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Organic Field Day 06/30/05
The University of Georgia will have a "Twilight Organic Field Day" from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 7 at the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center near Lyons. The event is free and will end with a supper featuring locally grown, organic produce.
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Trouble in triplicate 06/30/05
Host Walter Reeves shows how to tell poison ivy from Virginia creeper and other vines in your landscape on "Gardening in Georgia" July 9 on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
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Ageless garden favorite 06/30/05
The Incas of Peru and Mayas of Mexico were growing tomatoes more than 3,000 years ago. When Spanish conquistadors introduced them in Europe in the mid-16th Century, they caught on first in Italy. Can you imagine spaghetti now without tomato sauce?
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Cool cow diet 06/28/05
In the heat stress of Georgia's summers, dairy cows give less milk. Some University of Georgia researchers are trying to help cows cope by doing something they want to do anyway: eat.
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Summer shrubs 06/23/05
After a burst of spring flowers, summer can be a little drab. Summer-flowering shrubs, though, can keep a lot of color in the landscape and attract butterflies and hummingbirds, too.
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Climate Web site 06/23/05
Mother Nature appears to be cutting Georgia farmers some slack so far this year. And a new, three-state Web site can help them prepare for whatever the weather offers.
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Rocks in pots? 06/23/05
Host Walter Reeves looks at sprayers, trees and rocks in pots on "Gardening in Georgia" July 2 on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
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Tobacco fields 06/15/05
Georgia's tobacco crop looks fair overall. But plant disease problems and heavy rains in June have hurt some of the fields of Georgia's remaining tobacco farmers.
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Teen traffic summit 06/15/05
Something is painfully sad about the number -- 120 or more -- of teenagers who will gather at the Rock Eagle 4-H Camp near Eatonton, Ga., for the Teen Summit on Traffic Safety July 22-24.
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4-H military camp 06/15/05
Children of full-time, active-duty soldiers are somewhat prepared for the possibility of a parent being deployed during wartime. Children of reservists and guardsmen typically aren't. But a special 4-H camp helps them cope.