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Water Feature in Garden

Irrigating Your Landscape

by joshuacriss
May 18, 2026

Irrigation is quite a controversial topic in horticulture. Far too often, clients come into the office with grass struggling or detrimental fungal concerns in their gardens.  The “go to” conversation concerns the cultural practices being ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping,
Tags: Agriculture, Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Extension, FFL, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Franklin, FYN, Gadsden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening In The Panhandle, GI-BMP, Gulf, Holmes, Horticulture, Irrigation, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Office, Okaloosa, Panhandle, Panhandle Gardening, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Walton, Washington, Watering

Building a Hobby Greenhouse

by Matt Lollar
May 14, 2026

Greenhouses can be used to extend the growing season and to just grow unique plants year-round.  While we usually think of greenhouses as growing structures that increase air temperature, they can also keep plants cooler during warmer months.  ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Agriculture, Bay, Calhoun, Design, Escambia, Extension, FFL, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Franklin, FYN, Gadsden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening In The Panhandle, GI-BMP, Greenhouse, Gulf, Holmes, Horticulture, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Office, Okaloosa, Panhandle, Panhandle Gardening, Propagation, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Walton, Washington

Aphids on River Birch

by Matt Lollar
April 23, 2026

Some things just aren't as they seem.  This statement is true in almost every aspect of life.  This is especially true when it comes to identifying insects. Recently, a client brought in some river birch leaves infested with insects she ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Agriculture, Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Extension, FFL, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Franklin, FYN, Gadsden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening In The Panhandle, GI-BMP, Gulf, Holmes, Horticulture, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Office, Okaloosa, Panhandle, Panhandle Gardening, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Walton, Washington
harvested sugarcane

Sugarcane for Your Landscape

by joshuacriss
April 8, 2026

  Foodscaping is a relatively new concept in horticulture which interplants edibles with ornamentals, or utilizes ornamentals that are also edible. One plant that exemplifies this is sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). This plant is in ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Agriculture, Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Extension, FFL, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Franklin, FYN, Gadsden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening In The Panhandle, GI-BMP, Gulf, Holmes, Horticulture, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Office, Okaloosa, Panhandle, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Walton, Washington

Mites in the Garden

by Matt Lollar
March 3, 2026

Whether you want to know or not, mites are everywhere.  If it makes you feel any better, a lot of mite species are harmless to humans and plants.  However, there are quite a few mites that cause significant damage to garden and landscape plants. Before ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease
Tags: Agriculture, Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Extension, FFL, Florida Yards And Neighborhoods, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Franklin, FYN, Gadsden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening In The Panhandle, GI-BMP, Gulf, Holmes, Horticulture, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Office, Okaloosa, Panhandle, Panhandle Gardening, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Walton, Washington
oranges

Researchers enlist Florida residents in the fight against citrus greening

by Megan Winslow
August 28, 2025

Most people know Florida’s citrus industry is struggling with citrus greening. The threat, however, doesn’t exist in a silo, and residential trees – where the plant disease was first detected in the state – can serve as reservoirs for ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: ACP, Asian Citrus Psyllid, Bay, Citrus, Citrus Care, Citrus Greening, Cold Hardy Citrus, Columbia, Danielle Williams, Diaphorina Citri, Educational, Entomology, Gadsden, HLB, Huanglongbing, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Integrated Pest Management, Jefferson, Laura Warner, Lauren Diepenbrock, Leon, Management, Mesh Bags, North Florida, Orange, Pest, Plant Disease, Reflective Mulch, Research, Romain Exilien, Santa Rosa, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Workshop, Xavier Martini
Scientist in Every School

UF science workshop inspires teachers, students

by Megan Winslow
July 23, 2024

What: Scientist in Every School teacher workshop Where: The UF/IFAS plant pathology department, Fifield Hall, 2550 Hull Road, Gainesville. When: July 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact: Megan Winslow, winslow@ufl.edu About: A ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Biochemistry, Charlotte, Cultivation, Gainesville, Grant, High School, Highlands, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Leon, Marion, Megan Winslow, Microbial, Molecular Biology, National Science Foundation, Orange, Pasco, Plant, Plant Pathology, Professional Development, Scientist In Every School, St. Lucie, UF, University Of Florida, Wen-Yuan Song, Workshop

UF/IFAS Leon County Extension is Among First Three Commercial “Zero Net Energy” Buildings in Florida!

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 20, 2014

The old adage, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” does not always apply. During a recent national webinar, research staff at the New Buildings Institute (NBI) headquartered in Vancouver, Washington profiled the University ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Among, Archive, Buildings, Commercial, County, Energy, Extension, First, Florida, Leon, Panhandle Outdoors, Three, UF-IFAS, “Zero

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