Hi, I’m Ellie Whitaker and I am a recent graduate from the University of Florida. I earned my Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with a minor in Education Studies and completed an undergraduate thesis in invasion ecology. After two ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
At the Sarasota County UF/IFAS Extension Office, we've been cultivating a Food Forest to showcase the most productive, unique, and often underutilized fruits and crops suited to our distinctive southwest Florida climate. Through this ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Work & Life
Attention all watermelon growers, commercial producers to backyard gardeners. As melons ripen and harvest season gets here don’t forget to enter a few of your biggest and best in the Big Melon Contest at the Panhandle Watermelon Festival. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Everglades tomato is a wild type of current tomato that thrives in Florida's hot humid summers. The small red fruits, about the size of a dime, are abundant and tasty. This is an indeterminate type of tomato and can easily grow 6 to 10 feet ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Growing citrus in your home landscape is challenging. The citrus disease greening affects much of the citrus in Florida and requires extra attention to insect management and fertilization. Getting Started with CitrusIf you are ready to plant ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
The Black Racer There are plenty of snakes in Florida, but it’s important not to panic when one is encountered. Not every snake is dangerous; in fact, only six of the more than fifty species of snakes in Florida are venomous. Many snakes ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture, Wildlife
Authored by: Carlos Eduardo Aucique-Perez and Muhammad Adnan Shahid, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center - Quincy Phytophthora species (spp.) are among the most destructive pathogens of ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Have you seen me before? I am one insect, an Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea microptera. The Eastern Lubber Grasshopper The two insects above are the same species, photographed at different life stages. The first ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Horticulture
Growing Seminole Pumpkin in Florida pumpkin is a great vegetable to grow in Florida's summer heat because it is heat tolerant. It's an heirloom vegetable that dates back to the native American times you can save the seeds from year to year. ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
What is a seed? This might seem like a simple question, but seeds play a much larger role than their tiny form might let on. Seeds are one of the most important means of plant reproduction. They carry the genetic material from parent plants ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture