Hurricane season is going to start on June 1. Does your trees need to be prune? Trees are a valuable asset and long-term investment that can increase your property value and gave it to you many benefits. It… Read More
Anyone who has read my blog pieces before knows that I write often about corals. While many of the posts have been somewhat saddening recently, I hope that this one might be more uplifting. Last month, I had… Read More
Back in November, I experienced one of proudest moments since starting at UF/IFAS Extension in Miami-Dade County. Rene Estevez, a colleague from Puerto Rico Sea Grant (PRSG), reached out to me inquiring about the Stony Coral Tissue Loss… Read More
The carambola, Averrhoa carambola, is an easily managed tropical fruit tree that can often push out two full crops of fruit per year without skipping a beat. The two crops usually come between the months of June through… Read More
Easy tips to better photos At the end of every year or the beginning of the next one, we tend to set goals or make resolutions. Since we are at the beginning of 2020, I’d like to offer… Read More
What is a Weed? There are many definitions for the term, and the matter is rather subjective. A universally accepted definition is that a weed is a plant that grows where it is not wanted. They may be… Read More
Held annually on the third Saturday of September, this year’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) marked more than three decades of this important event. Started by The Ocean Conservancy, this world-wide coastal cleanup brings attention to a pervasive problem:… Read More
As we observed last summer and the years before that, Miami-Dade County’s beaches received large influxes of sargassum seaweed on a consistent basis. Florida joins the larger Caribbean in experiencing this phenomenon, and we are trying to figure… Read More
Imagine that you want to buy a 2” trunk caliper Live oak tree, Quercus virginiana. How do you know if it is a quality tree? Maybe it is too short, maybe the crown is too narrow and has… Read More
Well folks, it’s that time of the year again. Aside from being summer (the most wonderful time of the year), another hurricane season has begun (not the most wonderful time of the year). Starting June 1 and ending… Read More
