UF/IFAS Extension
Sumter County

Hummingbirds Flying In
Hummingbirds can surprise us in the plants that they visit for nectar.  Just this past week, I sat out on my front patio area enjoying the evening

03/06/2023

Creating Compost from Piles and Worms
Many years ago, when my daughter was in middle school, she bought an interesting gift for my birthday that perhaps only a child of an Extension agent would purchase – worm castings!  What made the gift thoughtful is that I actually possessed in my kitchen at the time a gray plastic bin of red wiggler worms (Eisenia foedita) composting my food scraps.  That lovely gift was included in transplanted container plantings which thrived

02/24/2023

Create Containers for the Seasons
Many of us love to garden or have had gardens we have loved over the years. Entire gardens can be a lot of work and can be expensive especially if you are paying someone else to do it!  While I work on a thoughtful design for layout and plantings for my back yard, my energy has been focused on container gardens

02/20/2023