Starting Early in the Garden!
Some of the many benefits of starting your own home garden are having fresher, more nutritious produce, the positive effects on physical and mental health, increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables and a potential cost savings. Also there are many...
Garden to Table: The Southern Way Event March 26th 9-12pm
This is the third session in a 3-part series focused on growing and cooking food from your own garden. About this event Do you want to grow vegetables such as okra, peas and summer squash? Join us for a workshop focusing on how to best grow and care for your summer...
Soils…and Testing Them
For anything growing in the ground, soil is a very important thing. Soil gives plants a place to anchor their roots so they don't fall over, holds water and nutrients for them to use, and supports a wide variety of living things that contribute to plant growth....
Yay for Yarrow
Gardeners delight in finding a versatile and resilient landscape plant, especially one that is easily shared. Unfortunately, when a plant checks off those characteristics, it usually finds itself on the invasive species list (see IFAS Assessment). Well, in the case of...
Save the Rainy Day
A great way to save money on your water bill and reduce the amount of water withdrawn from the aquifer is to use a rain barrel. The water savings from using stored rainwater rather than municipal or well water can be substantial over a period of time. A rain barrel...
Fruit Thieves: Roof Rats
We often think of plant pests to be only insects. However, plant pests can also be fungal and bacterial diseases, weeds, and even rodents. That's right, rodents, like squirrels, mice, and rats! One particularly annoying rodent pest of the garden is the roof rat...
Prevent Pests Later With Dormant Treatments Now
During cold winter weather, one doesn’t often think about spraying fruit trees and ornamental shrubs for spring insects and diseases. It’s just not on the radar, but it turns out that January and February are the best time to apply dormant sprays to combat insect and...
More Gardening Tips for February & March
Are you “chomping at the bit” to get started gardening this year, but not sure what you can do at this point? Well, good news, there’s plenty of things that can be done whether landscaping or vegetable gardening is your passion. Temperatures can drop significantly in...
Meet the Agent – Donna Arnold
Donna Arnold is the Small Farm and Residential Horticultural Agent for the Gadsden County since January, 2022. Her main role as an agent is to provide educational programs, related to sustainable agriculture to farmers in Gadsden County north Florida. These programs...
Leon County’s Spring Seed Library Program Starts February 12
Believe it or not, spring is right around the corner! For gardeners, this is the time to start thinking about our spring season garden plan and starting seeds. Many spring vegetables, such as tomatoes, benefit from an early start indoors or in a greenhouse, planted in...