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Pink Lady apples hang from a tree at the University of Georgia - Mountain Research and Education Center in Blairsville, Ga. CAES News
Backyard Orchards 09/05/13 Bob Westerfield
If you have always wanted a home orchard, fall is the perfect time to plant one. For proper pollination, plant at least two apple, pear or plum trees.
Farmers and members of the general public met in Macon on March 20 to view a listening session in Atlanta on the proposed new food safety act. Lee Lancaster, senior compliance specialist with the Georgia Department of Agriculture, is shown explaining how to submit comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. CAES News
Food safety act 03/27/13 Sharon Dowdy
Concerned Georgia farmers gathered in Atlanta, Macon and Tifton on Wednesday, March 20 to hear a summary of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new Food Safety Modernization Act. Proposed by Congress, the act was developed in an effort to improve the safety of the nation’s food supply.
Freshly-picked strawberries CAES News
No fruit yet 02/28/13 Frank M. Watson
The temptation is great to let newly set fruit plants bear fruit the first year, but don’t be give in. Whether they are fruit trees or tiny plants like strawberries, these plants need that first year to become established.
Map showing precipitation totals across Georgia in July 2012. CAES News
July climate summary 08/08/12 Pam Knox
Drought conditions in most parts of the state stabilized in July, although there was an increase in exceptional drought in west-central Georgia due to the heat and lack of rainfall.
Pears hang from a tree in a middle Georgia home landscape. CAES News
Home orchards 02/22/12 William G. Tyson
Growing fruit trees in the home garden can be an enjoyable, relaxing and rewarding experience. However, success takes careful planning and hard work.
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Weather shift 02/14/11 David E. Stooksbury, Ph.D.
Georgia’s unusually cold winter means that two of Georgia’s most famously sweet crops are at risk later this winter or early spring.
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Cold crops 12/16/10 Brad Haire
In recent weeks, bitter cold fronts have blasted the Deep South, wreaking havoc on home water pipes and icing roads. But for Georgia crops, the weather isn’t so bad, at least for now.
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Buy trees and help local food group 12/16/10 Sharon Dowdy
Home gardeners, or would-be ones, can start the year off right by purchasing and planting a fruit tree, vine or bush.
Pears hang from a tree in a middle Georgia home landscape. CAES News
Home orchard 08/19/10 April Reese Sorrow
Plucking fresh fruit from your own orchard can be a delicious way to add beauty and taste to your home landscape. The best time to plant fruit trees in Georgia is in the fall, according to a University of Georgia expert.
Homegrown tomatoes dried in a food dehydrator CAES News
Dried produce 07/08/10 Sharon Dowdy, Stephanie Schupska
If your home garden “runneth over” with produce, try drying the excess as a healthy snack or nutritional addition to winter soups and sauces. A University of Georgia food safety specialist says it only takes a dehydrator and a little effort.