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Preparing your garden for the fall, winter
Fall is upon us already, and we need to be doing preventive maintenance in our gardens. We are blessed by our southern climate.
Brian Maddy, Author at LaGrange Daily News
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Planning for fall
Believe it or not, it’s about time to start planning for fall. The rain this summer can be very beneficial to a garden or it ...
by Brian Maddy, Friday, August 24, 2018 7:40 pm
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Dealing with fall webworms
As you drive along the highways and by-ways of Troup County you begin to notice the silken-like bags hanging in trees. You may begin to ...
by Brian Maddy, Friday, August 17, 2018 6:32 pm
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Be on the lookout for fall armyworms
This is the time of the year to keep a lookout for fall armyworms. This chronic moth flies up from south Florida and central and ...
by Brian Maddy, Friday, August 10, 2018 3:09 pm
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How sweet it is
Some of us may remember how Jackie Gleason would end some of his shows by saying “How sweet it is!” Our sweet corn can be ...
by Brian Maddy, Friday, August 3, 2018 6:00 pm
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Nasty critters the sequel: Nematodes in your garden
Some of the nastiest critters on planet earth are the ones we can’t see. Many of us struggle with our gardens, lawns and ornamentals. We ...
by Brian Maddy, Friday, July 27, 2018 7:10 pm
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Midsummer Musings: Over-watering, poison ivy and tomato diseases
We’ve approached the middle of summer. It has been hot and dry but we’ve also have had timely rains. Keep an eye out for those ...
by Brian Maddy, Friday, July 20, 2018 5:00 pm
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A plague of locusts
Whenever I see one of those large black and red grasshoppers, I think of the plagues that the Lord visited upon the Egyptian pharaoh. Other ...
by Brian Maddy, Friday, July 13, 2018 4:17 pm
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How to deal with the new tick on the block
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside a new bully shows up on the block. Last year this critter from New Zealand ...
by Brian Maddy, Friday, July 6, 2018 7:59 pm
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Garden musings during these wet summer months
We have experienced something that hasn’t happened in several years, a wet June. Last year’s drought not only stressed out plants but also stressed-out gardeners. ...