas Gifts
December 30, 2009 - What changes would you make?
January 06, 2010 - Coffee for the compost
January 13, 2010 - The Other Chinkapin
January 27, 2010 - Get a head start with cold frames