4th graders learn "All About Trees" at G.M.R.E.C.
      Four hundred and forty fourth graders attended a series of "All About Trees" Field Days at The Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center. The Education Committee of the Community Council sponsored this event.
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The Plant Rescue Project and How It Works!
By JENNIFER CORDIER Plant Rescue Team
      The Plant Rescue Project is not a new idea and is certainly not unique to the North Georgia and Western North Carolina mountain communities. The Georgia Native Plant Society has had an active Plant Rescue Project for many years and has been successfully working with developers and landowners in th...
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Today's 3 R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
By JOAN CROTHERS Sentinel Editor
      Instead of the three R's we think about for school children, we need to think about saving our tax dollars at the Transfer Station by thinking and doing something about three different R's-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Reduce by changing your lifestyle in very simple ways. Reduction of the things we "...
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Drought-Buster Perennials refuse to die
BY: ROBERT N. BREWER, JR. Extension Service Agent UGA
      Will any perennials actually grow and flower if you can't water them in summers' ghastly heat? Yes. But they must be planted in fall, not spring. Spring-planted perennials will need watering. They don't have enough roots to collect enough water to withstand droughts. The fall-planted pere...
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