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fresh garden vegetables

Edible Gardening Series: Question of the Week – citizen scientist in the garden


May 11, 2021

By Carol Wyatt-Evens and Sarah Bostick Gardening in Florida can be incredibly rewarding and incredibly frustrating, at the same time. If you are new to the region, you soon learn that gardening in the Sunshine State can quickly become a full-time ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Ag, Agriculture, Beneficial Insects, Citizen Scientist, Companion Planting, Edible Gardening QOTW, EdibleGardeningSeries, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Mulch, Pgm_Ag, Pgm_Chemicals, Trap Crops
io caterpillars on a hedge

Hey, ho, io!


October 8, 2018

They can be fairly hard to spot if you’re zipping through the landscape at 8 mph on a golf cart, but it is also hard to ignore 50 feet of a defoliating hibiscus hedge as a result of the collective appetite of an io caterpillar infestation. A ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Beneficial Insects, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Horticulture, Integrated Pest Management, Landscape Pests, Moths, Parasitic Wasps, Pesticides, Pgm_HortComm, Stinging Caterpillars, Venomous Caterpillars