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    • Mark Bailey: Plant origins and good gardening

      Mark Bailey: Plant origins and good gardening

      The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Most of the plants we grow for food originated far from Florida. Any time non-native plants are brought to a new location, there are many variables to...

    • Mark Bailey: Gardening from the grocery store

      Mark Bailey: Gardening from the grocery store

      The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 9 months ago

      The grocery store is not just a place to buy food, it is a place to buy seeds and plants to grow more food in the garden. Food is increasingly expensive,...

    • Mark Bailey: Persimmons: The other orange fruit

      Mark Bailey: Persimmons: The other orange fruit

      The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 8 months ago

      Persimmons are one of the best fruit trees that can be planted in North Central Florida. Not only do the trees grow well in this climate, they also...

    • Mark Bailey: Mulberry: The easy fruit tree

      Mark Bailey: Mulberry: The easy fruit tree

      The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 3 months ago

      Some fruit trees are difficult to grow and take many years before they begin to produce fruit. This is not the case with the mulberry tree. Mulberries in...

    • Mark Bailey: Food gardening in the shade

      Mark Bailey: Food gardening in the shade

      The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

      Not everyone has the option to have a garden in full sun, yet a successful garden is still entirely possible in the shade. Certain plants are...

    • Mark Bailey: Garden freeze damage and recovery

      Mark Bailey: Garden freeze damage and recovery

      The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

      We recently experienced several nights in a row of freezing temperatures that left few cold-sensitive plants untouched. Now that the damage has been...

    • Mark Bailey: Seed saving from a garden

      Mark Bailey: Seed saving from a garden

      The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

      For thousands of years, in an unbroken chain, seeds have been saved from each harvest to be sown the next season. Seed saving provides many benefits to...

    • Mark Bailey: Want fresh fruit all year?

      Mark Bailey: Want fresh fruit all year?

      The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 5 months ago

      Fruit-bearing trees and shrubs tend to produce one crop and then they are finished for the year. Why have one crop per year when you can have fruit...

    • Mark Bailey: Food from succulents

      Mark Bailey: Food from succulents

      The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 months ago

      Hot sun and dry, sandy soil are conditions where most plants will wither and die, yet this is where succulents thrive. Succulents may not be the go-to...