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Collard greens grow in a garden in Butts Co., Ga. CAES News
Spotted greens
Growing and eating collards, turnips and other greens are a Southern tradition. But home gardeners often complain of spots on the leaves of homegrown greens.
A vegetable garden in Butts Co., Ga. CAES News
Garden clean-up
Many home gardeners are already planning for 2013’s garden, but the 2012 garden season has one more chore in store for you. Taking the time to clean out your old garden now can save you a lot of heartache, disease and insect problems next spring.
WInners of UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' 2012 DW Brooks Awards include, front row from left, Monique Leclerc, 4-H Vista volunteer Capri Martinez Leticia Sonon and, back row from left, Unnessee Hargett, Albert Culbreath Jeff Buckley, Brian Tankersley, Pam Brown, Robert Kemerait, 4-H Vista volunteer Dominique Butts and Donna Tucker.  Agricultural and Applied Economics professor James Epperson and Animal and Dairy Science Meat Lab Manager Ryan Crowe also took home awards, but were not present for the photo. CAES News
D.W. Brooks Award winners
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has recognized staff and faculty who demonstrated excellence in the college’s teaching, research and Extension missions with the annual D.W. Brooks awards and lecture series.
A stinkhorn mushroom CAES News
Mushroom control
Recent rainfall has led to an explosion of mushrooms in lawns and mulched areas. Most of these fungi are completely harmless, though some consider them annoying.
Sod harvesting equipment CAES News
Turfgrass field day
Whether you're a golf course superintendent or a homeowner in search of the perfect lawn, you’ll find the information you need at the University of Georgia Turfgrass Field Day set for Aug. 1 in Griffin, Ga.
Suspected 2,4-D herbicide damage on tomato. CAES News
Tomatoes susceptible to herbicides for turf and pastures
Home gardeners often inadvertently and unknowingly damage their vegetables with herbicides.
Slime molds, like this dog vomit mold, pop up in Georgia every time it rains. 
This mold sprang up next to a corn plant in a Georgia garden this srping. It's not harmful but seems to gross out unsuspecting gardeners. CAES News
Attack of the slime molds
Most of the time when people call their University of Georgia Extension office, they are typically fairly calm, but when they call to report a science-fiction-type growth has taken up residence in their yard, their nerves are usually on edge.
Photo of nursery manager John Watson using IPMPro, a pest management app recently released by a team of researchers from a several different universities. CAES News
Pest management app
Green industry professionals often find themselves in the field needing immediate access to the latest pest and plant disease information and plant care recommendations, especially when they are caught off guard by destructive pests emerging in their area.
Pears hang from a tree in a middle Georgia home landscape. CAES News
Pear disease
Fire blight, a common plant disease that is persistent in the Southeast, makes growing edible pears in Georgia difficult. Most pears produced in the U.S. are grown in Oregon and Washington, states where the disease does not become a problem.
A young visitor to the UGA Pavilion at the 2011 Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Ga., Oct. 19 learns about giant cockroaches. CAES News
Expo weathers on
Despite an uncomfortable mix of wet, cold and windy weather, North America’s premier farm show, the Sunbelt Ag Expo, marched on this week in Moultrie, Ga. More than 70,000 visitors perused the wears of 1,200 vendors, a North Carolina farmer was tapped as the Southeast’s top and land-grant universities brought their messages to the masses.