‘Patio Baby’: An Eggplant for Any Space
In my ongoing search for low-maintenance vegetable varieties that perform well in small spaces, like my raised bed garden, I decided to try a newish Eggplant variety called ‘Patio Baby’ this summer. Developed by PanAmerican Seed and winner of the 2014 All-American...
Outdoor Living in Your Landscape
Bring the indoor area of your home to the outdoors can be challenging yet an enjoyable experience. Many types of outdoor rooms can be created from herb gardens with walkways and setting areas to fire pit areas for fall social events.
Using a Buckwheat Cover Crop in Raised Bed Gardens
2020 has not been the most pleasant year in many ways. However, one positive experience I’ve had in my raised bed vegetable garden has been the use of a cover crop, Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)! Use of cover crops, a catch-all term for many species of plants used...
Meet Ray Bodrey!
Ray Bodrey is in his fifth year as the Gulf County Extension Director. Ray is originally from the “Watermelon Capital of the World” – Cordele, GA, where he grew up on a family row crop farm. His extension areas are Agriculture, Natural Resources (including Sea Grant...
Making Effective Herbicide Selections
Earlier this summer I talked about getting to know your weeds, so they’ll be easier to control. If you missed that article you can review it here “Why Can’t I Kill Weeds?” Today we will look at the types of herbicides available so your selection will fit your...
St. John’s Wort–A Landscape Beauty With Healing Powers
Late summer is prime time for floating or canoeing down north Florida’s slow-moving, cold-water rivers. It is favorite summer tradition for our family, floating for hours in inner tubes and stopping to jump off rope swings. If you drift down just about any north...
Foodscaping: Landscape Design with an Edible Twist
Did you ever want to grow something for the dinner table in your yard, but said "I don’t have the space", or "I don’t have the time", or "it seems like a lot of hard work or even I have restrictions because of the homeowner’s association I live in"? If so, then...
Whiteflies, Whiteflies, Whiteflies
Whiteflies are a pest we typically see in the fall but if you look around, you’ll notice high densities of them now. Despite their name, whiteflies are more closely related to an aphid or scale insect than a fly. They are 1/16 of an inch long (about the size of a...
Pusley Control in Florida Turfgrass
Florida pusley and its relatives, Brazilian and large-flower pusley, are common sights in lawns and landscapes during the summer. These prolific and tenacious weeds are closely related species in the genus Richardia, in the Rubiaceae family which includes coffee,...
Meet Daniel Leonard!
Daniel is the UF/IFAS Calhoun County Extension Director and the Agriculture, Horticulture, and Natural Resources Agent in the county also! Daniel is a fifth generation native northwest Floridian, born and raised near Blountstown on a timber farm. This experience...