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July

VOL. 5 • ISSUE 11

Polk’s AGRICULTURE Magazine

Cover Story

Sarah Holt

July 15 - August 15, 2011

Publisher/Owner

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Mosquitos love me. In doing some research to try to figure out what I can do to keep mosquitos at bay, I found these tips on the Center for Disease Control web site.

Mosquito Prevention Tips • Use Insect Repellent on exposed skin when you go outdoors. Use an EPA-registered insect repellent such as those with DEET, picaridin or oil of lemon eucalyptus. Even a short time being outdoors can be long enough to get a mosquito bite.

• Clothing Can Help Reduce Mosquito Bites. When weather permits, wear long-sleeves, long pants and socks when outdoors. Mosquitoes may bite through thin clothing, so spraying clothes with repellent containing permethrin or another EPA-registered repellent will give extra protection. Don’t apply repellents containing permethrin directly to skin. Do not spray repellent on the skin under your clothing.

• Be Aware of Peak Mosquito Hours. The hours from dusk to dawn are peak biting times for many species of mosquitoes. Take extra care to use repellent and protective clothing during evening and early morning -- or consider avoiding outdoor activities during these times.

• Drain Standing Water. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water. Limit the number of places around your home for mosquitoes to breed by getting rid of items that hold water.

These are just a few things we can do to help reduce the incidence of mosquito bites. Of course no matter how hard we try, they will still manage to get to us, and then the itching will begin. The itch from mosquito bites comes from the saliva of the mosquito that it injects into you as it feasts on your blood.

There are numerous things to you can do stop the itch. Just search the web and find the one that works for you.

I hope you are having a great summer! As you travel to the beach or other vacation spots, take time to stop and shop with

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Until next month,

Karen Berry

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10 Grub Station Louis Pappas Café

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12 Business UpFront Art’s Golf Cars 16 Fishing Hot Spots 20 Master Gardener Debra Howell 24 Rocking Chair Chatter 36 USF Polytechnic

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CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION

In the last month or so, have any of you had the good fortune to attend any of the end of the year banquets or awards programs as the school year has drawn to a close? If you didn’t, you missed a chance to have your faith renewed in the future of our country. The recipients of these awards and scholarships are outstanding students in the classroom and volunteers in the community. The level of achievement required to win these scholarships and awards has grown steadily over the years. High level achievement academically is not enough to ensure being awarded these scholarships anymore.

Along with a high level of academic achievement, these young people volunteer through their church groups, at assisted living facilities, homeless shelters, handicap programs, reading and tutoring programs, Ag in the Classroom and Agri-Fest, as well as, many other causes, depending on their interests and abilities.

While the focus is on the winners at these programs, countless others have worked diligently at their chosen endeavor to help our communities. This competition helps all work harder, pushing each other to reach a higher plateau in their service. Our 4-H groups and FFA chapters are all instrumental in fostering this kind of personal growth in these students.

When you see these young people around town, give them a big thank you and encouraging words for what they have attained. Working together is a very important part of what has made this country great. Maybe it is time for the all the factions in our country to look at our youth and learn that by working together we can return our country to what it once was.

Charles Clark

Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes.

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An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

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In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.

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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

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The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

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The youngest pope was 11 years old.

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Mark Twain didn’t graduate from elementary school.

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Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.

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Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner.

Secretary/Treasurer - Justin Bunch (863) 425-1121 jbunch@agriumretail.com

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They have square watermelons in Japan - they stack better.

Al Bellotto (863) 581-5515

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Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

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Heinz Catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year.

Ray Clark, (863) 683-8196 rclark@tampabay.rr.com

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It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

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Armadillos can be housebroken.

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The first Fords had engines made by Dodge.

Mike Fussell (863) 698-8314 fussell.flafarm@verizon.net

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A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.

David McCullers )863) 528-1195

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Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.

Moby Persing (863) 528-4379

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Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

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A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4-foot tall child inside.

Ned Waters (863) 698-1597 watersn@doacs.state.fl.us

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A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove.

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A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

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Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee.

