News Stories - Page 717

News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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'Talk' It Out.
Will you face the same gardening problems you had last year? Probably so: water shortages, heat, diseases, insects and those ever-present weeds. To counteract all of these problems, ask the plants what they think.
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Plant Pizazz.
Here are three Georgia Gold Medal winning flowering shrubs guaranteed to give your landscape some pizazz.
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'Forages 2001.'
University of Georgia scientists and other experts will provide a wealth of information on providing forages for livestock in "Forages 2001," a two-day workshop in Tifton, Ga., May 22-23.
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'Gardening in Georgia.'
Spring is here, and "Gardening in Georgia" can't be far behind. Host Walter Reeves and the popular Georgia Public Television show will return to the air Wednesday, April 4.
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Higher Risk.
Foot-and-mouth disease poses a threat to the United States because of the high volume of traffic between Europe and the United States, says a University of Georgia expert.
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War on Ants.
When you make your spring chore list, don't forget to "feed" the ants. To fight ants properly, University of Georgia experts say you have to know a little ant biology.
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Blairsville Seminar.
As garden club events go, it can hardly get any better than the Southern Appalachian Landscape Seminar. Growing more popular every year since its 1982 start, the event this year is expected to pack the Haralson Memorial Civic Center in Blairsville April 26.
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Sweet Fruits.
Things wouldn't be quite so sweet for shoppers and home fruit growers today without the Georgia legislature's farsighted action in the 1940s.
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Peachy Outlook.
Not since the early 1990s have Georgians had such promise for an abundant crop of sweet Georgia peaches. University of Georgia experts say this may indeed be a very good year.
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'Goat-a-Rama.'
A whole lot of goat producers will be extremely interested in what Chris Ferland has to say in the fifth annual Goat-a-Rama April 7 in Tennille, Ga.