Fruits, Vegetables, & Herbs
You can enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables by growing them in your own yard — even if you live in an urban area.
Don't have a backyard? See Container Gardening for information about growing edibles almost anywhere.
For information about pests in your garden, see Diseases and Insects. You can also learn how to start a vegetable garden.
Citrus growers can find information on pest and disease management, varieties, local events, and more on the UF/IFAS Citrus Extension website.
Vegetable gardening UF/IFAS Leon County Fact Sheets:
- UF/IFAS Leon Co. & FAMU Cooperative Extension Self-Watering Bucket Instructions
- Vegetable Square Foot Planting Guide for Northwest Florida
- Starting Vegetables from Seed in Northwest Florida
- Vegetable Transplanting Tips
- Container Gardening Recommended Varieties and Spacing
- Seed Starting Mix and Potting Mix Recipe Guide
Crop Information:
- Asian Vegetables
- Asparagus
- Beet
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe
- Carrot
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Collard
- Cotton
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Kale
- Lettuce
- Lima Bean
- Mustard
- Okra
- Parsley
- Peanut
- Pepper
- Potato
- Radish
- Snap Bean
- Snow Pea
- Southern Pea
- Squash
- Strawberry
- Sweet Corn
- Sweet Potato
- Tomato
- Turnip
- Watermelon
Topics of Interest
- Blueberry Gardener's Guide
- Citrus Culture in the Home Landscape
- Cocoa (Chocolate Bean) Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
- Coffee Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
- Dooryard Fruit Varieties
- Edible Landscaping for Urban Sustainability
- Fertilizing the Garden
- Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
- Fruit (Non-citrus) and Nut Crops
- Growing Fruit in the Home Landscape
- Grow Your Own Vegetables Without Soil
- Growing Fruit Trees in Containers
- Herbs in the Florida Garden
- Home Garden Crops
- Landscape and Vegetable Garden Test Information Sheet
- Mushroom
- Preserving Fruit
- Preserving Vegetables
- Seeding the Garden
- Specific Fruits and Nuts
- Tea Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
- Training and Pruning Florida Peaches, Nectarines, and Plums
- Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Crops for the Home Landscape: Alternatives to Citrus
- Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Crops for the Home Landscape: Alternatives to Citrus (en español)
- Vegetable Gardening
- Vegetables A - Z