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Onion Lessons. 05/06/00
Geogia gardeners can learn plenty from the farmers who grow Vidalia onions on hundreds of acres at a time. On the next "Gardening in Georgia" May 11 and 13, host Walter Reeves will show viewers how they can grow these special sweet onions.
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Super Strawberries. 05/05/00
This is one of the best years ever for Georgia's pick-your-own strawberry growers. Cool, dry weather early in the season helped develop a big crop. Warm, sunny days now brings out pickers.
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Canning Memories. 05/02/00
"I started collecting years ago because each jar was unique. It had belonged to a lady who loved her family enough to spend hours sweating through a hot canning process so she might pick from that beautiful lineup of canned vegetables for their winter meals." (Wayne McLaurin)
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Cattle BMPs. 05/02/00
Various BMPs, or best management practices, can reduce potential pollution impacts of raising cattle. And producers can learn all about them in a two-day workshop May 24-25 near Redbud, Ga.
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Dry April. 05/01/00
Below-normal rain across most of Georgia during April aggravated the two-year drought. Most places had less than half of their normal rain during the month.
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Manure Tea? 04/29/00
Manure tea? No, it probably doesn't appeal to you. But as the next "Gardening in Georgia" shows May 4 and 6, your garden plants wouldn't be so quick to turn up their leafy noses.
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Steel Abelia. 04/26/00
If you live where drought and water restrictions put a damper on your landscape each year, Abelia may be the perfect plant for you. It grows fast, and it's insect-, disease- and drought-resistant.
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Vidalia Onions. 04/26/00
Most Vidalia onion varieties are coming out of the fields now. And so far, they're heading to the markets with palate-pleasing quality, say University of Georgia experts.
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Poultry Meet. 04/25/00
Georgia farmers are the nation's top poultry producers. Their yearly broiler and egg crops are valued at nearly $2.8 billion. With that much at stake, the need the wealth of information being offered in the Deep South Poultry Conference May 17 in Tifton, Ga.
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Saving Trees. 04/25/00
For a tree to survive a dry period, it needs about 2 gallons of water per day for every inch of trunk diameter (measured at 4.5 feet above the ground).