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: 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: 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: 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: 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...
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: Identifying Unwanted Wildlife In The Landscape
Most of us enjoy attracting wildlife to our landscapes. However, there are some wildlife species that we would prefer just go elsewhere. Nuisance wildlife...
Get The Dirt: Holiday Gift Ideas For The Gardeners In Your...
With Christmas and the New Year right around the corner, it’s time to ponder what to gift to your gardening friends. The classic holiday...
Get The Dirt: Container Gardening
By Lynn Barber, Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Agent, and Sonya Rose, Urban Horticulture/4H Program Coordinator, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County
Container gardens are quite popular today and...
Get The Dirt: Reds, Whites And Blues!
This time of year I’m thinking about a patriotic landscape of red, white and blue. Red is a great color for adding an eye-catching...
