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Are your trees boys or girls?
Are the trees in your landscape boys or girls? When planting trees, not appreciating different tree genders can lead to many unwanted problems.
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Trees come in a variety of shapes and sizes
Just like automobiles, houses and people, trees come in many shapes and sizes. Before adding a new tree to your home landscape, make sure you select the right tree for the right site.
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Homegrown vegetables inexpensive and tasty
Planting a backyard vegetable garden is one way Americans can save on their food budgets and provide their families with extra nutrition.
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Is it possible to grow food on your balcony?
Living in an apartment doesn’t mean you can’t grow your own food. If you have a balcony or sunny area outdoors, you can grow tasty herbs like basil and parsley, or vegetables like green beans, tomatoes and radishes.
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Broccoli, cauliflower do well in Georgia gardens
Get the cheese sauce ready. Broccoli and cauliflower could be coming out of the garden really soon if you get busy.
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Heirloom tomatoes: New life for old varieties
From red to yellow to chocolate to green, these tomatoes come in a variety of varieties. Some date back to the 1800s. Many come from Europe. Nearly all are indeterminate types that will keep growing and producing all season and require extensive trellising.
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Melons of many types provide treats for taste buds
Georgia is known for its watermelons. But other types of melons can grow here, too, to provide a different flavor for your taste buds.
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Start trellising soon after plants start growing
Trellising is one chore you need to do fairly soon after the plants are established. It gets the plant and fruit up off the ground. This makes for better-quality fruit and less disease.
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2009 edition of annual UGA Spring Garden Packet
Welcome to the 34th annual Spring Garden Packet. Put out each year by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, this edition has 25 feature articles written by 14 CAES faculty members, news editors and graduate and undergraduate students to provide timely, valuable gardening information.

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