Building a Dry Garden Bed
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… Read More
Tag: Panhandle Gardening
Tri-Eagle Sales Partners with UF/IFAS Extension in Gadsden County for Wellness Initiative
Tri-Eagle Sales Partners with UF/IFAS Extension in Gadsden County for Wellness Initiative Gardening and Stress Management for Local Businesses Midway, FL – Tri-Eagle Sales and the UF/IFAS Extension’s Family and Consumer Sciences and the Master… Read More
Gardening in Gadsden, Garden Education Series
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN STARTING YOUR OWN GARDEN? If so, this Garden Education series is for you! Laurie Osgood, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, UF/IFAS Extension, Gadsden County, FL Zadarreyal (DJ) Wiggins, FAMU Small Farms Agent,… Read More
Recycle By Cleaning Your Container Pots
Most likely, we all have them-garden pots. These typically are made of plastic, clay or wood. Garden pots should be sanitized if they were previously used or if they exhibit signs of mold or fungal… Read More
A Fluffy Woolly Mass on Woody Plants
Homeowner accounts of white fluffy woolly masses on woody ornamentals have been on the rise. They can appear on the ends of a wide variety of woody ornamental branches in the landscape. A closer inspection… Read More
Preventing Heat Stress: Plant and People Considerations
As we begin to approach our North Florida hot summer months, Gary Wade with the University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Cooperative Extension reminds us that, “temperatures in the high 90s and… Read More
Large Carpenter Bee Management and Control
Every year beginning in mid-March to early-April, Extension Agents begin to receive inquiries about managing carpenter bees which are attacking barns, eaves, rafters, and other wooden structures. The bee most commonly responsible for economic damages… Read More
Titi In Bloom This Spring
Black Titi (also known as Spring Titi or Buckwheat Tree (Cliftonia monophylla (Lam.) Britton ex Sarg. is a native shrub or tree that can be found growing along streams and boggy areas of the Florida… Read More
American Snowbell: Native Flowering Shrub-Like Small Tree for Wet Areas in the Landscape
Found throughout the North Florida Panhandle, the American snowbell, Styrax americanus, is a native small flowering tree. In his book, The Trees of Florida, Gil Nelson describes the blossoms as charming with “the thin,… Read More
A Place to Diapause
Leaf footed bugs are pests of many seed, fruit, vegetable and nut crops. They get their name from the leaf shape of their back legs. The insect is dark brown to black and about… Read More