Here is the 31st annual spring Garden Packet from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, with 29 features written by 16 CAES faculty members and graduate students to provide timely, valuable gardening information." /> Here is the 31st annual spring Garden Packet from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, with 29 features written by 16 CAES faculty members and graduate students to provide timely, valuable gardening information." />

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Published on 02/16/06

2006 edition of annual UGA Garden Packet released

Volume XXXI
Number 1
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Here is the 31st annual spring Garden Packet from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Written by 16 CAES faculty members and graduate students, these 29 features are provided to help you give your readers the timely, valuable gardening information they want. Your UGA Cooperative Extension county agent (just call 1-800-ASK-UGA1) can help you localize these features. The stories are available on the Georgia FACES Web site at georgiafaces.com.

The 2006 Garden Packet stories are:
1 Add magic of homegrown herbs to garden Bob Westerfield
2 Don't let bitter cucumbers ruin garden harvest Westerfield
3 TSWV-resistant plants may aid gardeners Terry Kelley
4 Transplants give you early start in summer garden Kelley
5 Plant a little garden variety for your salad Kelley
6 Pollination critical in vegetable gardens George Boyhan
7 Fight harvest-robbing diseases in garden Brad Haire
8 How to control garden bugs is up to you Alton Sparks
9 Technique makes peaches bigger, sweeter Kathy Taylor
10 Don't let fear cause 'killer' bee mistakes Keith Delaplane
11 Enjoy your food, give honeybees respect Amanda Ellis
12 Compost pile can attract stable flies Nancy Hinkle
13 Golden garden spiders trap insects Hinkle, Aubree Roche
14 Shovel-headed garden worms harmless oddities Hinkle
15 Houseflies present never-ending control challenge Hinkle
16 House centipede are allies in home pest control Hinkle
17 Georgia Gold Medals give quality plants leg up Dan Rahn
18 Cuphea annual plants provide nonstop color Gary Wade
19 Georgia Gold Medal winner offers warm 'snowballs' Wade
20 Wisteria? A Gold Medal winner? Get serious Wade
21 Award-winning groundcover offers true-blue flowers Wade
22 Overcup oak a 'bulletproof' Gold Medal winner Wade
23 'Angel trumpets' signaling soaring popularity Paul Thomas
24 'Angel trumpets' easy to propagate Thomas
25 Control weeds to protect beauty of irises Mark Czarnota
26 Go creative with yard art, theme gardens Sharon Omahen
27 Look out for alien invaders in Georgia woodlands Wade
28 Keep poison ivy out of landscape Czarnota, Tim Murphy
29 Spring landscape chores, beautiful summer Westerfield

Here are all of the annual UGA garden packet articles for the past five years:

(Dan Rahn is the principal editor of the annual garden packet and a news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.)

Dan Rahn is a news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Experts/Sources:
The holiday season can be a time of anticipation and joy, but balancing multiple commitments and personalities across families and friends can be a source of stress for hosts and visitors alike. Like preparing parts of the meal ahead of time to spend more of the holiday with guests, taking time ahead of the day to set expectations can go a long way to ensuring enjoyable gatherings, said Ted Futris, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of human development and family science in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. CAES News
Manage holiday stress with kindness, boundaries 11/21/24 Maria M. Lameiras
The holiday season can be a time of anticipation and joy, but balancing multiple commitments and personalities across families and friends can be a source of stress for hosts and visitors alike. Much like preparing parts of the meal ahead of time allows you to spend more of the holiday with guests, setting expectations ahead of the celebration can go a long way to ensuring enjoyable gatherings, said Ted Futris, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of human development and family science.
Conner Hall CAES News
CAES welcomes 2024 cohort of Rural Scholars 11/20/24 Maria M. Lameiras
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences welcomed its fourth cohort of students chosen for the CAES Rural Scholars Program this fall just weeks after celebrating the program's first graduation. Georgia Orman, one of four inaugural Rural Scholars in CAES, graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education. The new scholars for 2024, all from Georgia, are Ela Ash of Ocilla, Lauren E. Coley of Cochran, Amelia Housley of Canon, and London O’Steen of Ambrose.
Women play a vital role in rural American farming, but much of that work is "invisible," like raising children or household chores, according to a new UGA study. (Getty Images) CAES News
The women and stress behind rural farming in America 11/19/24 Leigh Hataway
Recent research from the University of Georgia suggests the unique stresses from farm life may be taking a toll on one of the pillars of the families that make your dinners possible: the women who keep farming families running. “If we don’t control our food sources, we don’t control our health and safety,” said Anna Scheyett, lead author of the study and a professor in UGA’s School of Social Work. “It’s a matter of national security that farmers survive in the United States. And one of the big factors in helping farms survive is women.”
Mergoum at Creature Comforts CAES News
That's the spirit! 11/18/24 Maria M. Lameiras, Claire Sanders Kinnard
Wheat breeders spend years meticulously crossing varieties to coax the best traits out of each species, carefully propagating plant varieties that are healthier, heartier and better suited for the environments where they are grown. Professional brewmasters are equally painstaking when choosing the components that will give their beers a specific flavor profile.
Contest-winning concept becomes viable business for alumnus who developed solar-powered, self-propelled chicken coop as a student. CAES News
Poultry in motion 11/14/24 Sean Montgomery
Chris Ayers emerged from his orange and black rough-terrain vehicle with an ear-to-ear grin. “This is Chiktopia,” he said, sweeping his arm wide to indicate the back half of a 3,600-square-foot warehouse on his family’s farm in Ball Ground, Georgia. “This is where I manufacture and assemble the chicken coops. Everything is done entirely from over here.”
UGA Grand Farm Site Plan web CAES News
UGA Grand Farm wins stage two of 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund competition 11/13/24 Jordan Powers
Startups in the agricultural technology sector face significant barriers on the path to establishment, including access to training and capital. These barriers are heightened for underrepresented entrepreneurs seeking to start new companies. The University of Georgia Grand Farm, part of a historic partnership between the University of Georgia and Fargo, North Dakota-based Grand Farm, aims to change that.