Category: Agriculture

Ornery Plants for Your Garden

by Lisa Sanderson

May 19, 2023

Just recently, I received a great plant from a volunteer – a sharp and pointy agave, large but in its infancy. Despite its young age, it is still an ornery plant for the garden. This agave when planted in the landscape will grow to become ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Aloe, Container Plants, Drought Tolerant, Eryngium, Lisa Sanderson, Rattlesnake Master, Serrated Leaves, Sharp Spines On Leaves, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County, Yucca

UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Applications Being Accepted in Sumter County

by Lisa Sanderson

April 11, 2023

Applications are now being accepted for the UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County Master Gardener Volunteer Program for the 2023 class. Have you always wanted to be Master Gardener Volunteer? Now is the time to apply through July 15, 2023! When ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Apply Master Gardener Volunteer, Lisa Sanderson, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Classes, Master Gardener Training, Master Gardener Volunteer, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County

Hummingbirds Flying In

by Lisa Sanderson

March 6, 2023

Hummingbirds can surprise us in the plants that they visit for nectar. Just this past week, I sat out on my front patio area enjoying the evening. I looked over at my very large and hardy aloe plant in a large container that started ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Florida Hummingbirds, Hummingbird, Hummingbird Feeder, Lisa Sanderson, Plants For Hummingbird, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County

Creating Compost from Piles and Worms

by Lisa Sanderson

February 24, 2023

Many years ago, when my daughter was in middle school, she bought an interesting gift for my birthday that perhaps only a child of an Extension agent would purchase – worm castings! What made the gift thoughtful is that I actually possessed ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Browns, Compost, Greens, Lisa Sanderson, Red Wigglers, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County, Vermicomposting

Create Containers for the Seasons

by Lisa Sanderson

February 19, 2023

Many of us love to garden or have had gardens we have loved over the years. Entire gardens can be a lot of work and can be expensive especially if you are paying someone else to do it! While I work on a thoughtful design for layout and plantings ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Container Season, Lisa Sanderson, Mixed Containers, Planting Containers, Sumter County Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, Update Containers

A Few How-To’s for a Healthy Lawn

by Lisa Sanderson

December 13, 2022

Healthy lawns are things that when green and healthy, we can perhaps not give it too much attention. But, with a bit of green or brown, the lawn is suddenly very important. We want it green and full. Does that healthy lawn affect the environment ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Turf, Water
Tags: Bahia, Calculate Fertilizer, Calibration, Empire, Floratam, Irrigation, Irrigation Calibration, Lawn Fertilization, Mowing Height, ProVista, St. Augustine, Zoysia

Flower, Bark and Foliage in the Garden

by Lisa Sanderson

December 13, 2022

Plants and turf in Central Florida landscapes go dormant in the fall. Flowers, bark, and foliage makes a fall-to-winter garden showier when the temperature cools! There are some native and non-native plants which may add some interest ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Garberia, Mahonia, Muhly Grass, Natchez Crape Myrtle, Plants For Fall, Plants For Winter, Soft Caress Mahonia

With Citrus Breeding, Sometimes a Fail for the Farm is a Success for the Home

by Matt Smith

December 10, 2022

Florida's citrus growers have been battling something or other pretty much non-stop since the deep freezes of the late 1980's. Today, one of the biggest challenges to Florida citrus is HLB, commonly referred to as citrus greening disease. Citrus ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture

Just Rolled Into the Clinic: White Mold on Sunflower

by Matt Smith

December 10, 2022

Subject: Sunflower Background: This sunflower sample from a commercial farm in Central Florida was showing widespread, fast decline with necrosis throughout the plant. Diagnosis: After culturing a sample of the plant tissue, we ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management

Edibles for the Fall to Winter to Spring Garden

by Lisa Sanderson

November 18, 2022

At t=the local grocery store produce department, so many different vegetables that may be purchased at any time, whether in season or not! Vegetables that are always available include tomatoes, peppers, yellow squash, zucchini, lettuce, ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Brussels Sprouts, Cool Season Vegetables, Garden Mustard, Gardening Guide, Lisa Sanderson, Peas, Snow Peas, Sumter County Demo Garden, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County, Vegetables

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