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UGA Extension is encouraging the planting of pollinator spaces in community and school gardens through a new Pollinator Spaces Project. The project gathers up on the Pollinator Spaces webpages  [...]

Teaching the Junior Master Gardener materials continues to teach me. In the chapter on fruits and nuts is an exercise called ‘Fruit and Veggie Lab’. I had not really thought before how our social [...]

By Bruce Gillett, M.D. Cobb Master Gardener   “Gardening requires lots of water – most in the form of perspiration” – Lou Erickson Gardeners need to be aware of the potential hazards [...]

This rose care program, used for several years, has been successful in growing healthy roses which produce many blooms. It will help the homeowner control diseases and insects associated with [...]

Wood rots are caused by several different fungal organisms. They are primarily wound colonizers and can grow in and on both living and dead trees under moist conditions. Virtually any type of [...]

Autumn in the rose garden is a time to enjoy the roses, to assess their performance, to do a few chores, and to plan for the next season. In autumn roses bear the fruit of our labor. We planted, [...]

You can visualize a flower garden, an orchard, a cutting garden, a perennial bed, a vegetable garden, and an herb garden. Try visualizing a rain garden. A rain garden is an attractive, low [...]

We don’t use our front porch much. When we moved here from New York two years ago, I set an old wooden rocking chair out there to make it look welcoming. The chair is a cherished relic of a flea [...]

Winter is a great time for hiking here in Georgia. Seeing Mother Nature’s garden in its dormant state is a treat. Many places to hike are not too far for a day trip from Atlanta. I [...]

…from Victoria’s Secret Garden Many years ago, with a loathing for shopping malls and most things commercial, I decided that I would give handmade gifts during the holidays. My idea of [...]