Category: Agriculture
Join Us for the Master Irrigator Drip Irrigation Short Course – Nov. 13th, 2025
October 14, 2025
Learn how to make every drop count! The Master Irrigator Drip Irrigation Short Course brings together industry experts, hands-on demonstrations, and funding opportunities to help growers increase irrigation use efficiency. Join us on November ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: SV Ag Update
Guía de siembra de otoño para el sur de Florida
October 14, 2025
¡Octubre es el mes perfecto para comenzar tu huerto de otoño en la región! Las temperaturas más frescas, las lluvias ocasionales y los días más cortos crean condiciones ideales para plantar una variedad de verduras y hierbas. Ya seas un ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Extension, Florida Friendly Landscape, Gardening, St. Lucie County, UF/IFAS Edible Gardens, UF/IFAS Extension
Fall Planting Guide for South Florida
October 14, 2025
October is the perfect month to start your fall garden in the region! Cooler temperatures, occasional rain, and shorter days create ideal conditions for planting a variety of vegetables and herbs. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Extension, Florida Friendly Landscape, Gardening, St. Lucie County, UF/IFAS Edible Gardens, UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County
Why Whiteflies Are a Major Fall Problem in North Florida—and How Small Farmers Can Fight Back
October 14, 2025
Whiteflies may be tiny, but they can cause major headaches for farmers in the Suwannee Valley and across North Florida—especially in the late summer and fall. If you’ve grown vegetables during this season, you’ve probably noticed the clouds ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & DiseaseTags: Agriculture, Insects, SV Ag Update, Vegetables
Pollinators in peril: Floridians interested in helping, but not enough to act
October 14, 2025
Across the Sunshine State, some Floridians are eyeing roadsides as potential havens for pollinators. But there’s a catch – while many residents are fond of bees, butterflies and other beneficial bugs, a new University of Florida study shows ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, ConservationTags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Bees, Beneficial Bugs, Butterflies, Department Of Entomology And Nematology, Ecosystems, Florida Museum Of Natural History, Floridians, Food, Habitats, Havens, Jaret Daniels, Knowledge, Laura Warner, Pollinator Advocates, Pollinator Gardens, Pollinators, Population, Preservation, Roadside Pollinators, Roadsides, Survey
Grow local, join UF/IFAS Extension Broward County Master Gardener Volunteer Program Open House on Nov. 15
October 14, 2025
Whether you are a seasoned green thumb or just beginning to dig into the seeds of gardening, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has the perfect way to cultivate that passion. Mark your calendars ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Conservation, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Environmental Horticulture, Extension Broward Master Gardener Volunteer Program, Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Program, Garden, Green Thumb, Horticultural Sciences, Horticulture, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, News, Open House, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Broward County, UF/IFAS Urban Horticulture Broward, Urban Horticulture
Unlocking Nutrients In Florida’s Rice Fields
October 13, 2025
The Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) boasts organic-rich soil, ideal for farming. Rice producers, however, must deal with phosphorus and iron tightly bound in the soil, making them unavailable to plants. New University of Florida Institute ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Everglades Agricultural Area, Everglades Research And Education Center, Flooding, Iron, Jango Bhadha, Nutrient Management, Phosphorus, Rice, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sugarcane, Suraj Melkani
Breaking the Rules! ‘One Seed’ at a Time
October 10, 2025
Breaking the Rules- why just one when you can have three? Herbs, that is! Okay- maybe we aren’t breaking a ‘rule’, but instead of just sharing one type of crop to grow - we are busting out a trio of herbs in our ‘One Seed’ packets ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Work & LifeTags: Edible Gardening, Food, Growing Food In Florida, Health, Herbs, Horticulture, Nutrition, One Seed, Pgm_Gardens, Pgm_HortRes, Seed Library
Autumn Spotlight: The Mum
October 10, 2025
If you have walked through any retail garden centers lately, you probably have seen some bright colored fall flowers. These pretty plants are what we call mums, or chrysanthemums. Mum flowers are a fall staple in the south to see on a front ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Chrysanthemum, Fall, Fall Gardening, Mum