Imagine a student planting a seed in their school’s garden, and just days later seeing a tiny leaf pushing up through the soil. This is exactly what 115 four-year olds at the Taylor County Pre-K are getting to experience during this school ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Citrus greening (also known as HLB or Huanglongbing) is a bacterial disease affecting citrus production around the world, it was first found in South Florida in 2005. Citrus greening affects all citrus cultivars causing overall tree decline/ ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
As a child and even as a young woman in my twenties, I did not enjoy Brussels sprouts. It was the one food I would not eat, that is until my neighbor brought me the fresh little cabbages from his garden. We roasted them in the oven with butter, ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
By AMBER WARD, Extension Program Manager, Family Nutrition Program Please join the UF/IFAS Extension- Sarasota (Manatee)team in celebrating FCS Dining In Day (also known as Family Youth and Consumer Science Day) by posting a selfie of you ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Relationships & Family
In the upcoming months, two new community gardens will be erected in East Pasco County by the UF/IFAS Pasco County Extension Office, through their Community Gardens Program and with the help of gracious partners like the City of Dade City. The ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Below you'll find forms and instructions on soil tests, water tests, plant disease tests, nematode tests. All testing must be sent to Gainesville. Plant or insect ID are available here. Water Analysis Information Plant ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf
Landscape Matters Wednesday, August 21, 10 a.m. Yulee County Building 86026 Pages Dairy Road. (Take US 17 North, pass over the railroad tracks, and turn left on Pages Dairy Road. The building is attached to the fire station.) Master Gardener ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Wednesday, January 23 at 10 AM UF/IFAS Master Gardeners Elaine Roblez and Harriet Klontz will teach a class on growing, maintaining, and pruning fruit trees in your landscape. The class will take place at the Yulee Extension office at 86026 ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Wednesday, January 9 at 10 AM Nassau County Horticulture Extension Agent Rebecca Jordi will teach a Landscape Matters class on growing and maintaining citrus plants.The class will include a hands-on instruction on pruning the lemon and orange ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Did you know that avocados are a fruit and not a vegetable? The avocado probably originated in Mexico and Central America, where it has been cultivated for thousands of years. The first avocado trees were planted in Florida in 1833. Today, ... READ MORE
Category: Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Work & Life