February 2021
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Did your vegetable garden not perform as you would have hoped last year? Healthy soil is the foundation on which a successful garden is built yet soil sampling, the first step in ensuring your soil is fertile and suitable for plant growth, is often overlooked. Collecting soil samples only takes a few minutes and it…
Posted in: Soils -
We all know that providing flowers is one way to help local pollinators. And with this in mind, thoughts of pollinator habitats conjure up images of sprawling wildflower meadows or colorful gardens blooming in the full sunlight. While these types of habitats are as great for pollinators as they are beautiful, homeowners surrounded by shade…
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Between all the cold, rainy weather and intermittent bouts of snow we’ve been having in North Georgia, February has put on a good show of bringing us some classic winter weather. However, despite this month’s average temperatures, I’m beginning to see phenological signs of spring everywhere. Phenology refers to the timing of key biological events…
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Out of an abundance of caution we are taking the 2021 apple grafting workshop “on the road” and into your homes. The class will offer the same great learning opportunities to understand how grafting works and the science behind it all. We will provide nearly all the physical materials for you to put your new…
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Though Punxsutawney Phil has predicted 6 more weeks of winter, there are some cool season crops that are coming into season. Potatoes, for example, can be planted as early as four to six weeks prior to the last frost of the season. Last year, the last true frost happened on May 10th but in 2019 the…
Posted in: Vegetables