Tag: UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County

Summer seed saving: A Master Gardener shares tips on wildflower propagation

by Megan Winslow
July 31, 2024

Lois McNamara has been growing wildflowers for more than two decades, but she still remembers the species that endeared her to the hobby: blue larkspur. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Beach Sunflower, Blanket Flower, Blue Larkspur, Cat Wofford, Coreopsis, Cutleaf Coneflower, Extension, Garden, Gardening, Hobby, Horticulture, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lois McNamara, Master Gardener Volunteer, Megan Winslow, MGV, Seed, Seed Saving, Summer, Tickseed, UF, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, University Of Florida, Wildflower

UF experts: Salvage native plants from construction sites for future use

by Brad Buck
November 9, 2021

Sometimes, good ideas are borne from opportunity. When Kayla Hess was working on her master’s thesis from the University of Florida, she sampled a wetland on a proposed development site just north of Gainesville. In the process, she found ... READ MORE

Category: HOME LANDSCAPES
Tags: Basil Iannone, Construction, Harvest, Kayla Hess, Landscape Ecology, Nursuries, Plants, Replant, Salvage, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatic Sciences, Taylor Clem, Trees, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, UF/IFAS Extension Nassau County, Vegetation

Spread the word: Peanut Butter Challenge kicks off Oct. 1

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
September 22, 2021

The Peanut Butter Challenge, UF/IFAS Extension’s annual jar collection for local food pantries that launched in the Florida Panhandle in 2012, is again spreading statewide this year. Unopened jars of peanut butter can be donated to local ... READ MORE

Agricultural Producers Urged to Learn About Irrigating Wisely at Free UF Event

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
September 6, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County will host a free event highlighting water-saving technologies available to agricultural producers and how this equipment has already aided growers in the area. Irrigating Wisely in Florida’s ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, EVENTS, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Agriculture, Farm, Farming, Irrigation, Soil Moisture Sensor, Technology, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, Water, Water Conservation

Northeast Florida Farms Test ‘Eyes in the Ground’ Through UF Program

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
July 10, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Farming is a business of uncertainty. Through droughts and downpours, generations of Florida farmers have continued to till the land and contribute to a multibillion-dollar industry for the state. But agricultural innovations ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Agricultural Best Management Practices, Agricultural Industry, Charles Barrett, Crops, Irrigation, Soil Moisture Sensor, Tatiana Sanchez, Technology, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, UF/IFAS Extension Northeast District, Water

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