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The recent artic blast has many Georgia Gardeners concerned about their ornamental plants. While our landscapes typically handle brief cold snaps, extended periods of unusually low temperatures can cause severe damage to many ornamentals, especially many of our southern favorites that are not made for extreme cold. We typically first start to notice cold…
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This is what winter is supposed to feel like, maybe not in Georgia though. Over the last 31 days temperatures have only risen above 60°F 6 times. This week is unusually cold and hopefully you are reading this after coming in from sledding. Either way these cold temperatures are good for many different reasons. First…
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As winter settles in, many homeowners might think their lawn care duties are complete. However, this is the perfect time to prevent those pesky yellow and purple flowers that often carpet lawns in early spring. We always end up receiving calls from frustrated homeowners about this issue, we want to address this common concern before…
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Well summer officially starts on the 20th of this month, but it already feels like the middle of August. We had several days in the 90’s last week and it looks like we will remain in the upper 80’s to 90’s for a while. Couple this with a severe lack of rain and you have…
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We shouldn’t be too far away from harvesting tomatoes and peppers. Which means we are not too far away from County Agents getting calls about blossom end rot. Blossom end rot (BER) is a condition that can happen with most of the things that we grow in our garden but is most often a problem…
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Other than the extremely loud bunch of cicadas that have taken over our state what else is going on in the middle Georgia area? You can read Nancy Hinkle’s article that was written in 2011, when these cicadas were being made, Here. Winter annual weeds are doing what they do best, annoying homeowners. At least…
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Too bad Bradford Pear are fairly resistant to fire blight. If not, we could probably get rid of them after a few wet springs.
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If done correctly we can successfully plant trees and shrubs all year long in Georgia. However, now is the time that most people plant trees because this is when they are available in stores. I would warn you as I did in one of my previous articles, just because a store has a tree or…
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Nuisance Wildlife Seeing all the deer on the road got me thinking about nuisance wildlife and the problems that human and or vehicle interactions with wildlife can cause. This will be general information. If you need specifics contact your County Agent. For starters you need to understand that state and federal laws protect nearly all…
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Summer is here and that means fresh vegetables. If you are like me you probably plant more than you, your family and your neighbors can eat fresh. So what do you do with all of the “extra” vegetables? Food preservation is not terribly difficult and it allows you to enjoy your homegrown produce for the…
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