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Hello Effingham County! I have had the honor and privilege over the last year and a half to work in this beautiful county. In that time span, I have met so many incredible people in this community. I especially love working with the farmers in Effingham. One bonus of my job is having the ability…
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Just a little update before the post, OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN MOVED. WE ARE NOW LOCATED AT 601 N. LAUREL STREET, SPRINGFIELD GA. 31329. Now back to our topic! January has flown by it seems like. As our eyes are set now on February and hopefully only a few more months of colder weather, now…
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Hello Effingham County! I have been MIA from posts the past few weeks and I apologize for that! As we start this new year off I wanted to let someone other than myself share some exciting news about what is going on in the County. Last fall, our Master Gardener group had an excellent time…
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Hey y’all, a fellow agent and friend of mine, Ross Greene, is putting on a Food Plot Webinar tomorrow at 12pm. Please see below for details and click here to register.
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While tomatoes might be the number one vegetable we grow, they are certainly the number one vegetable we get questions about. Tomatoes can be difficult to grow! Let’s dive into some of the common issues I am seeing or have seen in the past! Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) is a common disease that is…
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I was talking to some of my family the other day and they mentioned how they used to have flowers on some of their shrubs but now they have not seen one in over a year. I thought appropriate to touch on one of the greatest and most common frustrations in gardening; when plants, including…
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Can I still prune my azaleas and other spring-blooming shrubs now? Yes, any time after they have finished flowering and up until about the first week or two of September; that’s when next year’s flower buds will be produced on stems that grow this summer for next year. 2. Why are the leaves on my…
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Many calls have been coming through the office about tomatoes being wilted or starting to yellow and die. If your tomatoes have yet to experience these problems yet, consider yourself lucky, but not out of the woods yet. Throughout the end of spring and into summer, tomato plants can develop some sort of disease or…
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As the warmer weather continues to become constant, the want to get outside will increase. Growing up my E-ma would always keep us grand kids in the afternoon. When the warm weather came, we were outside all the time. We loved outside, until one of us kicked a fire ant mound by mistake and were…
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