Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping
Cold Confusion
February 4, 2019
Coming from the Northeast, I used to understand how seasons and cold weather worked in the garden. In the fall it got colder, leaves dropped, and most of the plants just stopped growing and winter blooming was very rare. In fact, with warm ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesTags: Bloom, Cold, Damage, Early, Early Bloom, Florida Friendly, Frost, Spring, Winter
Choosing the Right Plant for the Right Place
January 30, 2019
Flatwoods Plum from the UF/IFAS Demo Garden Sumter County-photo by L. Sanderson If you have visited the UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County office in Bushnell, you have perhaps meandered through the demonstration garden just outside our front ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Demonstration Garden, Eastern Sun, Florida Master Gardeners, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Repetition In Landscapes, Right Plant Right Place, Southwest Sun, Sumter County Master Gardener, Trees
FNGLA DONATION TO TREC
January 23, 2019
On Thursday, January 18, 2019, Ms. Peggy Machin, current treasurer of the local chapter of the Miami-Dade FNGLA, presented a check in the amount of $5,000 to Dr. Edward “Gilly” Evans, Director of the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Dr. Evans, Endowment, FNGLA, Research, Tropical Research And Education Center
Highlands County Master Gardener class starting January 26th
January 16, 2019
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
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Citrus, Classes, Gardening, Highlands County, Highlands Horticulture Digest, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, Plant Problems, Turfgrass
Spring Planting
January 16, 2019
Spring is the time of year that many people get enthusiastic about planting trees and shrubs in their landscape. While planting can be done during any season, fluctuations in temperature, rainfall, and other environmental conditions could influence ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, HorticultureTags: Ocextension, Planting, Plants, Shrubs, Spring, Trees
Compost Happens (Don’t Over Think It!)
January 16, 2019
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 as it breaks down in the landfill. Composting ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesTags: Compost, Composting, Organic Gardening
Agriculture tours make for a great day to see the Real Florida
January 14, 2019
Florida Agriculture When you think of Florida, you may think of citrus. In Highlands County we live among the many orange groves. We are the 3-4th largest citrus producing county in the state, depending on the year. We are also an agricultural ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Livestock, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, WaterTags: Ag Tour, Agriculture, Citrus, Conservation, Highlands County, Highlands Horticulture Digest, Horticulture, Livestock, Tours, Turfgrass