Carole Knight

  • Want to plant a fall vegetable garden?

    School has started back, football season is beginning, summer vegetable harvest is coming to an end and temperatures are starting to be more tolerable.  These are all signs that fall is just around the corner. As summer vegetables stop producing, it’s time to start planning and preparing fall gardens. Cool-season vegetables, packed with nutrients and…

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  • There are many pieces of equipment that farmers utilize to distribute either plants, fertilizers or pesticides to their fields and crops.  Ensuring that equipment is putting out the right amount is critical.  Which is why making sure your equipment is calibrated is key. Calibration is the process of measuring and adjusting the amount of product…

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  • Time for cattlemen to prep for winter

    This time of the year I am usually busy trying to frantically preserve the bounty from our summer garden.  Canning, dehydrating and freezing the fruits and vegetables that my family and I will enjoy during the winter. Forage producers are doing the same. Working through the summer to preserve the warm season perennial grasses that…

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  • Pond Weed Management

    The number of calls related to weed problems in ponds always increases in the hot summer months. This has certainly been the case this year. Warm temperatures have pond weeds growing like – well, WEEDS!  Here are few suggestions to help you keep pond weed issues under control or, if it’s too late for that,…

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  • Tomato Troubleshooting

    Fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes are one of the great joys of summer. However, sometimes diseases, pests and/or environmental stresses get in the way of our tomato harvests.  I have already gotten several calls and visits about problems with tomato plants.  Below are some common issues and potential solutions. Black area on bottom of tomatoes – This…

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  • So, you’ve planted a garden, now what?

    The warmer temperatures and extra time at home have prompted you to plant a garden.  Day-dreams of fresh, hand-picked veggies going straight from the garden to your dinner table are inching towards reality. But having a success vegetable garden takes some work and planning.  Here are some tips to help you hopefully reach your dreams…

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  • Ouch! There are “stickers” in the yard!

    LAWN BURWEED – IT’S A STICKY PROBLEM Tim R. Murphy – Retired Extension Weed Scientist, The University of Georgia The weed in question is most commonly lawn burweed (Soliva pterosperma), a.k.a. spurweed, stickerweed, sandbur, sanbur and sandspur. Lawn burweed is a winter annual member of the Aster family. The weed germinates in the early fall months…

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  • “Murder” Hornets not in Georgia

    Collaboration of UGA Entomology Department, Center for Invasive Species and Center for Urban Ag A flurry of recent press coverage has created a surge of interest in the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia. The coverage is not traced to any recent event. The insect was found last September 2019 in Vancouver Island (Canada) and again…

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  • The truth about lichens

    I get quite a few calls about lichens. Most clients bring in a sample or send me a picture of a frilly something growing on their tree or shrub and say, “This is killing my plant!”  Well, actually, its not.  Lichens (pronounced “liken”) are not parasitic. Lichens are made up of symbiotic organisms, a fungi…

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  • Raising backyard layer hens

    There has been a lot of interest recently in raising your own laying hens. Before you buy chicks, there are many preparations to make. Preparing for proper housing, nutrition and health will make sure that your chicks survive to produce eggs for your dining pleasure.

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