Guest Article for the Tallahassee Democrat October 23, 2015 By: Glenn Mayne There are a lot of products for sale that are aimed at enriching our soils, whether it be for lawns, ornamental beds, fruit trees or vegetable plots. ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes
Fall and winter may not seem like ideal seasons to plant, but this dormant time is great for planting nut and fruit trees, such as pecan and persimmon. Planting during these seasons allows the soil to settle and roots to establish before spring. Here ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, SFYL Hot Topic
Tallahassee Democrat October 16, 2015 By Steve Chandler Planting sunflowers in your spring garden can make you feel pretty smart once fall arrives. Sunflowers are one of the few varieties of native flowers that can bloom all ... READ MORE
Category: Home LandscapesWe are blessed with a wealth of native wildflowers here in Northwest Florida, many of which are blooming now. We get many questions from the public related to the identification of these plants, usually when these wildflowers are in bloom. ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Home Landscapes
Call it a beetle to battle the bulbil. The tiny air potato beetle (Lilioceris cheni) might be the key to stemming the invasion of a “noxious weed” – the air potato plant – that can overrun Florida’s natural ecosystems, and you can ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Wildlife
If you lived in a northern state at one time or another, maybe you have a little strawberry patch in your backyard. After your last harvest and before the first frost, you would take some straw or a load of grass clippings and cover your berry ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Your lawn should not look like this now. If your lawn has brown spots like these, they may be from sod webworms. Photo by David W. Marshall. Sod Webworms Attacking Lawns Guest Article for the Tallahassee Democrat October 16, ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Learn the proper way to eat a pomegranate and reap the health benefits of this sweet seasonal fruit. More... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot TopicTallahassee Democrat October 9, 2015 By Linda Yates Count us lucky when a hurricane or tropical storm, after playing havoc in the Caribbean, veers east of Florida and blows itself away in the Atlantic. We get some much needed rain ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes