Drought easing, but Cobb UGA Extension agent warns mature trees are dying

Horticultural experts say with a welcome and at least temporary reprieve from the drought underway, they have their fingers crossed.

This week could see rainfall to the tune of an inch, especially in some areas south of Atlanta. That’s after roughly a third of an inch of rain fell across Metro Atlanta the first half of the week.

Cobb County UGA cooperative extension agent Rob Trawick indicates that while landscaping, forage and rural crops have all suffered, he ‘s most dismayed by how the county’s trees are faring…

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