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The Tupelo Honey Festival is Just Around the Corner

The Tupelo Honey Festival is Just Around the Corner

The Annual Tupelo Honey Festival will be held Saturday, May 21st from 9 am – 4 pm central time at Lake Alice Park in Wewahitchka. This is an exciting event, with your chance to take part in a local treat. Area honey producers will be on hand, selling their honey in a...

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Color All Summer

Color All Summer

The arrow-shaped leaves of the caladium can add low-maintenance color to the landscape for months.  Most effective when massed together in the landscape, caladiums are available in many unique patterns and vibrant colors.  A multitude of leaves emerge from a single...

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Spring into Action- Pollinators

Spring into Action- Pollinators

As spring approaches, are we thinking about pollinators?  How often do we stop to think of the importance of pollinators to food security? Pollination is often described as the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of a flowering plant.  These...

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The Flower Power of Garden Flies

The Flower Power of Garden Flies

  While our sentiments toward flies usually involve fly swatters, believe it or not, not all flies are nuisance pests! Some types of flies can actually be quite helpful in the garden. These garden flies are nothing like your typical pesky house fly. While house...

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A Favorite Native Shrub

A Favorite Native Shrub

When I was first planting a landscape in 2001, I wanted to include some interesting native plants to provide a natural look for the back edges of the property.  I was able to find a few less commonly sold natives from a small local nursery including a Bigleaf...

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Bat Roosting Season

Bat Roosting Season

I have a soft spot for bats. I know, I know, they give people the creeps and can show up in unwanted places (like attics and sheds). But collectively, the bats in our communities eat millions of mosquitoes and agricultural pests every night. Without them, we’d be...

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