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Tomato plant leaves showing white squiggly lines in the leaves

What’s making these squiggly lines all over my leaves?


May 6, 2025

As the weather reaches summertime temps and humidity levels, you may start seeing more pests in the yard.  One question we get a lot at the Extension Office is "What are these squiggly lines all over my leaves?"  The answer is: leafminers!  ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Friendly Landscaping, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Leaf Miners, Leafminers, Plant Pests, Vegetable Gardening
Dune sunflower flower with a bee on it.

Flower Friday: 4 Native Plants Blooming Now


May 2, 2025

Native pollinators are a crucial part of our ecosystem.  Our native flowers and plants support those native pollinators in many ways that nonnative plants often cannot. Keep your eyes peeled for these blooms opening in nature near you.  Whether ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Friendly Landscaping, Flower Gardening, Flowers In Florida, Native Plants, Pollinator Gardening, Wildflowers
Bird feeds its young and bird peeks from birdhouse

Less Lawn, More Life: How We Turned Our Florida Yard into a Wildlife Haven


April 2, 2025

Hi, I’m Amy Franqui, a Master Gardener Volunteer based in Atlantic Beach, Florida. I’m excited to share how my husband Mike and I transformed our yard into a certified Florida-Friendly landscape—and became the first residential yard in ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Duval, FFL, Florida Friendly, Florida Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Landscape, Native Plants
bucket of weeds

Woe, what are these weeds?


February 28, 2025

Weeds.  They're on every gardener's list of woes. We often have clients come into the office asking for a weed to be identified.  Then the next thing they ask is how to swiftly eradicate just that one weed from their landscape.   "I don't ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Black Medick, Cool Season Weeds, Florida Betony, Florida Friendly Landscaping, Herbicide, Lyreleaf Sage, Spring Garden, Turfgrass, Weed Control, Weeding, Weeds, Wild Geranium

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