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Each year the North Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteers coordinate a spring plant sale, of which all profits are used to provide college scholarships for Fannin and Copper Basin High School students pursuing higher education in an agriculture-related field. Unfortunately, due to the shutdown brought on by COVID-19, the annual sale was postponed this spring…
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Georgia farmers are never surprised to see fall armyworms munching on their stands of corn, sorghum and forage hay crops – they just hope for a low number of armyworms. UGA Extension Entomologist, Will Hudson, describes fall armyworms as the “larval or caterpillar stage of a nondescript, small gray moth which overwinters in Florida and…
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Posted in: Trees -
In partnership with the University of Georgia Extension office, Gilmer County Library is pleased to host the second annual Great Georgia Pollinator Census. The event is being held on August 22, 2020 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm in the Design, Inspire, Grow (DIG) teaching garden.We are requiring registration for this event so that we…
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This is the time of year when the County Extension office gets lots of calls about snakes. For some people, the thought of crossing paths with a snake evokes extreme fear, but the truth is that snakes are an ordinary and important part of the landscape in Georgia. Over the years, I’ve found that generally,…
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While summer doesn’t technically come to its end until September 22, there are some phenological signs indicating that we’re moving in that direction. Yellow poplars are already starting to show some dappled yellow in their canopies and are starting to shed some leaves, and before we know it we will start seeing sulphur butterflies. As…
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With the recent dry weather encouraging the use, and possible overuse, of irrigation systems coupled with rainfall and humidity, I have had several pictures and questions about a jelly-like substance growing in the turf. The jelly-like “stuff” is a Nostoc algae, a genus of cyanobacterium formerly classified as blue-green algae. It has multiple common names like star jelly,…
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Once it turns hot after a wet period, mosquito populations flourish. Elmer Gray, a Cooperative Extension entomologist with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, advises that now is the time to take action. Knowing the different stages of the mosquito’s life cycle will help you prevent mosquitoes around your home and…
Posted in: Mosquitoes
