It Takes Several Steps To Get Rid Of Weeds
By Les Harrison Wakulla County Extension Director So far 2016 has been shaping up as a good growing year for Wakulla County lawns and gardens. The rain has been adequate and timed so to keep… Read More
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What’s In The Garden Now
Visit “What’s In The Garden Now” for our monthly crop feature. This month’s feature is Kale. Click here to read the full article.
Be On The Lookout For Places Where Mosquitoes Breed
Les Harrison Wakulla County Extension Director It is an often made wish of summer that the cold weather of winter will kill all the mosquitoes, gnats and no-see-ums. This climactic fete would spare people, pets… Read More
UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Service Open House and Master Gardener Plant sale
The weather has warmed and it is now time to get the spring vegetable garden in the ground. The gardener can get a head start by using plants instead of seed. There are a variety… Read More
In The Garden Now – Spinach
By Shelley Swenson, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, and Gohar Umar, Horticulture Specialist Almost everyone has seen an old Popeye cartoon where the long suffering sailor gains super strength after consuming a can of spinach…. Read More
Wildlife Turn to Wax Myrtle Berries in Winter
By Les Harrison, Wakulla County Extension Director Winter is here in Wakulla County. While it is not as severe as upstate New York or Montana, there is a noticeable difference from six months ago. The… Read More
Greens Love the Cool Temperatures of Fall
By Les Harrison and Shelley Swenson The cool days and cooler nights of December have removed home gardening from the minds of many residents in Wakulla County. Much of Florida’s commercial vegetable production has moved… Read More
Purple Nut Sedge is an Invasive Plant
Les Harrison is the Wakulla County Extension Director Autumn is the season to harvest nuts for both the human and wild residents of Wakulla County. Hickories and oaks are producing a bumper nut crop for… Read More
Delta Flower Scarab Beetle is Master of Disguise
Les Harrison is the Wakulla County Extension Director Halloween masks are big business for retailers attracting customers in October. After all, what child could refuse being a super hero, princess, or a hideous freak of… Read More
Money Does Grow On Trees With Pines
Les Harrison is the Wakulla County Extension Director For the child persistently wishing to acquire a new toy, parents commonly retort that money does not grow on trees. This may seem obvious today, but history… Read More