GARDENING
Seminar: Plants to use to attract pollinators; June plant clinic
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- There has been concern about the health and numbers of pollinators in recent years. Planting a…
Be wise with pesticides
FLORIDA -- If a little bit is good, then a whole lot more must be better, right? Wrong. This is…
Cucumbers, squash not producing fruit? Try hand pollinating.
FLORIDA – Q. My cucumber and squash plants are not setting fruit even though the plants appear healthy. I’m not…
White, fluffy tufts of seeds in your lawn may be trampweed
FLORIDA -- Do you have a low-growing weed that is producing tufts of white, fluffy, dandelion-like seeds, which float in…
Trees that “suddenly” die may be “fried eggs”
FLORIDA -- Questions about tree problems increase as we move into warmer weather. Many of these tree problems fall into…
Too much fertilizer is not good for lawn
NORTH FLORIDA -- Q. I was heavy-handed with fertilizing my centipedegrass lawn this spring and I think I’ve killed sections…
Seminar: Successful gardening in the Florida summer
NORTH FLORIDA -- It will not be long before we again are in the heat of summer here in North…
Container-grown annual flowers brighten bare spots in landscape
FLORIDA -- There are areas in most landscapes where it is not practical or possible to create a flowerbed. But…
Want a better lawn? Calibrate your irrigation system!
NORTHWEST FLORIDA -- Calibrating or determining the rate of water your sprinkler system applies is an easy job. Here’s how…
Steps to solving plant problems in the landscape
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. -- Diagnosing landscape problems can be tricky. There are basic steps that can be useful in solving…