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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Summer irrigation check
Take time now to check and fix any problems with your home irrigation. There's no guarantee afternoon showers will bring water to your lawn when it needs it this summer.
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Watch the heat
Watching a thermometer blow its top may be funny in a cartoon, but for many Georgians, that mercury-boiling heat is all too real, and it can be dangerous.
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'Hot' landscape plants
Landscaping with tropical plants has become increasingly popular. Growers and landscapers are becoming more savvy, too, in catering to this spirit of landscape adventure.
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La Niña fades
"The Little Girl" is fading, so a University of Georgia specialist says Georgians can expect the standard summer weather: hot temperatures with hit-or-miss thunderstorms fueled by high humidity.
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Indoor ants
As outdoor temperatures get hotter and conditions get drier, humans aren't the only ones coming indoors. Argentine ants are marching inside, too. If you have them, you definitely know it.
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Dabbling with dahlias
In the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors in Guatemala and Mexico found that dahlias were favorite flowers among the Aztec people. They're still among the most spectacular plants you can grow in the garden.
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Dahlia care
With proper care, dahlias can be among the most rewarding plants in your garden. The plants, for instance, need a lot of water.
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Claiming the gold
When a tornado ripped through Dylan Brooks’ house in 2004, Walt Disney World wasn’t exactly the first thing on his mind. But more than a year and a half later, the Florida theme park would connect him to that traumatic day.
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Tifton assistant dean
J. Scott Angle, dean and director of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, announced today that Steve L. Brown will be interim assistant dean of the UGA Tifton campus.
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Veggie support
Those tiny vegetable transplants and seeds you planted early this spring are growing fast. Soon they'll be burdened with a bounty of fresh produce. Trellis those vegetables before it's too late.