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Round springtail navigates through the sandy soil in a landscape

Spring Forward – Like a Springtail!

by Jackie Lebouitz
March 14, 2025

All across the state, many disgruntled denizens adjusted their clocks this past Sunday, March 9, to accommodate daylight savings time. While this lets us have longer days, a historically helpful tool for farming...it can be a bit disruptive ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Collembola, Entomology, Garden, Insect, Pgm_Chemicals, Soil, Spring, Springtail
fresh garden vegetables

Edible Gardening Series: Question of the Week – mulch

by sarahbostick
May 4, 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, Work & Life
Tags: Ag, Agriculture, Edible Gardening QOTW, EdibleGardeningSeries, Garden, Mulch, Organic Matter, Pgm_Ag, Pgm_Chemicals, Soil
fresh garden vegetables

Edible Gardening Series: Question of the Week – Nematodes

by Carol Wyatt-Evens
November 20, 2020

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, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Biological_control, Edible Gardening QOTW, EdibleGardeningSeries, Garden, Insect, Insects, Land Insects, Landscape Insects, Pgm_Ag, Pgm_Chemicals, Pgm_Gardens, Soil

Conservation District sets public working group meeting

by Kevin O'Horan
July 25, 2016

The Sarasota Soil and Water Conservation District has set an August 17 working group meeting to discuss local resource conservation concerns and programs. The meeting, which is open to the public, will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Ken Clark ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Tags: Conservation, Conservation District, Local Working Group, Natural, NRCS, Pgm, Pgm_NatResources, Pgm_SWCD, Resources, Soil, SSWCD, SWCD, Water

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