Santa Rosa County Commercial Horticulture Agent. Blake expertise is in protected agriculture production, specifically high tunnels, and other vegetable production systems. Blake is originally from Madison, AL. He earned his MS and BS degrees in Horticulture Production from Auburn University.

Posts by Blake Thaxton:

• Fall: An Ideal Time for Shrub Installation
• Fall Turf Issues
• Using the Linear Bed Foot System for Vegetable Fertilization
• High Tunnel Exclusion Systems for Improved Pest Management
• Satsumas Return to North Florida
• Growing Healthy Palms Workshop
• It is time to monitor for Rose Rosette Disease in Florida
• Caterpillars in the Vegetable Garden
• Leaf Mold Infecting High Tunnel Tomatoes
• Too Late yet Too Early

• Sprinkler System check up
• Sprinkler System Check Up
• Controlling Weeds in Landscape Beds
• Spring Vegetable Garden Preparation
• Cover Crops can Boost the Fertility of Subsequent Cash Crops
• Time to Plant Strawberries
• Conditions favorable for Brown Patch
• Leyland Cypress...not the best choice
• Fall Tomato Selection
• High Tunnels Can Exclude Vegetable Pests

• Summer Lawn Review
• Tomato Foliar Diseases
• Which Turf Should I Choose?
• Pruning Azaleas for Colorful Springs to Come
• Tomato Variety Selection for the Florida Panhandle
• Get an Early Start on Spring Veggies
• Time of Reflection and Resolution
• Compost Community Honored as Leon County Agricultural Innovator
• Planting Trees Correctly
• Pest Alert! Cross-Striped Cabbageworms

• Ray & Wanda Davis Santa Rosa County Agricultural Innovators
• Vegetable Crops for Fall Color
• Registration Open for Fall Tomato School
• The Technology Garden
• Select Recent Rains Exacerbate Pesky Palm Problems
• Cashing In at "Local" Markets
• Tomatoes at Twilight
• Oakleaf Hydrangea - A Native Choice
• Aquaponics 101 Workshop
• Stone Fruit Winter Care

• Spring Into Vegetable Gardening
• Fall Vegetable Variety Demonstration
• Fall Vegetable Variety Demonstration
• Dauphins Honored as Bay County Agricultural Innovators
• Davidson Washington County Agricultural Innovator
• Citrus Canker Found in Northwest Florida
• Agricultural Innovator: Holmes County
• Citrus Canker found in Northwest Florida
• Advanced MG and 4-H Volunteer Training: Vegetable Gardening
• Horticultural Traditions

• Agricultural Innovator: Calhoun County
• Agricultural Innovator: Walton County
• Agricultural Innovator: Jackson County
• Agricultural Innovator: Okaloosa County
• Agricultural Innovator: Gadsden County
• Agricultural Innovator: Santa Rosa County
• Fall: An Ideal Time for Shrub Installation
• Agricultural Innovator: Leon County
• Agricultural Innovator: Escambia
• Agricultural Innovator: Wakulla County

• Green Industry Update: Fall 2013
• Jefferson County Fulfords honored as Northwest Florida Agricultural Innovators of the Year
• What is that Web in my Pecan Tree?
• What is going on with these Okra roots?
• Is my Small Farm Organic?
• Fruit Tree Options for the Florida Panhandle
• Aquaponics 101 workshop
• Spittlebugs: an IPM approach
• Green Industry - BMP training
• Small Farms field day a great success!

• Gulf Coast Small Farms – Spring Field Day – May 10
• Vegetable Nutrition Management
• Palm Care Tips
• Good Bug, Bad Bug
• Vegetable Producers Round Up
• Tech Driven Marketing Tools
• NW Florida Agricultural Innovators – Wakulla and Jefferson Counties
• NW Florida Agricultural Innovators – Gadsden and Leon Counties
• NW Florida Agricultural Innovators – Calhoun and Gulf Counties
• NW Florida Agricultural Innovators – Holmes and Washington Counties

• NW Florida Agricultural Innovators - Okaloosa and Walton Counties
• NW Florida Agricultural Innovators - Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties
• Green Industry - BMP Training
• Downy Mildew on Cucurbits
• A Salty Situation
• Young Farmers Wanted in NW Florida