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Winter is Coming: Protect Your Plants from the Cold

by Clarissa Chairez
January 6, 2025

One of my favorite things about Florida is our year-round warm weather. However, when we occasionally get cold weather that falls below freezing, we need to prepare our tropical loving plants. Certain varieties of palm trees, avocadoes, mangoes, ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES
Tags: Agroecology, Cold Protection For Plants, Cold Weather, FFL, Florida, Florida Friendly, Florida Master Gardener, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Freeze, Freeze Damage In Florida Gardens, Freeze Protection, Frost, Frost Cloth, Frost Protection Techniques, Fruits And Vegetables, Garden, Gardening, Gardening Tip, Horticulture, Landscape Management, Lawn, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, MGV, OC MGV, Ocextension, Orange County Master Gardener, Plants, Trees, Tropical Plant Care In Winter, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables, Winter
local produce including potatoes, blueberries, strawberries and onions

Benefits of Eating Local Foods

by Liz Felter
April 28, 2022

Demand for locally grown food soared during the pandemic, and this trend appears to be holding true for consumers. Concerns about sustainability and a demand for more familiar ingredients have put locally grown products in the spotlight throughout ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture
Tags: Buylocal, Eat Local, Florida Grown, Floridafruits, Floridaproduce, Floridavegetables, Fruit, Local Foods, Local Grown, Vegetables

Emily Tells All: Learn about Vegetable Gardens with Commissioner Bonilla and Tia Silvasy

by Tia Silvasy
March 23, 2022

Are you interested in growing vegetables in your back yard? Watch this video where Commissioner Emily Bonilla visits the UF/IFAS Extension Orange County center and gets a tour from Florida-Friendly Landscaping Agent Tia Silvasy. Tia shows ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Friendly, Fruit, Orange County, Orange County Extension, Vegetables, Video, YouTube
cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, green onions

New Vegetable Gardener – What to do in the Summer Vegetable Garden?

by Ed Thralls
June 24, 2021

It’s the second week of June. How does the vegetable garden look? The high daytime temperatures in the mid-to-upper 90 degrees F is causing many of the flowers on most of the vegetables to drop. The rainy season has started with afternoon ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Fruits And Vegetables, Garden, Gardening, Horticulture, New Vegetable Gardener, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, green onions

New Vegetable Gardener — Growing Vegetables in Containers

by Ed Thralls
May 25, 2021

Lots of people want to grow food but not everyone can or will dig up the yard. That could be for a lot of reasons such as poor soil conditions, too many trees, limited space, deed restrictions or they just love the lawn. Fear not, because you ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture
Tags: Fruits And Vegetables, New Vegetable Gardener, Orange County, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, green onions

New Vegetable Gardener — Is it too Late to Start a Vegetable Garden?

by Ed Thralls
March 26, 2021

New Vegetable Gardener — Is it too Late to Start a Vegetable Garden? Several months ago in this series on vegetable gardening information (New Vegetable Gardener) you learned about the vegetable garden seasons in Central Florida. You should ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Fruits And Vegetables, Gardening, Healthy Living, New Vegetable Gardener, Ocextension, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, green onions

New Vegetable Gardener — Cool Season Vegetable Gardening in Central Florida

by Ed Thralls
October 16, 2020

This is the second vegetable garden season of the year. It is the longest vegetable gardening season with almost five months of growing the easiest vegetables you will enjoy. It will be cooler. It will have fewer insect pests and it will be ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture
Tags: Fruits And Vegetables, Gardening, Horticulture, New Vegetable Gardener, Orange County, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables
Roadside market produce.

New Vegetable Gardener — Square Foot Gardening

by Ed Thralls
August 24, 2020

You want to have a vegetable garden but the back yard is too small or there is no back yard and very limited space elsewhere in the landscape. What can you do? Maybe consider installing a Square Foot Garden. All you need is space for a 4’ ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Fruits And Vegetables, Garden, Gardening, Healthy Living, Landscape Management, New Vegetable Gardener, Ocextension, Square Foot Gardening, Vegetable, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetables, Water Conservation

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