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
by Pat Williams
Posted: September 2, 2020
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
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Uncategorized
Tags: agriculture, Environment, environmentally friendly, Florida, Florida Panhandle, Garden, Gardening in the Panhandle, General Information, growing, Horticulture, Landscape, Living Well In The Panhandle, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, panhandle, Panhandle Agriculture, Panhandle Gardening, Panhandle Outdoors, panhandle-livingwell, plants, wakulla, Wakulla agriculture, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension
by Les Harrison
Posted: October 2, 2017
With the passing of September the end is in sight, well at least the end of summer, and hopefully summer-like weather. The hot humid days of August gave way to the hot humid days of September,now October, and… Read More
Category: Horticulture
Tags: Fall Gardening, Fall Landscape, Fall Lawns, lawn care, lawns, Panhandle Gardening
by Les Harrison
Posted: August 11, 2017
July’s hot summer weather has given way to August’s 31 days of what will likely be temperatures and humidity equally elevated and intense. Wishes for November’s cooler thermometer reading are already creeping into daily conversations…. Read More
Category: Horticulture
Tags: Best Management Practices, irrigation, lawn, lawns, Panhandle Gardening, soil, Stormwater
by Les Harrison
Posted: July 14, 2017
Summertime is bug time in the Florid Panhandle. The weather has provided enough rain for the bugs which depend on a supply of foliage and the temperatures have been ideal for a population explosion…. Read More
by Les Harrison
Posted: June 15, 2017
Fertilizing a lawn properly in the summer can enhance the landscape without inducing disease or harming the environment . One universal activity is seasonal lawn and landscape maintenance. While some consider it a chore, many view it… Read More
by Les Harrison
Posted: March 11, 2017
It is an often made wish of summer that the cold weather of winter will kill all the mosquitoes, gnats and no-see-ums. This climactic fete would spare people, pets and livestock the irritation of encountering… Read More
by Les Harrison
Posted: March 2, 2017
Now that March is here the lawn becomes less of an abstraction and more reality. The lawnmower is no longer silent, meaninglessly taking up space as the grass wakens from its seasonal stupor. Alas, the dormant… Read More
by Les Harrison
Posted: February 3, 2017
This winter’s exceptional weather has deceived some popular springtime ornamental shrubs and fruit trees into flowering prematurely. Azaleas, for example, began blooming because of winter temperatures mush warmer than average. There are number of… Read More
by Les Harrison
Posted: November 3, 2016
Vegetable gardening has many highly desirable benefits. These positive features range from being a good source of exercise, an opportunity to produce fresh produce which may be hard to find in retail establishment, and… Read More
by Les Harrison
Posted: September 28, 2016
The daylily is a popular flowering perennial with East Asian origins which has adapted well to Florida landscapes. Plants are available in a wide variety of growth habits, flower shapes and colors, including yellow, orange,… Read More
Category: Horticulture
Tags: Bulbs, daylilies, daylily, Edible Landscape, Panhandle Gardening, perennials
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