UGA Cooperative Extension

Spalding County Extension Office:
Agriculture & Natural Resources

Sites to Visit

• Aquaculture
• Department of Natural Resources - Fish Pond stocking application
• EPD - GA State Agricultural Water Withdrawal Permit
• Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin
• Georgia Drought
• Georgia Field Crops
• Georgia Forages
• Georgia Pest Control Handbook
• Georgia Turf
• Georgia Urban Ag
  • Attracting Wildlife
    • How to handle dead birds
  • Composting
  • Fruit
  • Gardens
  • Insects
  • Landscaping
  • Nuisance Wildlife
  • Nurseries and Greenhouses
  • Ornamentals
  • Plant Disease
  • Trees
  • Turfgrass
  • Vegetable Gardening
  • Water Management and Quality
  • Weed Control
• Georgia Weather - Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network
• Research and Education Garden
• Statewide Variety Testing
• University of Georgia - Agriculture & Environmental Services Lab
• Walter Reeves - Gardening in Georgia

Newsletters

• Dairyfax Newsletter
• Farm Employers and the Minimum Wage
• Garden Bench by Willie Chance, Houston County Extension Agent
• Georgia Beekeepers Newsletter
• Landscape Alerts by Willie Chance, Houston County Extension Agent
  • Argentine Ants
• Landscape Topics
  • Ambrosia Beetles: An Early Season Tree & Shrub Threat
  • Controlling Bermuda grass in beds
  • Fall Army Worms
  • Fall and Winter Planting is Best
  • Fall Landscape Activities
  • Florida Betony Control
  • Ground or Digger Bees
  • Lantana Lace Bug Control
  • Powdery Mildew in the Landscape
  • Preemergence Annual Bluegrass Control in Turfgrass
  • Prevent Problem with Leyland Cypress
  • Prevent White Grubs in Turf
  • Southern Red Mites
• Market Watch Weekly Report Newsletter
• UGA Publications

Publications

• Build Your Own Rain Garden
• How To Build A Rain Barrel
• Pond Management

Testing Services

• Testing Services available
• Litter
• Pond - free - agent does testing in the office
• Radon Test Kit - to order a kit
  • Radon is the second leading cause of Lung Cancer in the USA, after tobacco smoke. It kills nearly 22,000 people each year, more than 800 of them in Georgia. Radon is an odorless, invisible and tasteless gas released by the natural decay of uranium in our soils and rocks that easily enters our homes through the foundations and well water. Test your home today! You can prevent and reduce entry of Radon into your home!
• Soil - $8.00 per sample
• how to take a soil sample Soil Testing In GA pub
• Water
  • Basic Mineral Test - $ 18.00 - submit one cup of water in clean container to the Extension Office
  • Bacterial Water Test - $40.00 -
    • pick up bottle and mailing box at the Extension office. Follow directions and mail.
    • Household water quality circulars to help deal with problems identified by water test reports.

Pesticide Information

• Training and news
• Pesticide Applicator Training Information

What's New?

• Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics

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