Jul 5, 2022 | Container Gardening, DIY, Education, Gardening, Organic, Pest Control, Vegetables, Wildlife
Snails and slugs are very common in Florida due to our warm wet weather. We even have invasive snails, namely the Giant African Land Snail, which are a hazard to Florida’s very important agriculture-based industries. In this blog we’ll look at snails and...
Jun 22, 2022 | Education, Gardening, Landscaping, Organic, Pest Control, Vegetables, Wildlife
As we continue our series on common garden problems, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention caterpillars. These hungry little beasties suddenly appear, and eat their way through your plants like the Tasmanian Devil destroys things in old Looney Tunes shows. ...
Jun 7, 2022 | Composting, DIY, Education, Fall Season, Food, Gardening, Landscaping, Lawn Care, Native Plants, Organic, Pest Control, Planting Prep, Spring Season, Summer Season, Vegetables, Winter Season
Fungus is a surprise we never like getting. It always seems to me that one day my plants are just fine. Then next…ewww…there’s stuff on my once pristine leaves and they’re turning yellow or brown. Fungus spreads by spores that float through...
May 25, 2022 | Education, Food, Gardening, Herbs, Organic, Pest Control, Spring Season, Summer Season, Vegetables, Who We are
When it comes to gardening, Florida holds its own as a top contender for “most garden problems happening all at once.” Our climate, especially in Summer when it’s hot and humid, is the perfect place for pests to go unchecked and to thrive. From the...
Jan 6, 2022 | Chickens, DIY, Education, Gardening, Organic, Pest Control, Who We are, Winter Season
Hello! This is Kenny Coogan of Critter Companions, and I’m Shell’s guest blogger today to talk about Creating a Chicken-Friendly Garden! So excited to be here! I’d like to share my knowledge on questions I typically get asked , and those questions center around...
Oct 13, 2021 | Bees, Container Gardening, DIY, Education, Food, Gardening, Pest Control, Planting Prep, Pollinators, Vegetables
Companion Planting, in the simplest terms is the practice of planting one variety of plant in close proximity to another kind of plant for a specific purpose. Companion Planting has been called other things too, such as intercropping, companionate planting,...
