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Annual flowers can be planted in soil bags for easy installation. CAES News
Soil bag flower beds 08/19/10 Kristin L. Slagle
Growing annual flowers in native soils can be a challenge in Georgia. Clay soils, though fertile, are often poorly drained, leading to root diseases. Sandy soils are generally less fertile and drain too quickly, making it hard to keep flowers watered and fed. Planting directly into a good bag of potting soil could be a better option.
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Plant tall fescue in the fall 08/19/10 Clint Waltz
Tall fescue is a popular cool-season grass species known to have a bunching growth habit.
Yellow leaves on a tree in the fall of the year CAES News
Leaves = mulch 08/19/10 Paul Pugliese
If you don’t like raking, bagging and dragging leaves to the curb, recycle your leaves into mulch. Leaves are nature’s way of creating a natural blanket for protecting tree and plant roots from extreme cold temperatures.
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Expert advice free on the web 08/19/10 Amanda Swennes
As you plant fall vegetables, bring plants inside on cold nights and dream of what your landscape will look like next spring, take a moment to check out some of these free resources written by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts.
Jenny Hardgrave of Simply Flowers Inc. plans her pansy bed at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Ga. CAES News
Pro planting 08/19/10 Stephanie Schupska
With their colorful faces and cold-weather tolerance, pansies are an easy landscape edition – unless they are installed incorrectly.
Alpharetta Elementary 4th graders from left Joey Santoro, 10, and Neal Seaman, 10, search a stream for life during environmental education at Washega 4H camp in Dahlonega, Thursday, April 28, 2005. CAES News
Environmental Education 08/12/10 April Reese Sorrow
Learning “al-fresco” style, or getting out into nature’s classroom, is a great way to connect children with the things they are expected to master in school, says a 4-H education specialist.
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Landscape classes 08/12/10
Landscape professionals can learn better design techniques using graphics and sustainability practices at upcoming workshops on the University of Georgia campus in Griffin, Ga., Nov. 11-12.
Peeling lead paint on the exterior of the Wright House, a historic building at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. CAES News
Lead Safety 07/29/10 April Reese Sorrow
Lead can be poisonous, and many Americans live in homes contaminated by lead-based paint on their walls, windows and doors.
A yellow koi swims in a backyard water garden CAES News
Budget water garden 07/20/10 Sharon Dowdy
A water garden filled with plants, brightly colored koi and goldfish doesn’t have to break the bank. A University of Georgia expert offers tips on creating a water garden on a budget, but says you’re still going to have to pay sweat equity.
Five-leafed clover covers this plant with a little extra luck. CAES News
Gene for luck 07/15/10 Stephanie Schupska
Wayne Parrott has answered a question that has stumped plant breeders for the past century: Why do some white clover plants have four leaves?