GARDENING

Cool-season vs warm-season vegetable planting times

In addition to beets and carrots, there are many cool-season crops that can be grown in the winter garden here.…

5 years ago

December in the North Florida garden

With Thanksgiving over and Christmas on its way, you may not be putting much thought into your landscape. But there…

5 years ago

Control lawn burweed before burs form

I’ve written about lawn burweed in the past but I wanted to bring this up again because I’m currently getting…

5 years ago

Pruning questions abound

If you want to keep the plants, it’s best to wait and prune them after the danger of a killing…

5 years ago

Satsuma harvest season in North Florida

When asked what kind of citrus to grow here in North Florida, my response is satsuma. I usually get a…

5 years ago

Some camellias won’t flower well in North Florida

Some camellia cultivars are simply not well adapted to the Gulf Coast and, as a result, will not flower well…

5 years ago

Winterizing lawn and dying azaleas

If you’ve done a good job fertilizing your lawn during the growing season (spring and summer), there’s no reason to…

5 years ago

What’s killing pine trees?

Pine bark beetles are attracted to injured, weak, damaged trees. We can’t do anything to prevent these events. But we…

5 years ago

Low maintenance by design landscape lecture

A pleasing, low maintenance landscape requires some planning and some thought put into correct plant selection and placement. You can…

5 years ago

Participate in 2019 Peanut Butter Challenge

  Join Okaloosa County Extension along with University of Florida Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) and the Florida…

5 years ago