Lunch and Learns
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Welcoming Wildlife – Article by: Jessica Warren, ANR Agent Camden County There are not many topics that cause more polarized feelings in the landscape than our wild neighbors and co-habitants – folks either love them or hate them. Wildlife offer a living classroom for both children and adults, and watching them can be a down…
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Native Plants & Low Maintenance LandscapesArticle By: Jessica Warren, ANR Agent, Camden County Landscaping and gardening can be challenging in Coastal Georgia, however there are some simple choices and changes in mindset that can lessen that challenge. The two main concepts that we’ll keep coming back to are planting native plants, and putting the right…
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Seed Saving BasicsArticle By: Jessica Warren, ANR Agent, Camden County As interest in gardening has increased over the changes and challenges of the last two years, so has an interest in seed saving. There are many reasons that people get interested in saving their own seeds. For most people they enjoy learning and gaining more…
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Pruning BasicsArticle by Jessica Warren, ANR Agent, Camden County As we enter winter, or at least the Coastal Georgia version of winter, it seems like a good time to address the topic of pruning. Not all plants require pruning, and often whether a plant needs to be pruned or not is in the eye of…
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Carnivorous Plants Article by: Jessica Warren, ANR Agent in Camden County Possibly my favorite thing about working in Extension is learning and sharing about the odd and fascinating things in nature. One of the topics that falls into that category is carnivorous plants. Carnivorous plants have adapted to nutrient poor soils in their native habitats…
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Misunderstood Species of Georgia Article by: Jessica Warren, ANR Agent, Camden County In Coastal Georgia we are so fortunate to be surrounded by such unique natural environments and so many fascinating wildlife species. Unfortunately, a lot of these species get a bad rap – usually because of poor human behavior or simple lack of understanding.…
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Beneficial Garden Insects, Spiders and MitesWritten By: Jessica Warren, ANR Agent Camden County As an extension agent I get a lot of questions about insects and other “pests” in and around the home. Most of these questions revolve around how to kill the critter in question. I try to remind clients that not every bug…
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Snakes of Georgia – Separating the Facts from the MythsArticle by Jessica Warren, ANR Agent, Camden County The most misunderstood animal that I deal with and answer questions about is snakes. In Georgia we have 46 species of snakes – 40 non-venomous species and 6 venomous species. While it may be challenging to learn to…
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Pond Health and Fish Kills in Residential PondsArticle by: Jessica Warren, ANR Agent, Camden County, GA We live in a county with a lot of ponds. As a county that was largely wetland prior to development – that has a high water table and poor soil drainage – ponds are often a by-product of harvesting…
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Article by Jessica Warren, ANR Agent, Camden County Overwatering … The Signs and Symptoms In the 7.5 years that I’ve served as the Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent in Camden, 80-90% of the issues I’ve seen have had one root cause – too much water and/or poor drainage. The funny thing is, this is…