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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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Join us for a week of weed wrangling to manage invasives! Monday Feb. 28th – 9am-12pm Catclaw vine at Altamaha WMA (Butler Island)Tuesday Mar 1st – 9am-12pm Sand Pine Removal at Townsend WMAWednesday Mar 2nd – 9am-12pm Savannah National Wildlife RefugeThursday Mar 3rd – 1pm-4pm Parrot Feather removal in WoodbineFriday Mar 4th – 9am-12pm Self…
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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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Please help share the information below. The Camden County Extension office is seeking to hire a 4-H Educator. The position has been posted for several weeks but we will continue to take applications for another week or two. Application link is below. Camden County Extension Hiring 4-H Educator Position The County Extension Educator position is…
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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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USDA-NRCS in Georgia and Georgia Conservancy, Inc. Announce Georgia Sentinal Landscape Sign-Up – Apply by 11/5/2021. The 11-county focus areas for prescribed fire and firebreak related practices for this land management funding announcement includes Camden County. Minimum property size is 25 acres. For more information scan the QR code on the flyer or go to:…
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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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2021 Pruning WorkshopNovember 19th, Mary Kahrs Warnell Forest Education Center5960 Highway 17 South Guyton, GA 31312Cost: $60 GAA Members, UGA Students & Faculty, $85 Non-Members, Light breakfast & lunch included 5.0 ISA Credits ISA , TCIA, SAF and ASLA approved plus Certificate of Attendance. https://www.georgiaarborist.org/event-4264498 , Questions? Contact: 404-913-1422, info@georgiaarbirst.org Workshop Flyer & Agenda Details
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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…