Featured Publications
Emergency Preparedness: Long-Term Food Storage for Disasters
(C 1310)
This publication provides practical guidance for individuals and families, covering essential aspects such as planning, selecting suitable containers, and maintaining stored foods during emergencies like natural disasters. The guide offers user-friendly tips on menu variety, food safety, and non-food supplies, ensuring a holistic approach to disaster readiness.
Preparación para Emergencias: Almacenamiento de Alimentos a Largo Plazo para Desastres
(C 1310-SP)
Esta publicación proporciona orientación práctica para individuos y familias, cubriendo aspectos esenciales como la planificación, la selección de recipientes adecuados y el mantenimiento de los alimentos almacenados durante emergencias como desastres naturales. La guía ofrece consejos fáciles de usar sobre variedad de menús, seguridad alimentaria y suministros no alimentarios, lo que garantiza un enfoque holístico para la preparación ante desastres.
Dealing with Pasture, Hay, Feed, and Livestock Losses After Significant Weather Events
(C 1165)
As a result of significant weather events, many producers in Georgia may experience losses of pasture growth, hay stocks, feed supplies, and livestock. After such events occur, farmers will be assessing damage to fields, stock, and property for many days, weeks, months. This publication is intended to provide recommendations to farmers that have experienced adverse affects due to significant weather in their forage and livestock production systems.
Fall Vegetable Gardening
(C 1258)
This publication covers fall vegetable production including planting dates, spacing, general culture of cool-season vegetables planted in Georgia in the fall. Many people consider the end of summer to be the end of gardening season. However, there is a whole other world of vegetables that can be planted in the fall garden in Georgia. Temperatures are milder, and there generally are fewer insects and diseases to contend with when planting in the fall. Cool-season vegetables are ironically planted in the late-summer heat, but thrive as they mature during cooler temperatures as the season progresses. Whether you choose to plant only a cover crop or to try your hand at some cool-season vegetables, planting for the fall growing season will keep your garden productive all year long.
Soil Preparation and Planting Procedures for Ornamental Plants in the Landscape
(B 932)
Proper planting is essential for healthy, vigorous growth of ornamental plants in the landscape. It assures rapid plant establishment by providing a favorable environment for the developing root system. This publication offers step-by-step guidelines that will help you achieve planting success.
Ensuring Safe Private Well Water for Household Use After a Flood
(C 1124)
The quality of drinking water from wells may be compromised during a flood. Flooding around the well increases the risk of drinking water becoming contaminated with bacteria or any other contaminants, rendering it unsafe to drink and for washing food items. This publication describes the steps to take when you suspect that your well has been affected by flooding. Steps include well inspection, calculation of the depth of water and storage capacity of the well, shock chlorination, and laboratory bacteria testing. The circular also discusses tips on how to know whether the water is safe to drink again.
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A numbered UGA Extension publication has been peer reviewed, has enough substance to stand on its own, and is written to be used and understood by the public. All numbered publications have been written by university faculty to provide information on topics including the environment, agriculture, health, families and the home landscape.