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Eddy-Jean Etienne working in the Agricultural & Environmental Services Lab in Athens. CAES News
Eddy-Jean Etienne working in the Agricultural & Environmental Services Lab in Athens.
Soil lab faculty help launch lab in Haiti
Haitian farmers have toiled for more than a century to grow crops in the nation’s notoriously ravaged farmlands. A new soil-testing lab, scheduled to open in June, should help farmers in Haiti improve their yields.
Two student-built robots compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition's Peachtree Regional held March 16 -17, 2012, at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth. CAES News
Two student-built robots compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition's Peachtree Regional held March 16 -17, 2012, at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth.
4-H'ers learn engineering and teamwork by building robots
Most people have seen high school students compete against one another in a game of basketball but not many people seen the game played with student-built robots
Garden soil CAES News
Garden soil
Athens-Clarke inducts state's first class of Master Composters
Good compost takes time, patience and alternating layers of decomposing yard and kitchen wastes. Those are the basics, but Athens-Clarke County Extension Agent Amanda Tedrow was finding that most people needed more information in order to make the compost equation come out right.
A pair of hummingbirds fly around a feeder at a North Georgia home. CAES News
A pair of hummingbirds fly around a feeder at a North Georgia home.
Male birds fight their reflections in odd turf war
Disoriented fake birds flying into a newly cleaned window may make you chuckle on a television commercial. But, in reality, it’s no laughing matter.
University of Georgia research technician Rodney Connell prunes turfgrass samples in a greenhouse on the campus in Griffin, Ga. CAES News
University of Georgia research technician Rodney Connell prunes turfgrass samples in a greenhouse on the campus in Griffin, Ga.
Spring fertilization of lawns should be guided by soil testing, temperatures
In early spring as dormant, warm-season lawns begin to turn green, University of Georgia Extension agents receive many of calls about managing lawns. Most questions are about fertilization, including what type of fertilizer, how much to use and how frequently should it be applied.
Leyland cypress trees grow as a property border in a lawn in Butts Co., Ga. CAES News
Leyland cypress trees grow as a property border in a lawn in Butts Co., Ga.
Water thirsty trees with soak hoses, drip irrigation
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agent Frank Watson discusses the best ways, and time, to water new and drought-stricken trees.
A Daddy longlegs perches on a screen in Georgia CAES News
A Daddy longlegs perches on a screen in Georgia
Daddy longlegs use their legs to smell, taste and touch
“There is a big spider in our living room!” my wife screamed. As a graduate student in entomology at the University of Georgia, I’m accustomed to dealing with insects. Having just moved to Georgia from India, she is not.
A photo of a car windshield covered with yellow pine pollen. CAES News
A photo of a car windshield covered with yellow pine pollen.
Pollen counts are important but can be confusing
In recent weeks, I have had numerous people to ask me about how weather forecasters come up with pollen counts.
A UGA student shows off his mealworm chocolate chip cookie at the UGA Insect Zoo in April 2010. CAES News
A UGA student shows off his mealworm chocolate chip cookie at the UGA Insect Zoo in April 2010.
UGA Insect Zoo will host roach races, serve cricket cookies
There won't be any lions, tigers or bears, but the University of Georgia’s annual Insect Zoo will let visitors get up close and personal with roaches, crickets and other bugs.

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