I first became acquainted with the lovely Stokes’ aster (Stokesia laevis) when we were designing a landscape for the county’s green roof. A rather daunting project, the 33,000 square foot roof is the largest of its kind in Florida. Our ... READ MORE
Category: HOME LANDSCAPES, Natural Resources
Southern magnolia makes an attractive tree in the Florida landscape. Choosing the best spot for your tree is important for its optimum growth. https://youtu.be/Lhwia3dKrFo?si=82CVEs92s_K4yREX READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HOME LANDSCAPES
A Master Gardener Volunteer with UF IFAS Extension Escambia County shows one option for a backyard hydroponics system for growing lettuce. https://youtu.be/Lu5K1uqlulQ?si=9v7IgwT8MapzNSEY READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
As far as familiarity goes – everyone knows about worms. As far as seeing them – these are rarely, if ever seen by visitors to the northern Gulf. Most know worms as creatures that live beneath the sand – out of sight and doing what ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Some weeks, I plan well ahead for a blog topic, and others are chosen completely by chance. Like today’s subject—I walked out of my office the other day and into the building lobby, when I noticed an unusual visitor. An inch-long wolf ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
When I began working with terrapins 20 years ago, very few people in the Florida panhandle knew what they were – unless they had moved here from the Mid-Atlantic states. Since we initiated the Panhandle Terrapin Project in 2005 many more ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Coreopsis flowers are like sunshine on a stem. Their bright, festive yellow petals look up to the sun and are especially striking when planted en masse. Our Master Gardeners have planted and tended a garden of these cheerful asters at the ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Natural Resources
With 8 billion humans on this planet there is a need for a lot of space and resources. In this modern world we can get lost in which resources we really NEED and those that we really WANT. We all need a space to live, but we do not necessarily ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources
In 1950, two brothers were out harvesting peat in the marshes near their homes in Denmark. The water was low, and they saw what looked like the outline of a human body whose skin was perfectly intact. Alarmed, they quickly notified the authorities ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Water, WildlifeMany of the creatures we have written about in this series to this point are ones that very few people have ever heard of. But that is not the case with jellyfish. Everyone knows about jellyfish – and for the most part, we do not like ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources