Get The Dirt: My Favorite Native Plants
After paging through the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ (FFL) Guide to Plant Selection and Landscape Design, I identified 14 native plants that are my favorites. The...
Get The Dirt: Heat-Seeking Annuals
Annuals provide a great opportunity to color-up your landscape, front porch and lanai, whether in the ground or in containers. Most Florida annuals last...
Get The Dirt: Great Landscape Additions: Florida-Friendly Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses are a great addition to any landscape. They add texture, color, form and interest. These grasses need the same types of maintenance...
Get The Dirt: Limitations To Lazy Gardening
A recent article covered how you can have a beautiful landscape while maintaining a lazy gardener lifestyle. This one explains the limitations to lazy...
Get The Dirt: The Lazy Gardener
A few years ago, I wrote an article about being a lazy gardener. To this day and, I believe, for the remainder of my...
Get The Dirt: Horticulture Educational Opportunities Abound
Are you interested in gardening? What about recycling and composting? Want to save water or know more about drought-tolerant plants? Do you have an...
Get The Dirt: Winter Landscape Maintenance: Go For Gardening Green Vs....
Winter, such as it is in Florida, can last for several months. In West Central Florida, however, we are very fortunate, compared with other...
Get The Dirt: Resolutions Are Upon Us!
Many of us ponder New Year’s resolutions and come up with novel ideas. Some follow through, implement and stick with their resolutions. Others try...
Get The Dirt: The Gift Of Giving
With Christmas and the New Year approaching, it’s time to embrace the gift of giving.
“Giving” doesn’t necessarily mean something material, like a plant, gardening...
Get The Dirt: Fall Is A Time For Many Changes!
By Lynn Barber & Paula Staples, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County
Fall is a season of change. We may shut off our air conditioning or change...