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Charles Clark Polk County Cattlemen’s Association President

PO Box 9005 • Drawer HS03 Bartow, FL 33831-9005

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OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Vice President – Dave Tomkow (863) 665-5088 cattlemanslivestock@earthlink.net

L.B. Flanders, DVM (863) 644-5974 Dewey Fussell (863) 984-3782

The flashing warning light on the cylindrical Capitol Records tower spells out HOLLYWOOD in Morse code.

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J. B. Wynn (863) 581-3255 jbwynn29@gmail.com Alternate - Howard Yates, 2501 Arbuckle Lane, Frostproof, FL 33843-9647 Standing Committee Chairs: Membership- J.B. Wynn Events- Kevin Fussell (863) 412-5876 Rodeo- Fred Waters (863) 559-7808 watersf@doacs.state.fl.us Cattlewomen - President Sherry Kitchen (863) 221-0230 skitchen@bcieng.com Extension – Bridget Carlisle (863) 519-8677 bccarlis@ufl.edu

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Yours truly adores good Greek cuisine. There is a difference between using the word food and using the word cuisine. Food is something you may eat on the run or just to fill up an empty spot in your stomach.

If you have ever tasted the cuisine served in any of the Pappas venues, you do understand that the difference is in the level of excellence.

That sentiment holds true if you also have delicious memories (as I do) of the fabulous authentic Greek fare with a Tarpon Springs water view over looking the marina. Although that restaurant no longer exists, the Pappas family is still expanding their name as the first family of Greek cuisine with the new “next generation” of restaurants, Pappas Market Café.

There are currently three café’s in addition to the Lakeside Village location in Lakeland. All are located in prominent shopping areas and geared to the busy housewife or career person who doesn’t have time for the luxury of two hours spent over lunch or dinner.

Whether picking up a meal on the way home from the office, having lunch with the girls, or studying for an exam while plugged in to the WiFi, you are still getting all the healthy benefits of outstanding Greek fare in a light and airy pleasant atmosphere.

Honestly, this is important enough for a repeat; the glitzy on-the-water restaurant may not be there any longer but their quality menu lives on! The same ingredients. The same award-winning recipes with a difference…more money in your pocket.

So go for it. Go for the famous Greek salad built on potato salad (who knew?) and add chicken or just decide to take a picture of it as a work of art. Well, it does look fab but it tastes even better. It’s all so fresh and clean, your mouth will feel like you just brushed your teeth. The company buys locally twice a week. Their reputation depends on the quality of their cuisine.

When served Mousaka (roasted eggplant, layered with spiced ground beef and topped with yogurt béchamel and fresh marinara), it looked like any other version. However the taste is incomparable. What makes the difference? It’s the freshness of the vegetables and herbs, the eggplant and freshest home-made marinara. Not the normal version of canned, thick spaghetti sauce that lies on top of the layered dish. The ripe Italian plum tomatoes are freshly chopped and added to skinless cloves of fresh garlic that have been cooked to a golden brown in extra virgin olive oil, fresh tomato juice and sautéed with julienned fresh basil and oregano leaves.

When you use fresh ingredients, your meal doesn’t taste heavy and you won’t feel as though you gained 10 pounds in a single sitting.

Another light treat served as appetizers was Spanakopita. Made with Phyllo triangles filled with chopped fresh spinach, feta cheese and scallions, served with tzatiki (a cool, creamy and tangy cucumber dip flavored with garlic) that melts in your mouth.

You can’t have a truly Greek meal without Dolmades (a mix of ground beef, rice, tomato and Greek spices, hand-rolled in grapevine leaves) or Baklava, the perfect ending.

Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with honey. The other times I have enjoyed this dish it was the Turkish version and one of the featured desserts at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul. The Greek version is far superior. The flavor may be similar but not as cloyingly sweet. I think the Turks may use a stronger honey that disguises

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On the other side of the restaurant we met Jessica Larson of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Lakeland. She was holding an information get-together for animal lovers at Pappas Market Café and assisting her drive to save, through adoption, the 7,000 animals who are yearly surrendered to the SPCA by donating 10 percent of all food sales to this worthy cause.

It’s hard to imagine not going back to the Pappas Market Café time and time again.

