March 2025

Featured Articles:

• Sharpest tools in the shed

  Wonder why your tomatoes are rotting? Need to combat a bug that’s dining on the roses? Or what about those brown spots dotting the yard? Answers to these and other gardening questions are only a visit, email, phone call or webpage away at your county’s Cooperative Extension Service (CES). “A hundred years ago, there was […]

• Co-Op vs. Cora

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• Sign up for sun power

  Still on the fence about participating in Walton EMC’s Cooperative Solar? Here are five reasons to sign up: HASSLE-FREE. Walton EMC operates and maintains Cooperative Solar, meaning you skip installation and maintenance inconveniences common with private solar systems. LOW COST. A block of solar power production is $25 a month. The energy output of your […]

• What’s driving the rise in electricity demand?

  The United States is in the midst of a boom in power use — and Georgia is at the epicenter of the increases, according to information compiled by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. What’s driving the growth: DATA CENTERS | Driven by artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and cloud computing, total U.S. data center load is projected […]

• Knowledge is power: The gardener’s first tool

  There’s one tool that you should always use first for any gardening task: Calling 811. 811 is your tool to avoid expensive and possibly dangerous utility cuts. Even if you’re installing a simple flower bed or planting a small bush, calling 811 first is a smart move. That’s because many utility lines are only a […]