Thoughtful Thursdays
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Thursday, April 9, 2020 2-2:30 pm Plant Disease Update from Dr. Elizabeth Little, Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology During our monthly webinar (the second Thursday from 2-2:30 pm), UGA specialists share updates on a variety of horticulture topics with MGEVs. We use Zoom for these sessions so MGEVs, trainees, Extension agents and staff can join in…
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On Thursday, March 12, 2020, Karan Rawlins, recently retired Extension Educator of UGA Tifton, and 60 Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteers joined together online for the second Thoughtful Thursday webinar session of 2020. Karan shared about a variety of native plants and the many benefits of including natives in your home landscape. Everyone can add…
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The birds are singing and the weather is more warm than winter. It feels as if gardening season might be near, and so will be the calls and questions from the public seeking guidance for their plants and landscapes. To keep you on top of things during the gardening season, we offer the third season…
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Happy Thursday! Did you see our previous blog post about Arbor Day? Continuing with a tree theme, we will kick off our 2020 Thoughtful Thursday webinar series with Jason Gordon from UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources. Jason joined UGA as Forestry Extension faculty in summer 2019. On February 13, 2020 from 2:00-2:30…
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Hope you are planning to join me next Thursday, November 14, 2019, at 2 pm, for the last Thoughtful Thursday webinar of 2019! We’ll take some time to explore our Advanced Training program for Georgia MGEVs. I will be sharing details about the sessions, the formats, locations, and topics. I’ll even explain those Gold and…
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We are excited to welcome Dr. Dan Suiter to our Thoughtful Thursday series in July! Specializing in household and structural pests, Dr. Suiter is a wealth of information! We have not yet featured an entomologist in our series, so bring your questions! Make plans to join us for this timely update. Thursday, July 11, 2019…
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This is really a difficult assignment for attending a webinar, but I am sure every MGEV planning to participate in June’s Thoughtful Thursday webinar can manage to find the time and enthusiasm! ASSIGNMENT: Plant a container. Yep, that’s it. Make of it what you will. Then, join us on June 13, 2019, at 2 pm,…
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Last week, on Valentine’s Day, Karan Rawlins, UGA Extension Specialist, joined 40 GA MGEVs online in the first Thoughtful Thursday webinar session of the year to discuss native and invasive plants. The recording of the session is now available on your MGLOG Homepage. You will see it as soon as you log in. Each 2019…
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We’ve been getting a lot of questions about continuing education requirements for MGEVs. Glad you asked! You’ll note in our updated Program Policies that “MGEVS are encouraged to seek at least 6 hours of continuing education each year and report it within MGLOG.” For the past several years, we have been moving toward the habit of…
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This fall, we have been working to put Georgia MGEV projects on the the Georgia map. Literally! Since we started the mapping project in late August, we have had more than 100 projects logged in to the site. Though we have MGEV programs in nearly 60 counties, and more than 1400 active MGEV projects…