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DeKalb to offer ‘Permaculture: Cultivating Food Nature’s Way’ class

The DeKalb County Cooperative Extension offers a class on food cultivation on Feb. 18.
The DeKalb County Cooperative Extension offers a class on food cultivation on Feb. 18.
By Juanita Love
Feb 11, 2020

The DeKalb County Cooperative Extension will host “Permaculture: Cultivating Food Nature’s Way” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the DeKalb County Extension Office Auditorium, located at 4380 Memorial Dr., Decatur.

The class will cover five major areas including companion planting, mycelium running, how trees communicate, good and bad pests, and pruning.

The registration fee is $10 per person. To register, contact the DeKalb County Cooperative Extension Office at 404-298-4080 or email uge1089@uga.edu.

Information: www.extension.uga.edu/county-offices/dekalb.html.

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