Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping

How to use UF’s Vegetable Gardening Guide for Planting Dates

by Calvin Gardner
June 19, 2024

You may just be finishing up your spring garden, but it's not a bad idea to start thinking about what you would like to plant for the fall. The best part is you can use one of our most trusted publications to help you plan what to buy and when ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Central Florida Gardening, Growing Food, Ocextension, Residential Horticulture, Vegetable Gardening
Hand lens used to diagnose leaf spot disease

June Plant Clinic this Friday (6-21-24) in Fort Walton Beach

by llw5479
June 19, 2024

If you have a lawn, landscape or garden plant problem that you would like diagnosed, bring a sample of the weed, plant, insect, etc., to the clinic. Be sure to bring a fresh sample that represents what is seen in the landscape. This may include ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Lawn Help, Lawn Problem, Master Gardener, Plant Clinic, Plant Diagnosis, Weed Control, Weed Identification

Red Tide, Fisheries Modeling and Citizen Science: Casting a Line to Anglers and Gulf of Mexico Stakeholders for Better Data!

by Michael Sipos
June 19, 2024

In fisheries management, setting the acceptable biological catch (ABC) is vital to ensure sustainable harvest without overexploiting fish stocks. The ABC determines how much fish can be harvested each year, and is estimated using a stock ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, , Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: #RedTide, Algae, Amberjack, Angling, Beach, Brevetoxin, Brevis, Charlotte County, Citizen Science, Collier County, Dinoflagellate, Ecosystem, Ffa, Fish, Fish Kill, Fisheries, Fishing, Florida, Florida Friendly, Florida Friendly Angler, Florida Sea Grant, GoM, Grouper, Grunt, Gulf Of Mexico, HAB, Harmful Algae Bloom, Hernando County, Hillsborough County, Hogfish, Inshore, K. Brevis, Karenia, Lee County, Marine Biology, Modeling, Offshore, Pasco County, Phytoplankton, Pinellas County, Plankton, Red Tide, Redfish, Reef Fish, Research, Seafood, Snapper, Snook, Tarpon

Exploring Florida’s Natives: BeautyBerry

by Julia Sirchia
June 18, 2024

You have probably seen the beautiful berries that give the charming beautyberry its name, yet this deciduous shrub is often overlooked. Its vibrant purple berries make this shrub most recognizable. And yes, it can be a great addition to your ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: #RightPlantRightPlace, #SaveWaterFL, Central Florida, Exploring Florida's Natives Series, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardens, Horticulture, Irrigation, Landscape, Landscaping, Resilient Landscaping, Right Place, Right Plant, Saving Water, Smart Irrigation, UF/IFAS Pasco Extension Office, Water, Water Conservation, Water Wise

How to Maintain Atala Butterflies in Your Garden Year-Round, Fourth Blog

by Vilma Valdes
June 17, 2024

In-A-Pinch Preventative Measures Transfer and Retransfer: A great help to the coonties during the Atalas’ peak munching period is to transfer the bigger caterpillars from the newer growth to older leaves or to a bigger plant that is better ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Florida, Florida Friendly Landscape, Homestead, Miami-Dade, South Florida, UF/IFAS Miami-Dade Extension, Wildlife
Bee on plant

Celebrate Pollinator Week – June 17-23, 2024

by Holly Abeels
June 17, 2024

Blog post written by Mandy Baily Celebrate Nature’s Wings and Petals!  What do insect wings and flower petals have in common? Both come in an astounding array of colors. Insects and flowers are integral pieces of the natural puzzle that ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Brevard County, Environment, Florida Sea Grant, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Gardening, Wildlife

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