HOW ABOUT SOME GARDENING SECRETS?

     I didn't realize it has been so long since I last talked with you.  We've had so much going on here at our library that time just seems to get away from us occasionally.
     But I do want to know...would you like some gardening secrets?  Here it is, time for us to start those veggie gardens, when the ground is warming up, the sun is shining brightly, and the rains are here to water our little seeds.
     We are going to have a really great program next Tuesday, March 26th, starting at 6:30 p.m. in our auditorium.  Matt Roberts, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent with the Colquitt County Extension Office, will talk about spring gardening and be available to answer questions on gardening secrets.
     Matt grew up in Milledgeville, Georgia, and has lived most of the last seven years in Tifton.  He attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College where he received an Associate's Degree in business administration in 2008.  After receiving his degree, he attended Georgia College & State University, where in 2010 he received in BS in biology.
     In January of 2010, he moved back to Tifton where he began work at the University of Georgia experiment station.  He was accepted to graduate school and graduated in December 2012 with his MS in plant pathology. 
     Matt's background is in vegetable diseases with experience in weed science and entomology of both horticultural and agronomic crops. 
     In other words, he's well rounded.  He really knows his business.  He loves veggies and says he would have a big garden if he didn't already have an abundant supply from his father-in-law, who is a big gardner, and the farmers he knows.
     Now that's not all of the program!  Also attending the evening event will be members of the Colquitt County High School FFA/Horticulture Class and their teacher Adrianne Smith.  They will be talking about their upcoming plant sale at the high school beginning March 28 (and they might even bring some of their sale plants as an enticement for you to check them out).
     The date again:  Tuesday, March 26th.
     The time again:  6:30 p.m.
     Where:  The Moultrie-Colquitt County Library, 204 5th Street SE, Moultrie, GA.
We'll be looking for you!