In the Garden

A year of life and death struggles, mating, caterpillars, and several new pollinator visitors to the yard of WFSU’s Ecology producer.

Witness how zebra longwing caterpillars go crazy for passionvine, and how, as butterflies, go crazy for each other when it’s time to mate.

Watch the gulf fritillary life cycle- mating, egg laying, every caterpillar stage, making a chrysalis, and finally, an adult.

A bee garden is more than wildflowers – though they are important. To attract wild, native bees, trees and shrubs are also key.

We don’t see many bees during the winter months, but this is when we can help them by making sure our yards provide nesting habitat.

The question isn’t “how can we protect monarch caterpillars,” but “should we?” Recent research suggests a hands-off approach.

Some people are turned off by its thorns or its tendency to spread, but, as we see, pollinators go crazy for devil’s walkingstick.

Turkey Hill Farm and the UF/ IFAS Leon County Extension share how they build healthy soil with compost in Tallahassee, Florida.

We dig holes with the UF/IFAS Leon County Extension, learning about the soils of Tallahassee, from the Red Hills to the sandhills.

Many of the weeds growing in your yard are native plants with wildlife value. We share tips for identifying species and deciding whether to keep them.