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Basket of Spring Vegetables CAES News
Farm to Food Bank 05/08/13 Merritt Melancon
While the spring vegetable harvest is just getting under way, it won’t be too long before Georgia farmers are pulling truckloads of peppers and snap beans out of their fields. While most of that produce will end up in markets, there may be some weeks where farmers just have too much to sell.
Titan, a newly released University of Georgia blueberry variety, produces much larger berries than traditional blueberry plants. CAES News
Big berries 05/06/13 Sharon Dowdy
When it comes to choosing fruit, most people reach for the biggest piece. Titan™, a new blueberry variety bred by a University of Georgia scientist, makes that an easy task. It produces berries two to four times the size of average blueberries.
University of Georgia horticulturist Scott NeSmith (right) is shown receiving the 2013 Inventor's Award from UGA Vice President for Research David Lee. CAES News
UGA Inventor's Award 05/02/13 Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia blueberry breeder Scott NeSmith has been awarded the university’s prestigious Inventor’s Award for 2013.
This year, why not skip the Mother's Day bouquet, and make mom a living collection of flowers and plants that may last for years? Matthew Chappell, a UGA Extension horticulturist, has several tips for creating the perfect, one-pot container garden. CAES News
Mother's Day gifts 04/18/13 Merritt Melancon
Every year Americans spend about $2 billion dollars on fresh flowers for Mother’s Day. While fresh flowers are gorgeous, they have a short shelf life — often less than 10 days after purchase.
Metro-Atlanta students will soon have an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at one of the hottest, most popular foods on the market today — pizza. CAES News
Farm-to-table pizza experience 04/16/13 Merritt Melancon
Metro-Atlanta students will soon have an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at one of the hottest, most popular foods on the market today — pizza.
A fistful of rich soil from the University of Georgia's J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center in Watkinsville, Ga. CAES News
Soil testing is essential 04/11/13 Sharon Dowdy
The key to growing prize produce isn’t buying the highest quality transplants, sowing seeds on Good Friday or planting by the signs of the moon. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts say the secret’s in the soil.
Soil temperature probe CAES News
Soil temperatures 03/19/13 Sharon Dowdy
Georgia’s recent warm daytime temperatures have home gardeners itching to dig in the soil and plant summer crops. But University of Georgia experts warn gardeners not to be tempted. Soil temperatures are still far too low for seeds to germinate and transplants to survive.
A crowd browses the Trial Gardens at UGA at an industry open house earlier this summer. The gardens are expected to be in full bloom for the public open house on July 9. CAES News
Plantapalooza 2013 03/14/13 Merritt Melancon
The staff of the UGA Trial Gardens will host the 2013 “Plantapalooza” plant preview and sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 6.
Hostas come in a host of varieties including 'Krossa Regal,' pictured here. This variety has frosty blue-green leaves and produces lavender flowers. CAES News
Hostas 02/28/13 Frank M. Watson
Versatile and hardy, hostas are quickly becoming one of the most popular perennial plants grown in Georgia landscapes
A vegetable garden in Butts Co., Ga. CAES News
Low yield fixes 02/28/13 Amanda Tedrow
There is nothing more frustrating than planting a vegetable garden and not producing a substantial crop of fresh vegetables. Numerous problems can contribute to low yields, but, fortunately, most of them can be avoided.