Category: Home Landscapes

UF helps Floridians create food businesses through workshops

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 28, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Stephanie Bartsch, who sells jams, jellies and German pastries, had been running a cottage food business for a couple of years from her Micanopy home. Nevertheless, she wanted to find ways to make her ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Events, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cottage Food Industry, Food Workshop, News

What is happening to the palms?

by Jonael Bosques
April 26, 2017

Over the past year I have had several calls of people concerned about the decline of their iconic Cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) for no apparent reason. There is a relatively new palm disease that is affecting our cabbage (Sabal), Phoenix ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Decline, Disease, Palmetto, Palms, Phoenix, Phytoplasma, Sabal

Leaping Lizards!

by Wayne Hobbs
April 24, 2017

When coming to Florida many people, including myself on my first visit, are amused by the scampering of lizards whenever you walk near a landscaped area. These little reptiles can be seen as a nuisance when they enter a home but overall they ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Anole, Critter Corner, Gecko, Lizard, Reptile, Skink

Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ – Recycle yard waste

by wholley
April 21, 2017

Mention the word “recycle,” and many people automatically leap to thinking of glass, plastic, paper, aluminum and the range of consumer materials we acquire every day. But there’s another recyclable that many of us overlook, one that ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn
Tags: Compost, FFL, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Landscape, Landscaping, Lawn, Pgm_HortRes, Recycle, Yard Waste

Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ – Recycle yard waste

by wholley
April 21, 2017

Aphids vs Ants: The World in Your Garden

by Whitney Elmore
April 20, 2017

I was scouting one of my community gardens last week, when I was bombarded by a massive aphid population boom on my kale. Dozens of aphid clusters were evident on the undersides of most of my kale. You could even see the aphids start to spread ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Ants, Aphids, Cabbage, Gardening, IPM, Kale, Scouting

Firewise Landscaping

by Whitney Elmore
April 18, 2017

With images of wildfires in the Tampa Bay area and the occasional “haze” you might have seen in the air, we are experiencing wildfires like we have not had in many years. The unseasonably dry winter and spring temperatures are to blame for ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Fire, Forest, Landscaping

A Florida Native; Tape Grass

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 17, 2017

Article by Gadsden County Extension Agent DJ Zadarreyal Vallisneria americana, also known as tape grass or eel grass, is a common native aquatic weed in the state of Florida. Tape grass has tall, grass-like leaves that are ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn
Tags: Florida, Grass, Native, Panhandle Outdoors, Tape

Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale & Native Plant Trail Tour

by llw5479
April 13, 2017

Spring Plant Sale Okaloosa County Master Gardeners will hold their Spring Plant Sale 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 22 at the Extension Annex located at 127 W. Hollywood Boulevard in Fort Walton Beach. There will be a great selection of ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Landscapes

Soil Solarization

by Whitney Elmore
April 13, 2017

Summer in Florida is rapidly approaching and at this point, many farmers/gardeners take this time to take a break from their growing cycle, and use the summer months (June to August) to clean and reinvigorate their soil. They do this for two ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Community, Fruits, Gardens, Soil, Solarization, Vegetables

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