Category: Lawn
Master Gardener training begins January 25th
December 31, 2019
Sharpen your gardening skills! Highlands County Master Gardener Class is getting ready to start. Every year, the last Saturday in January, the class kicks off. After that first Saturday class, classes will be on Wednesdays until the last Wednesday ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Agriculture, Classes, Gardening, Highlands County, Highlands Horticulture Digest, Hometown Gardener, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, Vegetable
Plant Clinics 2020
December 23, 2019
Time 10 AM - 2 PM Dates Monday January 6 Monday January 27 Monday February 3 Monday February 24 Monday March 2 PLANT CLINICS CANCELLED THROUGH APRIL 30. Monday May 4 Monday May 18 Monday June 1 Monday June 15 Monday July 6 Monday ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & DiseaseTags: Plant Clinic
Crash Course in North Florida Gardening Spring 2020
December 23, 2019
Learn about trees, plants and gardening in Florida during a "Crash Course in North Florida Gardening" three-day seminar for newcomers to Florida on Thursday February 6 8:00AM -12NOON Thursday February 13 8:00AM -12NOON Thursday February ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & DiseaseTags: Crash Course
Beyond Installation: Designing with Maintenance in Mind
December 20, 2019
Landscapes in Time I remember planting a small pine sapling when I was three years old in my parents’ backyard. By the time I moved the tree was already 25’ tall. Last March I saw the tree and it was nearly 100’ tall. A tree I once planted ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension,Tags: Conservation, Cultural, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Landscape, Landscape Maintenance, Mainte, Time, Water
Fire Ants in the Garden
November 1, 2019
As the weather cools off and people get back in their yards and gardens the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) becomes enemy number one. The non-native, red imported fire ant (RIFA) can have large colonies with 80,000 to 240,000 workers. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Control, Fire Ants, Garden, Pest
Flying insects that want to suck your blood-Halloween Edition Part 1
October 31, 2019
Of the one million identified insect species worldwide, less than 1% are considered true pests. Those pest insects are either harmful to us, to our food crops, or to our homes. They can also cause aesthetic damage. To break it down further, ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, Water, WildlifeTags: Environment, Extension, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Insect, Insects, Land Insects, Landscape Insects, Mosquito, Mosquitoes, Nature, Pgm_Chemicals
October Lawn Care
October 9, 2019
Ask Master Gardener Volunteer JoAnn Green After hauling hoses and sprinklers around the lawn this past September, I know why the gardening experts say that turfgrass is high maintenance! Hopefully October will bring us more moderate temperatures ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn,Tags: Agriculture, Garden, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension