Category: Fruits & Vegetables

Garden Festival is replacing the Master Gardener Plant Sale

by David Austin

August 7, 2018

Garden Festival and Plant Sale They say time flies while you're having fun. This may explain why the Garden Festival feels like it is coming so quickly. Yes, the Annual Plant Sale, which comes on the 3rd Week of November every year, is morphing ... READ MORE

Category: Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Festival, Gardening, Highlands County, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, Plant Sale, Tomato

Yard to Table: Cutting Celery

by Amy Vu

August 2, 2018

I don’t use celery very often, and I hate having to buy a whole bunch of it to get a stalk or two for a recipe. Luckily, I found the solution at a local plant sale - cutting celery! Cutting celery, also called leaf celery or Chinese celery, ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension

Summer Vegetable Gardening in Central Florida

by William Lester

August 1, 2018

It never works out well! I’m amazed how many people ask our office or on social media why their vegetable plants look so bad here during the summer. “My tomatoes have black leaves, what is this insect, what is wrong with my kale and what ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes

Edible Landscapes: The Native Flatwoods Plum

by BLOGS.IFAS

July 31, 2018

One of the small native trees in the Exploration Gardens is the Flatwoods Plum, Prunus umbellate. This round-topped, deciduous tree is mostly planted for its spectacular display of blooms. In late February, before the leaves appear, these trees ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Cflandscapes, Edible Lanscapes, Exploration Gardens, Flatwoods Plum

Fall Vegetable Gardening Class

by Alicia Lamborn

July 27, 2018

This class will teach basic gardening techniques for a successful vegetable gardening experience. Topics will also include raised bed gardening, growing organically, and tips for growing your favorite fall veggies. $10 per person; includes ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Events, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Classes And Events, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables

Florida’s Weather is right for growing vegetables

by David Austin

July 26, 2018

Florida grows great vegetables Florida's great for growing vegetables, really it is. We rank second only behind California for vegetable production in the US. One thing that sets us apart is our mild winters. It's because of this, that we can ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Agriculture, Gardening, Highlands County, Vegetable Gardening

Miraculous Fruit?

by Jessica Sullivan

July 16, 2018

A few years ago at a fruit nursery, the owner was giving me a tour of his orchard and we were tasting the fruits of the season. “You’re gonna love this”, said the owner as he handed me a lemon to taste. Expectedly, it was sour. He then ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Backyard Fruits, Dooryard Fruits, Miracle Fruit, Tropical Fruits

The Best Way To Lose Weight & Keep It Off

by Lori Wiggins

July 16, 2018

We all wish there was some magic potion to lose weight and keep it off, but the only way to lose weight the healthy way, is to eat less and move more. It's no secret: People who lose weight slowly by eating less and exercising more tend to ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Body Mass Index, Diet, Food, Health, Healthy Food, Nutrition, Weight, Weight Maintenance, Weight Management, Weightloss

Beetle borers in blueberry

by Janine Spies

July 6, 2018

Since 2014, several Florida blueberry growers reported visible tunneling on the canes of their blueberry bushes. In the summer of 2016, the University of Florida Fruit and Vegetable IPM Laboratory found a flatheaded borer larva feeding on wood ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Blueberries

Welcome, Natalie Parkell

by Kim Bentz

June 28, 2018

Press release by Liz Southers The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension Martin County Is Proud To Announce Our New 4-H Agent, Natalie Parkell. June 28, 2018- Stuart, FL The University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Clubs & Volunteers, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-h Agent, Education, Extension, Gardening

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