“Our business is 80 percent repeat customers,” says General Manager Jennifer Mulford. “We’re a great team. I’ve been here since the restaurant opened. We have 12 employees, some have been here for five years. This is a good place to work and eat. I know a lot of people in the food service business and I’m the only one who can honestly say that I eat in the place I work every single day…for six years! I never get tired of the cuisine that is prepared here. It’s the best, so why would I want to eat anywhere else?”

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“The New Generation Greek” Greek and Italian Cuisine Serving lunch and dinners to dine in or take-out Managing Members: Louis L. Pappas and Nancy P. Pappas General Manager: Jennifer Mulford Location: Lakeside Village, 1318 Town Center Dr., Lakeland Phone: (863) 284-1010 Free WIFI available Seating: 75 inside with outside seating for approximately 20 Private parties, Catering and special events Hours: Open seven days a week from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM Beer & Wine: Includes varieties of Greek beer with Sangria as a homemade Greek specialty drink by the glass or pitcher Happy Hour: From 4:00 PM to closing Prices: Moderate from appetizers starting at $2.70 to a variety platter at $9.99. Signature sandwiches and flatbreads are $6.29 to $7.99. Pita platters and entrees from $7.99 to $10.99. Pappas famous Greek salad – small size at $6.99 and a large salad is $8.99.

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by Mark Cook When most people think of golf carts an image of retirees driving around in their communities comes to mind. While that is still a big part of the golf cart business, the stereotype is about to be broken. Shattered in fact. Art’s Golf Cars in Dundee, the official EZ Go golf cart dealer for Polk County, is rolling out the new lines of Bad Boy Buggies and owner Art can’t wait to show off the next generation of golf carts.

“The Bad Boy line is very exciting for us,’’ Art said. “ The line has been out for eight years but was acquired by EZ Go back in October. We got our orders in and the first ones are just rolling into the dealership now.”

The Bad Boy Buggy series has models for many types of occupations. “From hunting to fishing to large diesel farm models there is one for most any type of pleasure or business use,” Art said. “The Bad Boy Buggies come in two or four wheel drive, electric, gas and diesel.”

“With EZ Go now producing the carts on their assembly lines, the consistency of the product will be improved upon,” Art said. “ EZ Go has an excellent quality control department so I know the carts that roll off the line will be of the best quality.”

The Bad Boy Buggy line of carts, which include gas and electric, are among, if not the most powerful electric cart on the market.

“Power wise I’m not sure anything can touch it. You just can’t get these things stuck. Which make them the perfect utility vehicle for those that hunt, or fish but also for those in the agricultural industry. Farms, ranchers, and growers that need to cover large areas, the Bad Boy Buggy line is perfect. Some models will get you up to 25 miles in a single charge making them very efficient.”

Another advantage to the electric line is the environment.

“The going green movement has taken off and is here to stay,” Art said. “EZ Go has been environmentally friendly even before it became popular to do so and now with the new line of efficient utility cats like the Bad Boy Buggies they are on the forefront of

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that technology and the green trend. Plus another advantage to the electric cart is the maintenance. Obviously you take a lot of the service requirements out of the picture when you don’t have a mechanical engine using fuel.”

The Dundee showroom has hundreds of models, new and used, on hand year round. Besides sales of the new and used carts, Art’s service department is one of the areas best. With ten full time employees Art’s can service your cart quickly and efficiently.

Customizations are also a big part of their business. “We have been customizing since we opened the doors back in 1990,” Art said. “We have several different options we can offer our customers, from lift kits to custom paint jobs, seat kits and even custom wheels. If a customer has an idea we will work with them to make sure they are satisfied with their customization.”

Art’s passion for golf carts began when working for his father’s dealership back in the mid 80s. After branching out on his own Art bought out his father’s business in 1998 and with it the EZ GO authorized designation. Art has watched it grow from single person business to his 10 employees and a family business.

“My daughter April is the store manager and my wife Terri is our office manager. I started with my father and now I have my family working with me. I like the family atmosphere and we all work well together.”

Art’s customer satisfaction has helped earn him some large notable customers. “We handle all the carts for Progress Energy, which is something we are proud of,” Art said. “To have a client of that magnitude is something we take a lot of pride in. We try and work hard to take care of the large customers but we also take as much pride in a single customer just the same. We treat everyone with the respect that we would expect and want ourselves.”

