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Our water shortage has worsened. The following is from the St. Johns River Water Management District's Website as of 5/15/2026 Watering Restrictions The St. Johns River Water Management District’s watering restrictions ... READ MORE
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The hot weather is starting to arrive, and along with it come more insects, more disease potential and lots of tomatoes! Hopefully our summer rains begin to arrive as well. When it feels like there's a riot going on in the garden, having a ... READ MORE
Category: , Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
The Lovely Tickseed April was National Native Plant Month, so what better time to celebrate our state wildflower, the Coreopsis. The word Coreopsis comes from “koris” which means bug, and “opsis” which means appearance. This is where ... READ MORE
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Even though hurricane season and afternoon storms are about a month out, now is the time to be thinking about the trees around our homes. There is no “risk free” tree however; there are strategies that we can undertake that can create ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
May is harvest time for blackberries in northeast Florida! All through April we've been enjoying the beautiful flowers. We've watched the fruit, made up of multiple clustered drupelets, develop. Now, for the next month or so, it's harvest ... READ MORE
Category: , Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
If you were wandering through a nursery looking to add a plant to your landscape, coontie might not be the first one to catch your eye. Zamia pumila isn’t too exciting to look at, but it is an incredible plant with historical and ecological ... READ MORE
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Nothing tastes better from the garden than a home-grown tomato. And the highest and best use of that tomato is to slice it up and put it between 2 slices of white bread slathered in mayo and sprinkled with salt and pepper. If you agree, now ... READ MORE
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Many of us reach out to veterans we know each November and thank them for their service. In September, 2023 a group of nurses at the Veterans' Affairs Outpatient Clinic on Jefferson Street in Jacksonville went beyond that. Noticing that ... READ MORE
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They are small but mighty. A new species of air potato beetle is being reared and released in Florida to wage war against the invasive air potato vine. First, a little background on the enemy. The air potato vine was introduced in Florida ... READ MORE
Category: , Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
September and October may be next to each other on the calendar, but they are quite different months for gardening here in northeast Florida September is a very transitional month. It usually starts off too hot, and often brings us tropical ... READ MORE
Category: , Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension