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Recap: Spring 2022 SWFL Small Farmer Network Meeting on National OJ Day

by Jessica M. Ryals, Jennifer Hagen, douterbridge and Luis Rodriguez Rosado

May 16, 2022

The Southwest Florida Small Farmer Network is a peer-to-peer network focused on exploring diversified and sustainable farming systems. This group is open to established and beginning farmers in Southwest Florida and hosted by UF/IFAS Extension ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Agribusiness, C.U.P.S., Citrus, National OJ Day, Networking, Small Farmer Network, SWFL, SWFL Small Farmer Network, SWFLSFN

Mulching Tropical Fruit Trees

by Jessica M. Ryals

May 12, 2022

A successful grove has a lot to do with the right kind of planning, maintenance and production. It seems insignificant at first glance, but one practice that can help set you up for success is mulching. Mulch in a tropical fruit grove is ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Agriculture, Collier County, Farms, Fruit Trees, Mulch, Mulching, Planting, Trees, Tropical Fruit, UF/IFAS Extension

2022 Annual Collier County Ag Tour Recap

by Jessica M. Ryals

March 30, 2022

In a long-standing tradition, UF/IFAS Extension Collier County hosted the Annual Collier County Ag Tour on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. This annual tour gives participants access to the stories, tastes and sights of farm life from the farmers, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Events, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Collier, Collier County, Collier County Extension, Farmers, Florida, SWFL, UF/IFAS Extension

Are Colorful Chicken Eggs Healthier than White Eggs?

by Jessica M. Ryals

January 7, 2022

The color of an egg shell has influence on people's buying choices. Some believe that brown, green, blue, or pink eggs are healthier than white chicken eggs. The truth is, there is no nutritional difference between colorful chicken eggs and ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture,
Tags: Agriculture, Backyard Chickens, Collier County, Eggs

Summer Vegetable Gardening in Hot Florida

by Kayla Hickey

June 19, 2020

During the summers in Florida, many house owners are looking for more ways to get outdoors. Vegetable gardening is a wonderful pass time; however, here in the sunshine state the high temperatures make it difficult to grow all year round. Sometimes ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture,
Tags: Beans, Cover Crops, Okra, Solarization, Summer, Vegetable Gardening

WORKSHOP: Collier County Small Farm Enterprise Planning

by Kayla Hickey

June 1, 2020

Due to COVID-19, we are canceling the in person meeting at the Estates Library (originally scheduled for Saturday, May 23rd at 1:00 PM). We're going virtual on Wednesday, June 3rd at 6:00PM. We hope you can log on for the Collier County Small ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Farm Management,
Tags: Buisness, Meeting, Small Farm, Virtual

Be Prepared to Protect Tender Landscape Plants from Chilly Nights in South Florida. Doug Caldwell

by Doug Caldwell "Dr. Dougbug"

January 17, 2020

Above: Crossandra are very tender and will brown out when temperatures dip below 45 degrees or so. Below: Ixoras are sensitive as well and will defoliate all their leaves, it seems almost simultaneously, about 2 days after a cold ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture,

Collier County 4-H Forms

by Tish Roland

October 30, 2019

Collier County 4-H Forms 14th Annual Livestock Show Rule Book READ MORE

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Vanilla Production …..in Florida?

by Doug Caldwell "Dr. Dougbug"

October 25, 2019

Above: Dr. Elias Bassil shows Twyla Leigh the vanilla orchid's development. Next: Developing vanilla orchid fruit pods ("beans") in the UF|IFAS TREC Bassil Lab & shadehouse. [Banner picture and orchid flower views by ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research,
Tags: Planifolia ; Pompano; Twyla, UF TREC Bassil Lab, Vanilla, Vovener De Verlands Edmond

Blue Porterweed, Stachytarpheta urticifolia, With Piles of “Dirt” Along Stems

by Doug Caldwell "Dr. Dougbug"

October 14, 2019

These piles of dirt are accumulated frass and silk webbing from a caterpillar, [Pyralidae: Penthesilea difficilis], tunneling inside the stem (photo with flower and frass by Stephen Brown, UF|IFAS Extension Lee Co.)There isn't too much one ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease,
Tags: Stem Borers; Penthesilea

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