For more information visit www.artsgolfcars.com or call 863-439-5431

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Recipes Courtesy of The Florida Department of Agriculture

Cucumber Melon Sorbet Ingredients 1/2 cup water 3/4 cup sugar 3-1/2 cups cantaloupe, seeded 1-1/2 cups cucumber, seeded 3 tablespoons fresh-squeezed orange juice Preparation Combine water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Cook on medium heat, stirring frequently until sugar dissolves. Cook for an additional 3 minutes. Remove and pour into a bowl and refrigerate until cold, creating syrup. In a blender, puree remaining ingredients and chill until ready to use. Combine puree and syrup in a metal bowl or baking pan and place in the freezer for 45 minutes or until frozen.

Yield 6 servings

Firecracker Salad Ingredients 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 small jalapeño, seeded and coarsely chopped 1 1/2 teaspoons honey 1/4 teaspoon cumin 1/4 cup vegetable oil kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 4 cups fresh corn kernels (from 4 ears) 6 medium radishes, halved and thinly sliced crosswise 1/3 cup flat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced Preparation To make the dressing, purée the lime juice, jalapeño, honey and cumin in a blender. With the machine on, add the oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste; set aside. In a large bowl, toss the corn with the radishes, parsley, red onion and dressing. Season the salad with salt and pepper, transfer to plates and serve. Tip: For a roasted taste, lightly season and oil the whole corn cobs and then roast in a 375-degree F oven until lightly browned. When cool, slice the corn off the cob and add to the salad.

Yield 4 servings

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FRESHWATER FISHING IN POLK COUNTY

By Captain Dick Loupe into the school. If this does not trigger a strike, you could start fan casting around for the fish. Even though they are not on the surface, this has been known to still trigger a strike. The best way you can find where these fish will come up is by watching the bait fish. If you see the bait start skipping across the top of the water, get ready, because something is chasing them. If you find yourself in this situation, you can catch a lot of fish in a hurry.

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Hot Time in the Summertime

Hot Lures

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Senko worm with an O-ring

Figure 2

Carolina-rigged Texas rig with a Senko worm

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Well here it is again, that time of the month to see what kind of trouble we can get into. Let’s talk about summer fish and how they react. In the summertime, when the water temperature gets in the 80s, fish seem to get more lethargic and become rather finicky. So, what can you do to remedy this kind of behavior? You can use a Senko worm, which is pictured in Figure 1.

You can rig this worm three different ways. The way Figure 2 shows you here is a Texas rig. When using a Texas rig, run your line through a bullet weight, size of your choice (if using a weight), and then tie onto your worm hook. I prefer a Palomar knot because of its strength and it won’t come untied. Then run the hook down into the top of the worm the same length as the top of the hook prior to the 90 degree curve. Bring the hook out the side of the worm and pull the worm up to that top section of the hook. Turn the hook back toward the worm and bury it back into the worm, making it weedless. If it is a tough worm, you might want to run the hook all the way through and then back it back inside. That way you get easier penetration at the hookset, but you might also be more likely to hang up on vegetation.

Or, you can rig it by putting an “O” ring (a size 6) around the Senko worm and roll it on to the middle of the bait as shown in Figure 3. This lets the bait oscillate and flex as you work it, giving the bait more action. You can also use just a regular 6”-10” worm, working it around the edge of the grass or out in open water around brush piles and grass beds.

Here is another way. A lot of people don’t know about this.

You can use a Carolina rig, as Figure 4 illustrates. You will see I have a jerk bait, such as a Thunder Stick, a Long-A Bomber, or a Rapala. This type of rigging will keep the bait just up off the bottom. As you are working the Carolina rig with the weight, this pulls the bait down toward the bottom. As you hesitate, the bait floats backs up a little ways. It mimics an injured minnow. Believe me, you will get bit.

You can also use a Senko worm with or without a weight by rigging two different styles. Use a Texas rig or put your “O” ring on the Senko using a weedless hook. Either way lets you get back and throw it into the grass, pads, gator grass, or pencil reeds without hanging up. These are my favorite ways of fishing a Senko.

