UF/IFAS Extension Highlands County

Winter’s great for planting tomatoes

Posted: December 21, 2018

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Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Uncategorized

Tags: Agriculture, gardening, Highlands County, Highlands Horticulture Digest, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, tomatoes, vegetable, winter gardening

Understanding the 2017-2018 Florida Red Tide

by Lisa Krimsky

Posted: December 4, 2018

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Category: Coasts & Marine, NATURAL RESOURCES, Water

Tags: algae bloom, Southwest district, UF IFAS Water Agents, water quality

Succulents are all the rage

by David Austin

Posted: October 22, 2018

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Category: Agriculture, Events, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Uncategorized

Tags: classes, Dish Gardens, DYI, Festival, gardening, Highlands County, Master Gardeners, succulents

Milkweed, Food for Butterflies

by David Austin

Posted: September 11, 2018

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Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife

Tags: Butterfly gardening, Highlands County, Host Plants, insects, Master Gardeners, Milkweed, Monarch Butterfly, pollination, pollinators, Queen Butterfly

Is Beekeeping for you?

by David Austin

Posted: September 6, 2018

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Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: Beekeepers, classes, Highlands County, Honey, Honey bee, pollination

A New Taste for The Tomato?

by David Austin

Posted: August 24, 2018

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Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: gardening, Heirlooms, newsletter highlight, tomatoes, vegetable

Garden Festival is replacing the Master Gardener Plant Sale

by David Austin

Posted: August 7, 2018

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Category: Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: Festival, gardening, Highlands County, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, Plant Sale, tomato

Basic of: Backyard Chickens Workshop = SUCCESS

by Taylor Davis

Posted: July 26, 2018

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Category: Agriculture, Events, Farm Management, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: HCLivestock, Highlands County

Florida’s Weather is right for growing vegetables

by David Austin

Posted: July 26, 2018

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Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Uncategorized

Tags: Agriculture, gardening, Highlands County, vegetable gardening

Ode to a Volunteer

Master Gardener volunteer Charlie Reynolds Stand by Vegetables growing at Avon Park Elementary school.

by David Austin

Posted: June 14, 2018

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Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Horticulture, Uncategorized

Tags: 4-H, Highlands County, Master Gardener, Memorial, Volunteer