2025 Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE! Webinars Begin March 6th
Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE! is launching Season 6 with new topics starting on March 6, 2025! Each episode is delivered live on Zoom Webinar then posted to our YouTube Playlist. If you would like to join us live and help drive the panel discussion, be sure to...
Thinking of Starting a Cut Flower Business? Don’t miss out on Cut Flower 101!
Do you enjoy cutting flowers from your garden to enjoy indoors? Have you ever considered turning that passion into a small business opportunity or earning a little cash to help to support your flower habit? If you answered yes to these questions, then you should plan...
The Dirt on Compost: Hot and Worm Composting at Home
The Dirt on Compost: Hot and Worm Composting at Home Every week, many of us dump spoiled food or leftovers into the trash and haul yard waste to the curb, not realizing that all of that organic material could be turned into something incredibly useful....
Evaluate and Renovate Landscape During Fall
Over time, landscapes change and our needs change. Lawns, shrubs and trees are living and respond to their environment, growing and declining with time. Many older landscapes eventually need renovation and improvements. Older plants outgrow their space. Others...
Let’s Scout the Garden
One of my favorite ways to spend the morning lately is in the garden drinking my coffee. There's no intended purpose, other than to look and see what I can find. I always end up finding something interesting! Scouting your garden does not have to be a formal process,...
Garden Spider Egg Sacs
One of our well known spiders found in landscapes is the Yellow and black garden spider, Argiope aurantia. Most people will recognize this beautiful spider that rests in a large web with a zigzag web pattern in the middle called a stablementum. A wide variety of...
Saving Malabar Spinach Seeds
Saving seeds is a wonderful garden activity that gives us both a sense of pride in our gardening skills and helps us save a few dollars on new seeds. Malabar spinach is one of our heat loving vines that grows well until frost and produces abundant seed. If you are...
Autumn Spotlight: The Mum
If you have walked through any retail garden centers lately, you probably have seen some bright colored fall flowers. These pretty plants are what we call mums, or chrysanthemums. Mum flowers are a fall staple in the south to see on a front porch or any fall decorated...
University of West Florida’s New Heritage Roots Garden
Just about a year ago, a dream team of history and plant nerds assembled around a common goal. The idea was to transform an open, weedy space adjacent to the University of West Florida (UWF) Archaeology Institute into a lush garden. The garden would be unique,...
Snakes of the Panhandle
Snakes of the Panhandle Love them or hate them, snakes are a common sight in the Florida panhandle. It can be tempting to lump all snakes into the category of ‘kill it on sight!’, but that approach isn’t the best. They can be harmful or beneficial – nobody wants a...
Planning and Planting for Wildlife
Planning landscaping is undoubtedly not easy. The primary concern relegated to each individual homeowner is what you want out of your yard. Many are content with just grass, while others desire a diverse array of plant life. One aspect oft overlooked is your...