After severe weather of any kind, homeowners must often spend a considerable amount of time dealing with impacts to their landscapes. Below are a few lessons we have learned from hurricanes and tropical storms in the past. Many thanks to fellow ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureThe Beekeeping trade-show will provide beekeepers of all skill levels and ages a chance to interact with entomologists, beekeepers, real bee hives, and beekeeping equipment vendors. The third annual UF/IFAS Beekeeping ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureDo you want to learn about financial risk management seminars next to other growers of Florida in a Central location with meals and educational speakers? Now is the time! The FAFMC (FL Agriculture Financial Management Conference) is a collaborative ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Money MattersMost trees are not well adapted to saturated soil conditions. With nearly daily rainfall this spring and summer, sometimes in record amounts, the ground became inundated with water. When the root environment is dramatically changed ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureThe University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences presents “Art & Garden,” Saturday October 5, at the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Quincy. The free event will highlight creative ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture
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Category: Agriculture, HorticultureTallahassee Democrat September 20, 2013 By: Deborah Lawson In January 2012 the United States Department of Agriculture released new plant hardiness zones for the United States. Plant hardiness zones are based on the average ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, HorticultureIt has been a hot summer but Fall is right around the corner. Cooler temperatures and changing colors are a welcomed change in the panhandle of Florida. Fall can be a great time to spruce up your landscape with some new shrubs. It ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureIs the newest growth on your sago palm turning yellow, brown, frizzy looking and dying – is it a pest or disease or something else? This sago palm is suffering from a classic case of manganese deficiency. When sago palms lack manganese, ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureOccasionally on shipments of container plants, snails (terrestrial air-breathing gastropods) may be found attached to the container pot. Snails are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture