Community Blog · Northwest Georgia
Real experiences, tips, and harvests from gardeners across Cherokee, Bartow, Floyd, and Gordon Counties. Share yours — members can post, comment, and connect.
Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable in NW Georgia gardens and also the most disease-prone. Our combination of warm temperatures, high humidity, and frequent summer storms creates ideal conditions for fungal diseases....
Read Full Post →Compost is the answer to almost every Georgia clay problem. Poor drainage — add compost. Plants yellowing �...
Read More →Garlic is one of the most rewarding crops a NW Georgia gardener can grow — you plant it in October when the ...
Read More →There are few things more satisfying in a Georgia summer garden than thumping a big watermelon and hearing tha...
Read More →Sweet potatoes are one of the best crops for Northwest Georgia gardens. They love our heat, tolerate our clay ...
Read More →Collard greens are as much a part of Northwest Georgia culture as red clay and sweet tea. They are also one of...
Read More →Saving seeds connects you to thousands of years of agricultural tradition and saves real money. A single packe...
Read More →A raised bed is the single biggest upgrade most NW Georgia gardeners can make. It solves the red clay problem ...
Read More →Okra is one of the few vegetables that actually thrives in the brutal heat of a Georgia summer. While your tom...
Read More →You planted your squash in May. By late June it was thriving — big leaves, yellow flowers, the first fruits ...
Read More →Most home gardeners in Northwest Georgia treat the fall as the end of the growing season. Experienced growers ...
Read More →If you have gardened in Northwest Georgia for more than five minutes you already know the red clay. It bakes h...
Read More →Pruning your banana peppers might feel counterintuitive — why cut off a plant that's growing just fine? But ...
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