Our hot temperatures may not indicate it, but it's time to begin a fall vegetable garden. Cool-season vegetables include many of the leafy-green vegetables such as cabbage, collards and spinach. Other cool-season vegetables that you can enjoy ... READ MORE
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Swamp dogwood, Cornus foemina is found frequently throughout Florida's wet hammocks, along the edges of swamps and floodplain forests. It has the potential to grow to 15 feet high, with stiff, upright branches, reddish-purplish stems; dark green ... READ MORE
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It appears we can. We have two olive tree/shrubs planted in the Fruit Demonstration garden and this year we have a few olives on one of the trees. The fruit turns green in the summer and should ripen and turn black in the fall. The olive originated ... READ MORE
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There are three kinds of marjoram commonly used as herbs: sweet marjoram (Origanum marjorana), pot marjoram (O. onites), and wild marjoram (O. vulgare) (see Oregano). Sweet and pot marjoram are the ones usually grown in herb gardens. The perennial ... READ MORE
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Tallahassee Democrat August 7, 2015 By: Kathy Kinsey Florida azalea. Photo by Kathy Kinsey. Florida – the Sunshine State ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesTallahassee Democrat July 31, 2015 By: Glenn Mayne and Fred Q. Vroom Yard Debris. Photo by Fred Q. Vroom In Leon County, with its multi-faceted ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesTallahassee Democrat July 31, 2015 By Trevor Hylton Jamaican Sorrel. Photo by Trevor Hylton. Hibiscus sabdariffa also known as Roselle and Jamaican Sorrel is not indigenous ... READ MORE
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Downy mildew, a disease known to damage dozens of plant species in Florida, has now been found on purple velvet plants in South Florida, UF/IFAS scientists say. Purple velvet plants are popularly used for foliage and cut flowers, said Aaron ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionLes Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director As parents ready their children for the new school year, nature is already preparing for next spring by sending out mass quantities of seeds for the coming year's growing season. ... READ MORE
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Los perfluoroalquilos--los perfluorocarbonos (PFC) o, en inglés, perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)--son los productos químicos artificiales más comunes y persistentes en el planeta. Algunos de los productos más comunes que ... READ MORE
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