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by Anne Fallon, Fulton County Master Gardener Extension Volunteer This article is part of Garden Buzz, a series from Appen Media and the North Fulton Master Gardeners, where rotating columnists explore horticulture topics like herbs, insects, and wildlife conservation. Find all Garden Buzz articles here. We love carrots in our house, but that wasn’t always the…
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by Anne Wiskind, Fulton County Master Gardener Extension Volunteer This article is part of Garden Buzz, a series from Appen Media and the North Fulton Master Gardeners, where rotating columnists explore horticulture topics like herbs, insects, and wildlife conservation. Find all Garden Buzz articles here. Not that any of this applies to you, but in case…
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Adapted from Annual Invasion of Orangestriped Oakworm in Georgia, by Dr. Shimat Joseph, UGA If you’ve noticed oak trees looking a little bare in late summer, the culprit may be the orangestriped oakworm, Anisota senatoria. These striking black caterpillars with orange-yellow stripes are native to Georgia and show up almost every year in August and…
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Are you working with a school, community garden, or nonprofit garden this fall? Coast of Maine’s Growing Good Program may be able to help. Coast of Maine partners with local garden retailers to provide qualifying schools and nonprofit organizations with 10 cubic feet of Coast of Maine organic soil. It’s a simple way to help gardens get established, refresh…
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by Gabrielle LaTora, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent What is neem? Neem – sometimes called neem oil – is a pesticide derived from seeds of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica), native to South Asian forests. Because neem is derived from a natural source and has action against a variety of insect pests and diseases, it…
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Interested in gardening but not sure where to start? Maybe you know a little about gardening but want to take a deeper dive. Or you see a lot of information online but you’re not sure what’s reliable and based on science. No worries – our Master Gardener Extension Volunteers have you covered with tried-and-true, evidence-based…
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by Pat Camp, Fulton County Master Gardener Extension Volunteer This article is part of Garden Buzz, a series from Appen Media and the North Fulton Master Gardeners, where rotating columnists explore horticulture topics like herbs, insects, and wildlife conservation. Find all Garden Buzz articles here. If you have lived in your house for at least 10…
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by Carole MacMullan, Fulton County Master Gardener Extension Volunteer This article is part of Garden Buzz, a series from Appen Media and the North Fulton Master Gardeners, where rotating columnists explore horticulture topics like herbs, insects, and wildlife conservation. Find all Garden Buzz articles here. If you had a moth beauty pageant, the luna moth would…
Posted in: Conservation, Entomology, Environmental Education, Master Gardener, Native Plants, Pollinator -
by Anne Wiskind, Fulton County Master Gardener Extension Volunteer This article is part of Garden Buzz, a series from Appen Media and the North Fulton Master Gardeners, where rotating columnists explore horticulture topics like herbs, insects, and wildlife conservation. Find all Garden Buzz articles here. Mosquitoes are as much a part of Georgia summers as fresh…
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Ambrosia beetles are tiny insects that can cause big problems in Georgia landscapes. These bark-boring beetles attack more than 100 species of trees and shrubs, including many common ornamentals. While Georgia is home to over 170 species of bark and ambrosia beetles, most damage in nurseries and landscapes is caused by one invasive species: the…