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Courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Breeding Bird Survey keeps track of nesting birds

As the peak of the spring nesting season approaches, the most comprehensive bird count of the year, the Breeding Bird Survey, is getting under way in Georgia and the rest of the United States and Canada.

Weekend Gardener with Walter Reeves

Devil’s trumpet has beautiful flowers

Q: We are looking for something the grower calls a moon plant (not moon vine). It has white flowers, many branches and grows into a bushy, spreading plant that reproduces rather aggressively.

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Wild Georgia with Charles Seabrook

Mid-June is the time to stop and smell the roses

Goodness! I can’t believe it. It’s mid-June already — “knee-deep in June,” as James Whitcomb Riley said in one of my favorite poems.

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Great Ideas for Your Garden

Sheltering the outdoors

Pop-up thunderstorms and the sun’s harsh summer rays may keep homeowners from using the porches, patios and decks that sold them on the home or that they invested in to create an outdoor living space.

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