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News from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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Wheelbarrow.
One of the essentials in the home landscape (which used to be called the yard back when we swept it clean with a brush broom) is the wheelbarrow (which is now given the euphemistic term, yard cart).
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Dry Grapes.
While many crops suffer from Georgia's drought, irrigated muscadine grapes are actually prospering.
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Y2K Finances
Banks are ready for the 1999-2000 date rollover. All you need to do is gather the financial records you would at the end of every year, said a University of Georgia financial specialist. Three to six months of statements should carry you smoothly through this and every new year.
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Arid August.
After more than six weeks of temperatures in the 90s and low 100s with very little rain, many Georgians are asking, "How dry is it?" In short, Georgia is having one of the worst August droughts on record.
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Muscadine Field Day.
The UGA Muscadine Field Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 on the Griffin Campus of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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Herb Garden.
Donna Norris, manager of GardenSmith Greenhouse & Nursery, will identify herbs and tell how to grow them during a stroll through the University of Georgia's Griffin, Ga., herb garden Saturday, Sept. 18. She'll tell how to use them, too, in cooking, perfumes and potpourri.
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'Georgia Gardener.'
Bamboo is beautiful. But it's not nice when it's trying to take over your landscape. On "The Georgia Gardener" Aug. 26 and 28, host Walter Reeves shows how to keep bamboo under control in your yard.
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'Sherlock' Seminar.
Gardening personality Walter Reeves will tell "How to be Sherlock Holmes in Your Garden" in a community gardening seminar Sept. 7 in Griffin, Ga. He'll help you diagnose what's wrong with your plants.
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Meat Conference.
Food safety is in the news and on shoppers' minds. To meet the demand, the American Meat Science Association will have a training for meat and poultry processors Sept. 13-14 in Athens, Ga.
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Glowing Germs.
A University of Georgia county extension agent uses "glowing germs" to teach children in her counties the proper way to wash their hands.