UF/IFAS Extension
Leon County
UF/IFAS Leon Extension is a federal, state, and county partnership throughout Florida, with the mission to improve our lives by developing knowledge in agriculture, natural resources, and the life sciences and to make that knowledge accessible to sustain and enhance the quality of human life.
Contact
marcusb@ufl.edu
(850) 606-5200
615 Paul Russell Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32301
The Joys of Growing Elephant Garlic
The Joys of Growing Elephant Garlic
One of my all-time favorite vegetables to grow and eat is elephant garlic. While related to garlic, elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum) is actually considered a bulbing leek
01/27/2023
Tips on Building Raised Bed Gardens
Want to grow a vegetable garden but don’t know where to start? Raised bed gardens give you the ability to put a garden anywhere you have at least six hours of sunlight and access to water, regardless of your native soil type.
See the fact sheet below (Or Click Here for the downloadable
11/17/2022
National Ag Day: Growing a Climate for Tomorrow
March 21st is National Agriculture Day, a time to recognize and celebrate the men and women who produce our food, fuel and fiber. Now celebrating its 50th Anniversary, the theme for this year’s Ag Day is “Growing a Climate for Tomorrow”
03/20/2023
Trap Crops Help Combat Pests in the Garden
To be a successful gardener, it is important to have an integrated approach to handling obstacles in the garden.
These considerations include techniques such as planting disease resistant crop varieties, maintaining proper plant spacing, planting at the appropriate time, monitoring the garden and properly identifying insects and diseases, watering uniformly, and many more cultural and preventative measures that will aid
11/17/2022
Florida Land Steward Update, March 24, 2023
THANKS ALL WHO JOINED US FOR OUR FOREST RESLILENCE, HURRICANE PREPARATION AND RECOVERY TOURS IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
Thanks everyone who joined us for our Florida Land Steward tours up in northwest Florida this month. These tours; on March 9 at Blackwater River State Forest and yesterday, March 23 at the properties of Chris Jones, Tom Flowers, and Mickey Parker in Escambia County; focused on many forest resilience and hurricane
03/24/2023
4-H Summer Internships in Miami
Miami-Dade 4-H offers comprehensive summer internships for rising 10th through 12th-grade high school students enrolled in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The program is a 5-week work-based learning experience in partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools Summer Youth Internship Program
03/24/2023
Master Gardener Volunteer Program turns 50
“As long as there have been gardeners there have been gardeners sharing their knowledge with each other,” as stated by Wendy Wilber State Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator with UF/IFAS Extension.
Wendy and I share the successes and history of the Master Gardener Volunteer (MGV) organization in today’s article
03/23/2023
