Category: Home Landscapes

Shop Local in Manatee County

by Nelly Nelson

April 2, 2024

Agriculture has always played a vital role in Manatee County’s economy. With more than 220,000 acres of land dedicated to agriculture production, its economic impact, which is estimated to be about $500 million, is only second to tourism. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Citrus Production, Commercial Fishing, Farms, Livestock, Manatee County, Ornamental Horticulture, Shop Local, Vegetable Crops

Cultivating Curiosity: A New Plant Podcast

by Alyssa Vinson

March 7, 2024

Hours long commutes, appointments, meetings, kids, family obligations, mindless scrolling; all the ways that we inadvertently chip away at our finite resource of time. I often find myself seeking out those timeless moments, watching a cloud ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Adam Dale, Andrew Koeser, Botany, Featured Hot Topic, Gardening, Marc Frank, Plants, Podcast, UF/IFAS Extension

The Gathering Spring

by Alyssa Vinson

February 2, 2024

Found lacking her sense of urgency, she perused the leaves of eggplant fuzzy with their new growth. Swollen plump, but not quite ripe, tomatoes dripped along stalks, she examines and passes them by. Looking for something fragrant and unique, ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Featured Hot Topic, Florida Friendly Landscape, Florida Master Gardener Volunteer, Gardening, Horticulture, Insects

Sugarcane Mosaic Virus Found in New Counties

by Michelle Atkinson

January 15, 2024

In November 2014, Sugarcane Mosaic Virus (SCMV) was discovered in southeast Florida and Pinellas County where it seemed to stay. In the past few years, however, the virus has spread. It is now confirmed in counties in North, Central, and South ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn
Tags: Lawn, Lethal Viral Necrosis, LVN, Sugarcane Mosaic, Swprohort, Turf Disease, Turf Fungus

Zone Changes: What You Need to Know

by Alyssa Vinson

November 15, 2023

Change is the only inevitability. We see it echoed in the metamorphosis of insects, the too-quick growth of our children, the gray in our hair. From one moment to the next, the cells that comprise our bodies are shifting, changing, dying, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Climate, Florida Friendly Landscape, Hardiness, Hardiness Zone, Map, USDA Map, Zones

The Nose Knows: Aromatic Gardens in Florida

by Alyssa Vinson

October 27, 2023

Oberon: I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine: There sleeps Titania sometime of the night [A Midsummer Night’s ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Aromatic Garden, Aromatic Plants For Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Flowers, Gardening, Herbs, Landscapes In Southwest Florida

Innovations in Agriculture is Theme of 2023 Farm City Week

by Gail Somodi

October 16, 2023

The Manatee County Farm City Week is a time to recognize and celebrate the importance of relationships between farmers, consumers, community leaders and everyone in between who contributes to our safe, abundant food supply. Farm ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources

Honey Bees Species of the World

by Lisa Hickey

July 11, 2023

Introduction Have you ever wondered how many honey bees are found in the world? Most people are familiar with what a honey bee looks like. A floating yellow and black fuzzball doing the all-important work of pollination. However, you might ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Home Landscapes, Wildlife
Tags: Honey Bee, Honey Bees, Honey Bees Of The World

Leave that Tree

by Alyssa Vinson

June 21, 2023

What do we really lose when we lose a tree? A thousand silent voices removed from the universal chorus. The tree is not a stand-alone unit, a single entity, a monument of stony bark, the tree is they. A connected symbiosis of lichens, fungi, ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Backyard Trees, Featured Hot Topic, Florida Friendly Landscape, Trees, Urban Forests, Wildlife

Free Trees: 2023 Arbor Day

by Alyssa Vinson

April 17, 2023

In celebration of Arbor Day and Earth Day, the City of Bradenton and Manatee County has once again partnered with Keep Manatee Beautiful and the Arbor Day Foundation to provide free trees to residents. City of Bradenton and Manatee County ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS
Tags: Arbor Day, Earth Day, Featured Hot Topic, Florida Friendly Landscape, Free Trees, Trees Are Good

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