David Austin is a UF/IFAS Extension, Residential Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Coordinator in Highlands County, Florida. Follow him on Facebook on his Hometown Gardener Page.

Posts by David Austin:

• Using Individual Plant Covers as an Approach to Protect Young Citrus Trees
• Cultivating a Food Forest in Your Yard
• August 19th was National Honey Bee Day
• Convert your yard to a Florida-Friendly one
• Grow citrus at home
• Highlands County Ag Tours are back
• Are you a keeper?
• Master Gardener Volunteers are planning their annual clearance plant sale
• Tips from the Help Desk... What's Killing my Palm-February 2023
• Canning, an art from the past

• Cold-Protection pro tips
• Master Gardener Volunteers honored
• Tips from the help desk, Caring for your poinsettia, December 2022
• Highlands County Master Gardener Volunteer training starts soon
• Tips from the help desk, Fall cool weather lawn fungus, November 2022
• Tips from the help desk...Bats in your belfry, October 2022
• Baby it's cold outside!
• Tips from the help desk...paper wasps, August 2022
• Don't Worry, Bee Happy
• Tips from the help desk... Snails! Bells! July 2022

• Time to prep for your fall Florida garden
• Tips from the Help Desk... Lovebugs, what's there to love? June 2022
• Some call it black gold
• Tips from the Help Desk...Mothballs Do's, and Don'ts! May 2022
• Why not make it a tea garden?
• Incredible Edible Landscaping
• Tips from the help desk...Trimming palms, April 2022
• Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ is what your yard needs
• The Bees are Coming.
• Growing equals knowing.

• Easy tips for propagating plants
• Beekeeping, a Worthy Endeavor
• Growing Florida Vegetables
• Planting for Pollinators
• Fruit trees in your Florida Dooryard
• Being Florida-Friendly™
• Growing food in your landscape
• Food for Thought
• Is Beekeeping For You?
• Time to Plant those Fall Vegetables!

• Home garden remedies, helpful or harmful?
• Easy Tips to Rooting Plants
• Much Ado About Epsom Salt
• Summer Plantings for Florida Heat
• Blossom End Rot on Tomatoes
• Keeping Your Yard Florida-Friendly
• What's that black mold on my plant?
• Master Gardener training begins January 25th
• Don't forget to eat your vegetables.
• Master Gardener of the Year honored at banquet

• 2nd Annual Garden Festival is Coming Together
• Beekeeping, not just a hobby.
• Trouble with Tomatoes
• Silent Invader: Mexican Petunia, Ruellia simplex
• Silent Invader: Lantana
• Plans on the way for 2nd Garden Festival
• Honey Bees, are in the air!
• Are You Florida-Friendly?
• Highlands County Master Gardener class starting January 26th
• Agriculture tours make for a great day to see the Real Florida

• Winter's great for planting tomatoes
• Succulents are all the rage
• Milkweed, Food for Butterflies
• Is Beekeeping for you?
• A New Taste for The Tomato?
• Garden Festival is replacing the Master Gardener Plant Sale
• Florida's Weather is right for growing vegetables
• Ode to a Volunteer
• Florida's wild cats
• South Highlands Agriculture Tour should have something for everyone!

• There is a cat in my yard!
• There is a cat in my yard!
• There is a cat in my yard!
• Protect your plants from the cold
• Beekeeping hasn't lost its attraction
• Timing your Florida Vegetable Garden
• Timing your Florida Vegetable Garden
• Master Gardeners Recognize Members
• Highlands County Master Gardener Plant Sale Set to be the Best Ever!

Blog Series:

• Hometown Gardener
• Tips from the help desk