Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Linda Clemens Last night, I counted 15 moonflowers blooming on the fence around the vegetable garden. The huge white flowers, 6 to 8 inches in diameter, open at sunset and close again in… Read More
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green I was in a local nursery last week looking for some flowering plants to replenish some of my container planters. I wasn’t alone in my search for some color during this… Read More
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Linda Clemens A couple of years ago, I visited Kingsley Plantation in Jacksonville, part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. An interpretive garden contained many of the crop plants that were historically… Read More
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Michele Hackmeyer In a previous blog, I described plants to consider using in a dry garden bed. Now I will describe what it takes to create the bed. Doing something like this is… Read More
FLORIDA COASTAL SEAFOOD FAVORITES Florida Crispy Alligator Ribs with BBQ Sauce Nothing says DELICIOUS like Fresh from Florida! INGREDIENTS 2 pounds Florida alligator ribs, separated into individual riblets 3 cups… Read More
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Michele Hackmeyer Do you have a hot, dry, full sun area that you would like to make into some kind of interesting garden bed? First let me be clear when I say ‘full… Read More
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green For a lovely tropical appearance in some of your shady spots, try ornamental gingers. In North Florida gingers are tender perennials that will go dormant in the winter after a frost. Their… Read More
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green Whew! It was a hot July, and the start of August looks like it will be about the same. I am not long in the garden during the height of summer;… Read More
SacredVisionsStudio.com The Wakulla County Nakashima Family has honored us once again here in June 2020. The Nakashima Family has created our second beautiful mural for the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension in the “office meeting room” (OMR), for… Read More
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green Two lovely shrubs for part-shade are the American Beautyberry and Oak Leaf Hydrangea. Both plants grow to over 8 feet in height and width, so they need room to sprawl. Both… Read More
