Category: Fruits & Vegetables
New peach cultivars highlight of Stone Fruit Field Day
April 18, 2022
The upcoming Stone Fruit Field Day will address a variety of topics and concerns Florida peach growers face, including production issues such as disease and pest management and training and pruning trees. The highlight of the field day will ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Peaches, Plant Breeding, Stone Fruit Field Day, UF/IFAS Plant Science Research And Education Unit
Successful Gardening in Summer Seminar & April Plant Clinic
April 14, 2022
It will not be long before we again are in the heat of summer here in North Florida. The heat, rain, humidity, insects and fungi all take their toll on our gardens and landscapes. To better prepare for this, you may be interested in attending ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & DiseaseTags: Herbs, Plant Diagnostics, Seminar, Summer Annuals, Summer Gardening, Summer Perennials, Summer Vegetable Gardening
CULTIVATING CONNECTIONS: INTRODUCING THE FLORIDA HORTICULTURE FOR HEALTH NETWORK
April 10, 2022
2022 - Central District All Faculty Symposium – Horticulture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping (FFL) J. Sullivan, UF IFAS Extension, Osceola County, Florida Situation: Interest in food production, security and equity, and outdoor activity ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: 2022, 2022 Central District Symposium, 2022 UF/IFAS Central District Symposium, Extension, FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Hort., Horticulture, Ifas Extension, J. Sullivan, Jessica Sullivan, Osceola Co..
SATURDAY GARDENER: A HORTICULTURE / FCS COLLABORATION
April 10, 2022
2022 - Central District All Faculty Symposium – Horticulture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping (FFL) L. Duncan, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County, Bushnell, FL; L. Sanderson, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County, Bushnell, FL. M. Hunter, Marion County, ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: 2022, 2022 Central District Symposium, 2022 UF/IFAS Central District Symposium, Extension, FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Hort., Horticulture, Ifas Extension, L. Duncan, L. Sanderson, LuAnn Duncan, M. Hunter, Marion Co., Sumter Co.
Vegetable Growing in Jacksonville FL – April’s New Chapter
April 8, 2022
It’s mid-April and in one of our raised vegetable beds, the first leaves of yard long beans (Vigna sesquipedalis, also known as snake beans, asparagus beans, or Chinese long beans), are just unfolding. When vegetable growing in Jacksonville ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesTags: Beans, Chinese Long Beans, Cutworms, Okra, Organic Diatomaceous Earth, Vegetable Growing In Jacksonville Fl
A Recap of the 2022 Seminole County Farm Tour
April 7, 2022
What was the 2022 Seminole County Farm Tour? On the morning of Friday, March 25, 2022, we embarked on our journey of learning about local agriculture and food systems. We started at the UF/IFAS Seminole County Extension Office and then ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension,Tags: #FoodIsOurMiddleName, Agriculture, Farm Tour, Food Systems, Fresh From Florida, SeminoleCountyAg, Think Local
Spring, the Time to Grow….Your Healthy Florida Lifestyle!
April 5, 2022
Grow Your Florida Healthy Florida Lifestyle Class 2022: The UF/IFAS Extension in Seminole County is excited to be hosting a class called Grow Your Healthy Florida Lifestyle. During this 5-week IN-PERSON course, participants will get to learn ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: #FoodIsOurMiddleName, FFL, Food Systems, Grow, Health And Wellbeing
3, 2, 1… Countdown to water conservation in your veggie garden
March 30, 2022
Nice weather for golfing, tennis, and boating likely means clear skies - great for you but not so much for your veggie plants. Likely your plants are hoping you remember to give them a drink of water. In many places- there is a phrase- April ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Fruits & Vegetables, Work & LifeTags: Conserve, Garden, Pgm_Gardens, Preserve, Save, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening, Water
Charapita Pepper, A Specialty Pepper with Sweet Heat
March 25, 2022
As spring has officially sprung, my mind has been turning to what delectable delights we may be able to grow this year in our Extension Demonstration Vegetable Garden. A few years ago, I was introduced to the very flavorful pepper, aji charapita ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home LandscapesTags: Charapita Pepper, Cooking, Hot Food, Vegetable Gardening