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There are so many beautiful blooms right now that are finally brightening up the landscape after a gray winter. One of these blooms that I love to see is paperbush! It is so unique and provides gorgeous winter interest to the garden. I visited the Atlanta Botanical Garden last weekend and saw it featured throughout…
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We’ve started to have some pretty warm days recently, and it’s got me thinking a lot about what will be going into my garden this year. One plant I would encourage you to try is a sunchoke. It will definitely be in my garden this spring. Sunchoke, also known as a Jerusalem artichoke, or by…
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Since posting my first blog post about dead hedges, I’ve seen a few great examples in person around the city. Over the weekend I went to the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell. Although it was a bit rainy, I had the chance to walk around the grounds and was excited to see the use of…
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In December last year, I attended the Composting with Worms workshop held by Clayton County Extension. We learned about worm physiology and everyone got to assemble and take home a worm bin. I have done plenty of composting myself, but always in an outdoor bin or pile. I assumed worm composting would be pretty similar,…
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Welcome to the new DeKalb County ANR blog! My name is Caston Noorullah and I am one of the UGA Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agents for Dekalb County. I am creating this blog to inform and hopefully create a dialogue between myself and the residents of DeKalb County. This is my very first blog…
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