Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Soil Testing Now is the time to test the soil in your planned beds for plant nutrients. UGA soil tests usually take 7-10 working days, so test now to have the results when you plant bulbs and beds. It is important to till in the lime needed (if any) for faster soil pH adjustment. You may also sample your vegetable garden or lawn. Vegetables The winter is a great time for growing things like mus

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Soil Testing Now is the time to test the soil in your planned beds for plant nutrients. UGA soil tests usually take 7-10 working days, so test now to have the results when you plant bulbs and beds. It is important to till in the lime needed (if any) for faster soil pH adjustment. You may also sample your vegetable garden or lawn. Vegetables Plant a cover crop this winter for your idle vegetable

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Soil Testing Fall is a great time to test the soil in your beds for plant nutrients and lime needs. Although limestone can be put out any time it’s needed, a fall lime application is recommended because the lime can have several months to be activated during the winter months before you do a spring garden. Use dolomitic limestone if you also need magnesium. It is important to till in any needed l

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Soil Testing Test the soil in your beds in Fall for plant nutrients and lime needs. Soil tests usually take 10 days, so test now to have the results when you plant bulbs and beds. Soil test bags are available at the extension office. It is important to till in any needed lime (if any) for faster soil pH adjustment. You should also incorporate any needed phosphorus at this time. Vegetables If not

During our sultry warm August, there are many activities to do in the garden. In our Southern climate, gardeners have a second chance to replant and add new plants and vegetables to their gardens as we slip into Fall. Growing fruits and vegetables here is a popular and common activity. Keeping an eye on our treasured edibles is important right now. There is a bounty of tomatoes, sweet corn, green beans and cucumbers to harvest, or go to your local farmers markets to purchase

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Vegetables Harvest tomatoes at the “mature green” stage (when green tomatoes turn light green) or slightly pink and ripen indoors in the cool of your house. High temperatures inhibit ripening but 70 degree indoor temperatures will bring about rapid ripening. High July day and night temperatures may cause blooms to abort on regular size tomatoes and green peppers. There is little you can do about

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Vegetables Continue to plant heat-loving herbs including basil, Mexican tarragon, and rosemary. Pinch back basil and tarragon regularly to prevent flowering and enhance branching. Make trellises or use stakes for tomatoes, cucumbers, pole beans and other climbing crops. Keep an eye out for stinkbugs, leaf-footed bugs, bean beetles, tomato and tobacco hornworms, tomato fruitworms, flea beetles, c

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Vegetables Keep a watchful eye out for cabbage worms, potato beetles, bean beetles, blister beetles, corn earworm, cucumber beetle, and squash vine borer in the garden. Good insecticides for the garden include carbaryl, Bt-dust (for caterpillars), spinosad, diatomaceous earth (for aphids), and pyrethrum dust. Control weeds, too, because they compete for resources (light, water, nutrients) needed

Expand the categories below to learn more about what you need to do this month. Vegetables As soil temperatures consistently get into the low 60s, you can seed things like beans and corn. When soil temperatures get into and above the mid-sixties to the low 70s, think about crops like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash and melons. Watch for aphids on tender growth such as new cabbage leaves. Wash off with a strong water spray or try something like diatomaceous earth (DE) and