Recently, a church trustee in Bartow County brought samples of “holey” mail to the local University of Georgia Cooperative Extension office for closer examination. Strangely, mail deposited in the church’s mailbox was showing up with holes chewed through the outer layer of the envelopes, but the mail inside was intact…
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It’s that time of the year when our Extension office gets inundated with calls about vegetable garden problems. It seems like problems are starting earlier this year. In fact, it’s so early in the season that there really shouldn’t be many insects and diseases affecting vegetables—yet. Most insects and diseases…
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The value of compost to a garden is probably not what most people think. Compost is not a substitute for fertilizer if you’re trying to grow crops that have a high nutrient demand. The real value of adding composted amendments to your garden is to loosen the soil and minimize…
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UGA Extension Agent Paul Pugliese is looking at a backyard vegetable garden, and we discover a common summertime issue; herbicide injury. What is it? And how to prevent.
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Paul investigates some problems with crape myrtles seen throughout the state.
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THEY ARE NOT DAMAGING TO TREES, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULD IGNORE THE PROBLEM. EXTENSION AGENT PAUL PUGLIESE SHOWS WHEN AND HOW YOU SHOULD GET RID OF TENT CATERPILLARS.
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UGA Extension Agent Paul Pugliese addresses a serious threat to rose bushes. The dreaded sawfly.
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If you’ve watched any television in the past few years, you probably couldn’t have missed getting bombarded with advertisements about class action lawsuits surrounding the Roundup herbicide. Roundup is one of many popular weed control products on the market today that contains the active ingredient glyphosate. Because of recent court…
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We’ve had numerous calls this season about mushrooms popping up in lawns and landscapes. When the “fungus among us” forms a circle or arc pattern, it’s commonly known as a fairy ring. In some cases, fairy ring mushrooms can cause a discoloration or abnormal growth of turfgrass in lawns. According…
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