UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
Now that the holidays are over, you may be wondering what to do with those holiday plants… It seems like stores have a greater variety of colors each year, along with the traditional red. If you purchased a… Read More
Did you know that the #ornamental #plant industry in south Florida creates almost 40,000 jobs? And one place for you to see why, is the annual TPIE event. What is TPIE? The Tropical Plant International Expo (TPIE) is… Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. – Angie Dixon, 38, was working long hours as a project manager, but would spend weekends trolling plant shows and local community gardens. Though she loved everything about plants, she knew nothing about gardening. “I figured… Read More
It’s January and that means we get to celebrate Florida Arbor Day! This event is held every year on the third Friday of January. This year you can mark your calendar for January 18, 2019! Have you considered… Read More
Sharpen your gardening skills! Highlands County Master Gardener Class is getting ready to start. Every year, the last Saturday in January, the class begins. The classes are every Wednesday after opening day until the last Wednesday in March…. Read More
A pesticide licensee or limited certificate holder must notify a person on the “Registry of Persons Requiring Prior Notification of the Application of Pesticides” at least 24 hours prior to the application of the pesticide. Who to Notify? (the… Read More
The Florida Forest Service Celebrates Arbor Day with a Tree Give-Away Washington County, FL. –While national Arbor Day is the last Friday in April, the state of Florida celebrates its Arbor Day on the third Friday in January…. Read More
First of all, the termite history . . . Termites are over 100 million years. Termites are an adaptive animal to exists after 100 million years. They eat the plant’s fiber, found in dead and decaying wood. This makes them “recyclers… Read More
There are a lot of benefits to composting Today in the US, over 60 billion pounds of vegetable scraps go to the landfill. Currently, 5% is made into compost. That means the remaining 95% is creating methane gas… Read More
The plants attached to your tree are ball mosses. Despite their common names, Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) and ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata) are not mosses, but members of the Bromeliad family. Ball moss is a small, tufted, gray-green… Read More
