By Pam Brown, Urban Horticulture Extension Agent Compost has been called black gold and it is lurking in the discarded yard and vegetable kitchen wastes. These wastes can be composted into a wonderful organic soil amendment. Composting is ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesBy Pam Brown, Urban Horticulture Extension Agent When you start seeing new green leaves on landscape plants or your grass is beginning to grow, it is time for spring fertilizing. At the most basic level, fertilizers provide nutrients that ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, LawnBy Pam Brown, Urban Horticulture Extension Agent, Pinellas County ExtensionThere are many different herbs that can be grown in our gardens. Herbs for cooking come to mind and are probably the most useful to the home gardener.Most culinary herbs ... READ MORE
Category: Home LandscapesDPI has Texas Phoenix palm decline on their website under “Hot Topics” (go to http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/). There is Pest Alert document, and, more importantly, there is a file with a map illustrating sites documented with TPPD. It ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & DiseaseBy Pam Brown, Horticulture Extension Agent If you have roses in your landscape, the spring chores of pruning, fertilizing and mulching need to be started now. What do we do first? Pruning is first ‑ choose three to four healthy large ... READ MORE
Category: Home LandscapesBy Pam Brown, Urban Horticulture Extension Agent The last two nights have brought freezing or near freezing temperatures to our area. Many of the plants that are used in landscapes in the Tampa Bay area can be vulnerable to these ... READ MORE
Category: Home LandscapesBy Pam Brown, Urban Horticulture Extension Agent Flowers in winter are one of the joys of living in Florida. They can provide a needed splash of color to areas where there is only green. During our winter, nights are cool with an occasional ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home LandscapesFrom the SWFWMD web-site http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/conservation/restrictions/sod_irrigation_calendar.html The Tampa Bay region continues to suffer from the effects of a three-year drought. The region is experiencing an extreme water shortage ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, WaterAndy Wilson, Horticulturalist The University of Florida Bookstore has a great variety of books, flashcards, posters and other helpful references for the gardener on your gift list. Check out the selections here: http://ifasbooks.ufl.edu/merchant2/ Among ... READ MORE
Category: Home LandscapesAndy Wilson, Horticulturist Southern red cedar (Juniperus virginana) and sand pine (Pinus clausa) are two Florida natives that are grown commercially for both cut and potted Christmas trees. Both southern red cedar and sand pine can be planted ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes