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Veggie nap 09/02/04
You've harvested the last of the summer veggies, and you're ready to hang up your hoe and spade for the winter. But don't abandon the garden spot before the job is finished. Gardens need to be put to bed for the winter.
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Perennial care 09/02/04
Many beginning gardeners think planting perennials is easy. You plant them and year after year they perform with little care. Not true.
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Veggie park 09/01/04
University of Georgia vegetable scientists are planting this fall's crops in a place planned to bring quick, usable information to Georgia's growing vegetable industry.
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Hurricane dangers 09/01/04
All Georgians should take seriously the need to prepare for Hurricane Frances, said State Climatologist David Stooksbury. And when he says "all Georgians," he means people from the coast to the mountains.
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Pond workshop 08/26/04
A hands-on pond renovation and management seminar is scheduled Sept. 27 in Macon for private and commercial pond managers in middle Georgia.
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Koi killers 08/26/04
Jack Bazemore carefully rigs a series of ropes and soda cans around the fountain in his backyard koi pond. He gingerly sets his trap. A fish thief is on the loose in Bazemore's Roswell, Ga., neighborhood.
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Keep koi safe 08/26/04
Herons can gobble up fish from backyard ponds almost anywhere, any time.
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Safe in September 08/26/04
To help celebrate National Food Safety Education Month, the University of Georgia Extension Service and Publix supermarkets are teaming up on three Saturdays in September to help shoppers serve safer food.
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Herbidide end run 08/26/04
Morning glories are beloved mailbox flowers all over rural America. But to farmers, they're something else: a noxious weed that can lower yields and choke harvesters. For 30 years, the herbicide glyphosate has kept them out of farm fields, but something is changing.
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Peach-firming dip 08/25/04
University of Georgia researchers have developed a solution that could help prolong the shelf life of fresh peaches. The solution is similar to what is used for adding chlorine to swimming pools.