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Beat the heat with late-summer flowers Posted on 09/07/06 by David Berle

The flowers are all gone. Cracks are forming in the ground. The landscape is looking a little baked at the end of long, hot summer. This is a common problem in the Southern landscape. What can a gardener do to perk up the landscape at this time of the year?

It's prime fig picking time Posted on 09/07/06 by Sharon Omahen

Georgians may have to wait a year to pick fresh Georgia strawberries and blueberries, but if figs suit your fancy, it's prime picking time.

Weather-trimmed peanut crop may have silver lining Posted on 09/07/06 by Brad Haire

Due to severely dry, hot weather over most of the summer, the U.S. peanut crop will be smaller then expected. Crop loss is never good, but there is a silver lining to this one, says a University of Georgia economist.

Milking the market: Organic loses to grass-fed Posted on 09/07/06 by Stephanie Schupska

When Sweet Grass Dairy in Thomasville, Ga., was considering adding milk to its successful goat and cow cheese business, they contacted the University of Georgia Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development.

Garden design contest Posted on 09/06/06 by Ellen M. Bauske

If you enjoy designing gardens, would you like to see how you measure up against other Master Gardeners and gardening club members in Georgia? If you’re innovative, creative, inspired or just scrappy enough to dive into a contest, here’s your opportunity.

Fall is fine time to fight fire ants Posted on 09/06/06 by J. Faith Peppers

Football games aren't the only struggles cranking up on grass battlefields now. University of Georgia experts say fall is an ideal time to fight fire ants, too.

Smiling faces available in an abundance of colors Posted on 08/31/06 by Jim F. Crawford

Among all the flowers in our southern gardens, one of the most popular, if not the most popular, is the pansy. Pansies have many applications in the landscape as drifts of single color or as massed planting of mixed colors.

Falling pine straw more blessing than chore Posted on 08/31/06 by Dan Rahn

Georgia pines have started raining pine straw early this year. And yes, somebody has to rake it all up. But pine straw can be more of a blessing than a chore.

Don't forget to put your garden to bed for winter Posted on 08/31/06 by Terry Kelley

You've harvested the last of the summer veggies, and you're ready to hang up your hoe and spade until spring.

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