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Fawn with spots grazes on a landscape in North Georgia. CAES News
Deer-tolerant Plants 05/06/10 April Reese Sorrow
Spring is the perfect time to add new flowers and trees to your home landscape. However, deer may love the new addition as much as you do.
Japanese beetles dine on canna lily branches CAES News
Home landscapes = beetle buffet 04/28/10 Paul Pugliese
Japanese beetles and other summer beetles will soon be busy chewing plants. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agents get the most calls about these destructive garden pests in June and July.
James Worley maintains turfgrass with a mower at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in Griffin, Ga., July 26, 2005. CAES News
Golfing for science 04/07/10 Sharon Dowdy
Golfers can bid online now to tee up at the most exclusive golf courses in the Southeast and help fund turfgrass research while doing it.
Rolls of sod CAES News
Sod inspection 03/18/10 Timothy Daly
Homeowners may know to inspect potted plants for diseases, insects and other signs of an unhealthy plant before buying them. But University of Georgia Cooperative Extension specialists say sod should be inspected, too, before it’s rolled out and installed.
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Drowning plants 03/04/10 Andrea Gonzalez
With all of the rain Georgia has gotten this winter, it’s easy to forget the state was ever in extreme drought. But just because the drought is over doesn’t mean water conservation practices should stop. Too much water can be just as bad as not enough for plants.
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Landscape software 03/04/10
To help landscapers better estimate the costs of their jobs and make better bids, the University of Georgia is holding a workshop March 11-12 in Athens, Ga.
James Worley maintains turfgrass with a mower at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in Griffin, Ga., July 26, 2005. CAES News
Maintenance tasks 02/18/10 Bob Westerfield
As the weather warms in the spring, our hands start itching to work in our landscapes and flower gardens.
A mole cricket killer wasp stings a mole cricket. CAES News
Cricket killer 02/18/10 Cheri Abraham
Every spring as lawns start to green up, lawn perfectionists begin their vigilant watch for the onslaught of pests waiting for fresh dinner. Along with pests like armyworms and grubs, mole crickets cause significant damage to southeastern lawns.
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Gardening how-to help 02/18/10 Amanda Swennes
If you’re looking for reliable, up-to-date, free information about how to landscape your lawn this spring, which ornamentals, vegetables, native species or herbs to plant or how to compost and mulch, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension likely has a publication that will answer your questions.
Butterfly Weed is a native herbaceous perennial that attracts butterflies like magnets with its florescent orange blooms. CAES News
Spring gardening 02/18/10 Stephanie Schupska
Welcome to the 35th annual Spring Garden Packet from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Written by CAES faculty, editors and graduate and undergraduate students, these articles are provided to help you with timely, valuable statewide gardening information.