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Pears hang from a tree in a middle Georgia home landscape. CAES News
Pears hang from a tree in a middle Georgia home landscape.
Backyard fruit trees need fertile soil, sunny location
Growing fruit trees in the home garden can be an enjoyable, relaxing and rewarding experience. However, success takes careful planning and hard work.
Fresh vegetables grown organically by an Elijay, Ga., farmer CAES News
Fresh vegetables grown organically by an Elijay, Ga., farmer
Heart disease and stroke strike more women than men
Heart disease and stroke kill more women than cancer, lung disease, Alzheimer disease and accidents combined. In fact, women are more at risk for stroke than men.
Freshly ground woodchips CAES News
Freshly ground woodchips
Lower landscape maintenance by adding natural areas
Many homeowners desire a low-maintenance landscape, but don’t know how to achieve that goal. Following these recommendations from University of Georgia Cooperative Extension will help you create an easy-to-maintain, beautiful landscape.
A vegetable garden in Butts Co., Ga. CAES News
A vegetable garden in Butts Co., Ga.
The key to a successful garden is location, location, location.
Choosing a garden site is one of the most important decisions any gardener will make.
A garden hoe lies in a pile of fresh compost. CAES News
A garden hoe lies in a pile of fresh compost.
Healthy soil is key to successful organic gardening
Many gardeners are eager to jump on the organic gardening bandwagon. However, just as many are not able to pin down what it means to be an organic grower.
Seed packets. CAES News
Seed packets.
Buying seeds from catalogs lets gardeners broaden their selections
Now is the time to browse seed catalogs and select the lucky winners that will find their home in your summer garden plot. Adventurous gardeners may want to try plants with improved characteristics like disease and drought tolerance, greater yield potential or other unique qualities.
Georgia Pest Management handbooks 2012 CAES News
Georgia Pest Management handbooks 2012
Georgia Pest Management Handbook available from UGA
The 2012 Georgia Pest Management Handbook is now available. The thirty-third Commercial Edition, published by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, provides more than 800 pages of current information on selection, application and safe use of pest control chemicals around farms, homes, urban areas, recreational areas and other environments where pests may occur.
UGA GardenPro posters CAES News
UGA GardenPro posters
UGA posters help garden shoppers use smart phones to access information
This is the year of the “smart tag” or “QR” (quick response) code. Have you noticed the intrigu-ing little boxes with geometric designs on everything from ketchup bottles to magazine advertisements?
Pampas grass with red/purple plumes CAES News
Pampas grass with red/purple plumes
Pampas grass is a large, plume-filled landscape addition
Pampas grass can be a very attractive and functional plant when used correctly in landscapes. Because it grows rapidly into a massive plant, pampas grass is an excellent screening plant for sunny locations. It can also be used as a specimen plant in isolated locations in large lawns.

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The CAES newswire features the latest popular science and lifestyle stories relating to agricultural, consumer and environmental sciences as well as UGA Extension programs and services around the state.

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