Now let’s talk about some other lures you can use in the summertime. That would be lipless crank baits, frogs, and spinner baits. Sometimes around this time of the year you will see fish schooling. When this occurs, throw your lipless crank bait

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Let me tell you about this one trip I had on May 28. The water temperature was 85°. I had four people (two couples) from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We were using live bait on Lake Kissimmee after coming out of River Ranch on the Kissimmee River. Suzanne March had called me about this trip a few weeks before. She and her husband, Mike, and Patrick and his girlfriend all went together on my pontoon boat to go bass fishing. We also went catching … we caught around 15 or 20 bass, which is already a nice morning. Patrick is playing with his cell phone when he gets a strike, and this picture is what that strike produced - a12 lb. 1 oz trophy largemouth.

Carolina-rigged Senko worm with O-ring and weedless hook

Figure 4

Carolina-rigged jerk bait

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Patrick Teague and his 12lb 1oz trophy bass

Capt. Dick Loupe, Susan and her 13lb trophy bass

That was the second largest fish that I had guided for this year. So, while we were taking pictures, I said we’ve got about four shiners left. Let’s put all new shiners on and make another trip around the same area. Well, guess what happened. So Susan and her girlfriend got in the two back seats and we went around again through the same area. This picture will tells the rest of the story. This fish weighed 13 pounds on the nose. Even I have never had this happen on a guided trip. These are two fish of a lifetime and are now the two biggest largemouth bass caught this season, which I generally consider begins in November and ends in May. They were both photographed and then released in the same area. Bet you would like to know exactly where in Lake Kissimmee I have been fishing all season long. A successful guide never shares all of his secrets, especially the best ones! After all … it is my livelihood.

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There are a number of ways for keeping yourself from overheating while summertime fishing. First, make sure you have plenty of water on hand. It is extremely easy to get dehydrated before you even realize it. Second, wear lightweight clothing that is light colored, breathable and dries easily. Either wear long sleeves and pants for protection from the sun’s damaging rays or wear a strong sunscreen. My dermatologist recommends Neutrogena’s 85 SPF. Third, either carry some towels on board to soak with water and place around your neck or on your head for a quick cool down; use one of the various neck wraps available at local tackle or sporting goods stores; or there are neck scarfs/ties that have beads sewn in that, when soaked in water, absorb and hold it all day.

So, keep your cool and have a hot time on the water this summer.

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FLORIDA STRAWBERRY GROWERS ASSOCIATION

Tot ally Debra Howell: Bulbous The Master Gardener In

the early 1900s, the Alabama yard of the Ellison family was graced with such bulbs as Hyacinths, Tulips, Gladiolus and Narcissus. This was below Sand Mountain, near the Tennessee border. Ironically enough, this family relocated to Ft. Meade, Florida on a whim only to reside mere blocks from another Sand Mountain which was a calling card for Ft. Meade in later years.

The bulb group includes such faves as Caladiums, Irises, Crinums, Daffodils, Calla lilies, Canna lilies, Tulips, Dahlias, African Blood lilies and Tuberous begonias, etc. I actually had no idea of the many types of bulbs and their broad range of hardiness zones until I researched this article.

I will attempt to introduce you to some of these bulbous beauties -- the ease of their cultivation practices will make you a happy gardener.

African Blood lily: This bulb is hardy for zones 8-11. It is also known as Haemanthus or Scadoxus multiflorus. Now, I’ll bet those are words you won’t try to work into many conversations! I recall these lilies from years past, but have none of my own.

This summer bloomer has very unique red flowers. As the name implies, it hails from Africa.

Agapanthus: I have plenty of these in my front yard, and it is now time to thin them a bit. They

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bloom in late Spring or early Summer, and do well in rich, welldrained soil, amended with some organic material. These lovelies are usually blue, but have a white-blooming cultivar, as well.

They are also referred to as Nile lilies, and make a nice ground cover when not in bloom. Snails and slugs are the primary pests to assault Agapanthus, and are prevalent in my yard.

Potted Agapanthus perform best if they are rootbound.

(Don’t try this technique with most other plants). They may grow in the same pot for four to five years before needing division. You may container plant with white petunias or dwarf periwinkles.

