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A yellow koi swims in a backyard water garden CAES News
Budget water garden 07/20/10 Sharon Dowdy
A water garden filled with plants, brightly colored koi and goldfish doesn’t have to break the bank. A University of Georgia expert offers tips on creating a water garden on a budget, but says you’re still going to have to pay sweat equity.
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Top 4-H'er Compete 07/16/10
When budget cuts to the University of Georgia put the Georgia 4-H program in peril, hundreds of thousands of 4-H'ers, parents and 4-H alumni across the state spoke up to save it. This week, the top 4-H'ers will come to Atlanta for State 4-H Congress. Following project and portfolio competition, state winners will be selected in 49 project areas.
Immature squash bugs feast on the leaf of a yellow squash plant CAES News
Scout before you spray 07/15/10 Sharon Dowdy
Many home landscapers and gardeners see pests eating their azaleas or tomatoes and immediately grab a chemical pesticide for defense. A University of Georgia expert says using a combination of pest control methods is a better option for your plants and the environment.
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Crops like recent weather 07/15/10 Brad Haire
Rain has hit on target and temperatures have been reasonable. So far, Georgia row-crops like what they’ve been getting.
Five-leafed clover covers this plant with a little extra luck. CAES News
Gene for luck 07/15/10 Stephanie Schupska
Wayne Parrott has answered a question that has stumped plant breeders for the past century: Why do some white clover plants have four leaves?
The early summer following an El Niño winter climate pattern – like we had this past winter -- is typically warmer and drier than normal. With the warmer temperatures and drier-than-normal conditions, soil moisture will quickly decrease over the next two months. CAES News
Summertime heat 07/08/10 Pam Knox
The heat was on in Georgia in June. And pop-up thunderstorms scattered rainfall and wind damage across the state.
It's beetle time: Young students learn to appreciate insects through hands-on learning. CAES News
Hands-on is best 07/08/10 Stephanie Schupska
University of Georgia entomologist Marianne Robinette gently places Rosie the tarantula in the student’s hands. Rosie has been traveling from middle schooler to elementary students for the past few hours, stopping for the occasional break in her plastic terrarium.
Homegrown tomatoes dried in a food dehydrator CAES News
Dried produce 07/08/10 Sharon Dowdy, Stephanie Schupska
If your home garden “runneth over” with produce, try drying the excess as a healthy snack or nutritional addition to winter soups and sauces. A University of Georgia food safety specialist says it only takes a dehydrator and a little effort.
Sorghum plant growing in the field. CAES News
Perennial sorghum 07/07/10 April Reese Sorrow
Most of the sorghum eaten by Americans is consumed indirectly when they eat beef or chicken that were fed the grain. In other parts of the world, though, it is eaten directly as a food staple. In some African countries, sorghum accounts for 40 percent of people’s diets. A University of Georgia plant breeder wants to increase the plant’s production by tapping into the perennial characteristics of its wild ancestors.
Palmar amaranth, also called pigweed, dominates a cotton research plot on the University of Georgia Tifton campus June 23, 2010. CAES News
Pigweed problem 07/01/10 Brad Haire
Several years ago, pigweed found the weakness and breached the defense that Georgia cotton growers used to control it. It now threatens to knock them out, or at least the ones who want to make money.