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Trudy Sowar, President Paulding County Farm Bureau Board You may have seen this posted on your Facebook page or in a news article. Before the pandemic most of us wouldn’t give this much thought. After Covid and the empty grocery shelves we may be inclined to take more notice. When we sit down to a…
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Allen Jones was recently awarded the Paulding County Master Gardener Extension Volunteers 2023 Scholarship. Allen will attend Kennesaw State University in the fall working towards a degree in Biology. Allen is a 2023 North Paulding High School graduate and a Paulding County 4-H’er. Allen has demonstrated exceptional academic performance and community engagement as Paulding County…
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By Amy Rhoads, Paulding County Master Gardener Extension Volunteer With Spring nearly here, the thoughts of many new plant enthusiasts turn to beautiful flowers and luscious gardens. The phrase, “right place, right plant,” is a guiding principle in any gardening effort, and brings our attention to basic horticulture practices. “Right place” refers to light, temperature,…
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By Rachel Dutton, Paulding County Master Gardener Extension Volunteer Every Spring and Fall, when wildflowers, ferns, native shrubs, and native trees awake from their dormancy, I have noticed the variety of ferns and wildflowers in my yard. Being a curious gardener, I wondered how many varieties of ferns could be found in Paulding County. One…
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Do you have a Christmas cactus that seems to bloom early each year, and you wonder what you’ve done wrong? It could be that Thanksgiving is in fact the right time for your plant to flower. The sharp-toothed edges of this plant suggest it is a Thanksgiving cactus, a species of its own. A Christmas…
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Have you enjoyed the sweet smell of Chinese privet blooms or the loved the privacy provided by Callery pear trees? Have you wondered why so many plant enthusiasts hate them? Sometimes it is hard to see beyond our own backyards to the ecological and financial harm afforded by privets, kudzu, mimosas, English ivy, Callery pears…
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Summer is here and so is the onslaught of summer weeds. A weed that is problematic for many gardeners is Chamberbitter (Phyllanthus niruri). It is also referred to as “Little Mimosa” because its leaf resembles the Mimosa leaf. Another name for it is, “Gripeweed,” maybe because folks “gripe” about how hard it is to eliminate.…
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Poison ivy Photo by David J. Moorhead, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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Every year at Easter, you can find the beautiful white flowers of the Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum, gracing the altars at churches and for sale in nurseries. Covered in large, showy white flowers, Easter Lilies have come to represent the essence of Easter: purity, virtue, innocence, hope, and life. If you receive an Easter lily…
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Making seed tapes are a good project for doing with children and those that have physical limitations that can keep them from spending much time in the garden. The seed tapes can be made in your home and be ready for planting when Spring comes. Seed tapes are an easy way for children and gardeners…
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