At the Sarasota County UF/IFAS Extension Office, we've been cultivating a Food Forest to showcase the most productive, unique, and often underutilized edible plants suited to our distinctive southwest Florida climate. Through ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Work & Life
Are you ready to start you’re a gardening journey, but don’t know where to begin? Or maybe all the plants you’ve tried struggle to survive. Have you considered which USDA Plant Hardiness Zone you live in? If not, it may be part of the ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
With the December holidays here, many people may gift or receive "festive" holiday plants. In Florida, these plants can grow well beyond the holiday months! Learn about 5 commonly gifted plants and how to grow them year-round here in the Sunshine ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
For those in search of a native showstopper, Skyblue Clustervine (Jacquemontia pentanthos)—also known as Key West Morning Glory—is truly a gem. Native to South Florida, where it is listed as an endangered species, this vine is currently ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
I recently paid a visit to Las Vistas HOA located in the city of Doral in Miami-Dade County. It is an association that has 28 acres of property, 25 buildings with 969 apartments. Of the total area, 7 acres are dedicated to green areas. They ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, UF/IFAS Extension
You may be impressed with the determination of nature when you find that little sprout growing up from the driveway or contemplate how wooden roots crumble concrete. On the one hand it is incredible, but if these things are happening on your ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, 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 suited to our distinctive southwest Florida climate. Through this project, ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
El fertilizante es regulado en la Florida y en Orange County. Cada persona que aplica fertilizantes por contrato por ley está obligado obtener una certificación para la aplicacion de fertilizantes. El fertilizante está regulado porque sabemos ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
One week after Hurricane Milton and on the final day of the rainy season, October 15th, I look out over our Educational Outreach Garden and see a landscape transformed. Lush and vibrant just a week ago for our Annual Plant Sale and Edfest, it ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Work & Life
Let your palms sway! Most palms are well adapted for Florida’s humid sub-tropical climate. Palms have pinnate, palmate, or bipinnate leaves that dance in the wind and drip excess water off their leaf tips. The trunk stands strong like a concrete ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension