Pollinator Gardening – Tips for Apartment Living
Article written by Khadejah Scott, Horticulture/Agriculture/Natural Resources Agent - UF/IFAS Extension at Wakulla County. Gardening for pollinators is not only beneficial for the environment, but it can also be a rewarding and fulfilling hobby. However, living in an...
Blueberry Bees
It’s a bit early still for blueberries in north Florida, but they are definitely on the horizon. We have a handful of bushes at home and the office, and I’ve noticed the white blooms are gone and berries are forming as we speak. Many of us, myself included, look...
Video: Citrus Recovery and Pruning
Some citrus is recovering from our December 2022 hard freeze and pruning will be needed. Learn to identify your tree's graft and how to prune away any rootstock material with UF IFAS Extension Escambia County. https://youtu.be/TaMF30sKRFE
No Mow March Winning Photo
An activity during our No Mow March campaign was for participants to document flowers and pollinators from their landscapes. This activity was available through an INaturalist group specific to No Mow March. Although we only had 13 participants, they made 85...
No Mow March: 3 Pollinator-Friendly Shrubs for the Rest of the Year
No Mow March was an awesome success this year! Together, by leaving some unmown areas of our lawns and landscapes, we helped create acres of additional valuable pollinator habitat in a critical time of the year. However, we can’t forget that there are still nine...
Steps to Keeping a Healthy Lawn
We are nearing the end of the NO MOW MARCH launch that several counties participated in this month. Maybe you have been mowing this month because you live in an area where it is required or maybe you were able to go the whole month but now you are wondering...
Watering Lawns and Landscapes
As the weather warms up, people will be outside tending to their landscapes more often. Part of that tending involves a simple thing that everyone knows plants need: water. And that is correct! Plants DO need water, and most of them need it regularly. However, even...
The Price of Mowing
It’s early spring which means time to pull the mower out of the garage and turn that engine over for the first time in months. As with most years, this task may be easier said than done. You fill the tank, check the oil, then pull that string hoping to hear that...
Post Winter Storm Elliott: Ambrosia Beetles in Citrus
Winter Storm Elliott brought freezing temperatures to the Panhandle on December 24th that lasted through December 28th, 2022. While we’ve seen freezing temperatures in years past, none remained below freezing for as long as Winter Storm Elliott did, resulting in...
Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE! Program Summary: Pollinators
Wildflowers. Photo Credit: Tyler Jones, University of Florida/IFAS To celebrate "No Mow March", this month's Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE was all about pollinators. "No Mow March" was inspired by "No Mow May" events that were originally organized in Great Britain...