There’s no place like home! When it comes to grabbing food for the dinner table, harvesting from your home garden is about as convenient as a person could want. While I primarily support edible gardening in school and community gardens ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Work & Life
Are you exploring the fun of Florida vegetable gardening during the winter and into spring? Folks up north may be shoveling snow, while you are sowing and watching your plants grow. If you enjoy learning about and talking about growing food ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, SFYL Hot Topic
By Sophia Moundous and Mindy Hanak Sarasota County’s Family Green Living Kits can help foster sustainability lessons in many ways. The kits are filled with fun, interactive activities and books for all ages. Grab a kit from your local ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Natural Resources, Recreation, Work & Life
In my last blog, I talked about our the free salad mix gardening kits from the One Seed program here at UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County. The kits are available at our Twin Lakes Park office, as well as at your local Sarasota County public ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, SFYL Hot Topic![A young boy inspects a garden plant with big leaves. [CREDIT: UF/IFAS Extension]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2020/06/2020_Gardens_blogChildInGarden_ifasCROP1338x357_tiny.jpg)
Hopefully, when it comes to gardening, you're not like me. I have no green thumb. I work in an office with horticulture agents and Master Gardener Volunteers, of course. And, I truly appreciate the range of knowledge and skills they bring ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition
The first season of One Seed is winding down, and you've got a bounty of green beans. What are you going to do with all that goodness? How about trying a wonderful recipe for "Parmesan Roasted Florida Snap Beans," from our friends at Fresh from ... READ MORE
Category: Work & Life
Whether you garden in your backyard or patio, or just enjoy fresh, local food, One Seed is for you. One Seed is a shared, edible-gardening experience designed to build a community around food. Open to anyone, this new program launches this ... READ MORE
Category: Fruits & Vegetables