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Spring Vegetable Garden Preparation
It is cold right now…at least it is this week. Even though the winters in northwest Florida do not have consistent cold temperatures, it is not warm enough to grow warm season vegetables all year...
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Add Potatoes to Your Florida Garden
Potatoes planted in mid-February were ready to harvest in mid-May in Panama City. Photo: Vicki Evans, UF/IFAS Master Gardener A common misconception is that all potatoes come from the Midwest....
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Start Planting the Spring Vegetable Garden
With weather warming up and daylight savings time right around the corner, we are in the midst of prime time for planting spring vegetable gardens. Gardeners routinely growing vegetable gardens should...
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Caterpillars in the Vegetable Garden
In the last few weeks, more garden pests have arrived! It is a fact of life in northwest Florida that we will have a few things in our garden including heat, moisture (humidity and rainfall), and...
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Fire Ants in the Garden
Ants can be treated with spinosad in vegetable gardens. Photo by Molly Jameson. There’s nothing worse than sinking your fingers into your garden soil to dig up a potato, plant a seedling, or pull up...
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My Fall Vegetable Garden
Direct seed root crops and many leafy greens, such as arugula and spinach. Photo by Molly Jameson. Fall is fast approaching, and that means my favorite season for gardening has arrived! September is...
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Increase Crop Diversity to Improve Your Garden
Most of you plant a spring vegetable garden with a number of different vegetable types. However, you may not realize that you are improving the health of your soil and your crops by planting a diverse...
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Full Steam Ahead for Vegetable Garden Soil Prep
If you haven’t already, it’s time to prepare the garden space for the summer bounty of fresh vegetables. The following information will help you get started. Just remember, as the soil preparation...
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Drama in the Garden with Amazon Dianthus Series
We may shy away from drama in our lives but drama in the garden is always welcome. One plant series that will be a prominent feature in any garden bed is the Amazon Dianthus series. Amazon Dianthus...
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Harvesting Your Garden: What To Do With All Those Radishes!
Radishes are an easy vegetable to grow in North Florida, and in the Spring, there is an abundance of radishes in our gardens. So, what do you do with all those radishes? Radishes are a fast growing...
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Gear Up for Leon County Extension’s Garden Educator Training Series
The Garden Educator Training Series helps garden leaders start or improve their school or community garden. Photo by Molly Jameson. By Tiffany Torres Tiffany Torres is the Family Nutrition Program...
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