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:

• 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!
• Are Your Plants Protected from the Cold ?
• Beekeeping hasn't lost its attraction
• Timing your Florida Vegetable Garden
• Master Gardeners Recognize Members

• Highlands County Master Gardener Plant Sale Set to be the Best Ever!