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4-H dimes help build Habitat house in Atlanta Posted on 11/16/06 by J. Faith Peppers

For the past five years, 4-H’ers from across America have been collecting and donating dimes to finance building a Habitat for Humanity house in Atlanta. On Saturday, Nov. 25, at National 4-H Congress, more than 1,200 4-H members will make a final donation during a citizenship ceremony that will bring the total funds raised to $52,000.

Roses are a knockout in gardeners' eyes Posted on 11/16/06 by Jim F. Crawford

It's every homeowner's dream: the beauty and color of landscape flowering plants without a lot of maintenance to keep them healthy and vigorous.

Holidays are perfect times for landscape planting Posted on 11/16/06 by Dan Rahn

The winter holidays are perfect for eating turkey, watching football and planting shrubs in your landscape. If you don't ordinarily associate planting shrubs with the holidays, it's not because the two don't go together.

Healthy holiday meals without going ‘cold turkey’ Posted on 11/09/06 by Kristen Plank

Holiday dinner is the one time you’re allowed to eat entire platefuls of home-cooked delicacies without an ounce of guilt. But that’s usually not the case, and that serving of remorse typically follows your second slice of pecan pie.

Choose the choicest locally grown Christmas tree Posted on 11/09/06 by Kristen Plank

University of Georgia horticulturist Mark Czarnota won’t be buying his Christmas tree from a box store. He’s focusing on Georgia-grown in his house and encouraging others to do the same.

Taking holiday dinner traveling? Keep it safe Posted on 11/09/06 by Dan Rahn

Covered-dish meals offer the best of the fall and winter holidays for many communities, large groups and families. But for safety's sake, you need to do more than just "cover" your dishes.

Make winter ‘a season of giving’ Posted on 11/09/06 by Stephanie Schupska

With the holidays approaching, Sharon Gibson, a University of Georgia Cooperative Extension multicultural specialist, offers ideas to help make the holidays a season of giving.

Favorite holiday plants perfect for gift giving Posted on 11/09/06 by Sharon Omahen

Poinsettias, Christmas cactuses and African violets are the most common plants given over the holiday season. A University of Georgia expert offers tips for caring for these seasonal favorites.

Holidays perfect time to teach spirit of giving Posted on 11/09/06 by Stephanie Schupska

“We need to be ensuring a season of giving instead of getting,” said Gibson, a multicultural specialist with the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences. “What we want to instill in our children is that service and giving of oneself should be a part of daily life.”

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