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15 Ironwood
Whether it’s called ironwood, musclewood or its given name, American hornbeam is one tough tree. It’s this toughness that helped it receive the 2008 Georgia Gold Medal for deciduous trees.
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18 Pesticides
When spring brings out unwanted insects and weeds, pesticides start flying off store shelves. While spraying a weed or dusting a flowerbed may seem easy, those quick fixes can turn deadly.
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19 Gardeners and mosquitoes
One of the few good things that happened as a result of the recent drought was the suppression of many mosquito populations. Unfortunately, when the rains return, so will many of these pest
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6 Green gardening
It may not top the list of our state’s historic dates, but many gardeners in north Georgia will remember Sept. 28, 2007, for years. It is the date the Georgia Department of Environmental Protection instituted an outdoor watering ban.
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12 Gold medal plants
Georgians have a new list of standout plants for their landscapes. Dianthus Amazon, Paperbush, American Hornbeam, Carolina Jessamine and Rozanne Cranesbill are the 2008 Georgia Gold Medal winners.
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Spring special
Welcome to the 33rd annual Spring Garden Packet. Put out each year by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, this edition has 27 feature articles written by 14 CAES faculty members and graduate and undergraduate students to provide timely, valuable gardening information.
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Program leadership
Steve L. Brown has been named the assistant dean for the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, said J. Scott Angle, the dean and director the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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Public service awards
The University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach bestowed awards for excellence in public service to seven faculty and two staff members at the 17th annual Public Service and Outreach meeting and awards luncheon on Thursday, Feb. 14.
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Women workforce
Battered, divorced and unwed pregnant women struggling to make a living in Morocco found unlikely allies in William Kisaalita and his University of Georgia engineering students. They formed a partnership that could help improve the economic outlook of the women’s futures while respecting their religious and cultural traditions.
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Water waiver
Georgians living in the counties hardest hit by the drought got a bit of good news this month from Gov. Sonny Perdue and Georgia Environmental Protection Division Director Carol Couch. They can hand-water parched landscapes and fill swimming pools, as long as their local water provider doesn’t mind.