Year-round interest may be added when not in bloom by adding perennials with your Nile lilies.

Amaryllis: These semi-evergreen bulbs are a popular Christmas gift, and are usually gift-boxed and on sale during that season. They are also available year round in Lawn and Garden centers.They bear large red and white flowers in clusters of two to five, and have attractive strappy foliage in the off-season.

Caladiums: These bulbs come in a wide range of leaf colors and patterns and do well in partial to full shade. I also have some in almost full sun, but they thrive in shade. The leaves of this plant appear radiant and incandescently lit from inside. I gave up on counting my various colors, but noticed that there appear to be some leaf patterns I did not plant. I wonder if my initial Ca-

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Gold Associate members get a free booth with membership. So hurry and register. This is one event of the year where we have almost 90 percent of the industry in one room.

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produce to my expectations. However, this year is different. Due, I suppose, to our last two fairly cool winters, they seem to have responded to an innate memory of crisper climates, and have performed quite well.

A wide range of petals, colors and plant heights are available. Colors include reds, pinks, purples and yellows, and arrive in late Spring. Each flower lasts only one day. Daylilies like acid, well drained, fertile soil.

According to a reliable source, they are attractive to those hyper little fellows, the hummingbirds.

Pregnant Onion: That’s right -- I said “Pregnant Onion”! I had never laid eyes on such a thing until last year’s Backyard Gardener’s Festival (a Master Gardener production). The bulbs of this remarkable plant are above ground, and produce little pearl-like daughter plants from the base. I’ve also noticed that a few of these little pearls have escaped their mother and begun to grow a new plant on their own. The narrow, flowing leaves are long and kelly green. They provide an excellent example of the lily’s need to continue to draw nutrition from their fronds (like a palm) until the fronds are completely brown. I know it’s difficult to leave them on the plant once they begin to look brown, but it is very beautiful to the plant to use that nutrition. Pregnant Onion is also known as False Sea Onion, and is native to Africa.

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines! Now that you have all this totally bulbous information, you may begin to plant these no-brainers into your landscape, forget about them, and then be enamored as they gift you with their lovely flowers in their season.

ladiums cross-pollinated to produce new patterns?

I have read that if you desire for the leaves to be bigger, you must clip off the bloom, thereby putting more energy into the growth of the leaf.

However, I also read that the larger the bulb, the larger the leaf. If you have potted Caladiums and plan to plant them in your landscape, plant at the same depth as when they were in the pot.

You many opt to attend a Caladium Festival held in Lake Placid annually in August.

Crinum lilies: Crinums are huge bulbs, resembling some sciencefiction, nuclear-inspired humongous onion. There are topped with whorls of large leaves and lily-like flower spikes. They come in white, rose or wine-colored flowers, as well as a striped cultivar called “Milk and Wine” lily. Another cultivar exists, which sports lovely purple leaves.

The City of Lakeland utilizes this wonderful cultivar in their landscape themes. The blooms of these lilies are very fragrant in the evening, and I always stop to enjoy the aroma.

I’ve already mentioned that these plants are a favorite of the Eastern Lubber grasshopper, upon which I perform a sprightly Fandango dance whenever it is called for.

Their massive bulbs enable them to rebound from cold weather and they require little care once established.

Daylily: Most of my daylilies came from my family in Tallahassee and have apparently resented the move to warmer climes. For the last few years, they have stubbornly refused to

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Come Grow With Us 100 Stearn Ave. Plant City, FL 33563 Tel: 813.752.5111 www.wishfarms.com The other day I ran into a high school class mate of mine, Dick Saliba. While enjoying a cup of soup at Panera Bread we started reminiscing about the “good old days” right after high school.

He started comparing those days with today in the job market.

Like most of my classmates I got a job and made a few dollars. He went on to say, “thank goodness I still have a job. I work and they pay me each week. I have always paid my taxes and the government distributes what I pay as they see fit,” Dick said.

He continued, “The last time I applied for a job I had to pass a urine test. Now in my 70s I have come realize that I have a problem with the distribution of my taxes to people who don’t have to pass a urine test. I think a person qualifying for a welfare check should have to pass a urine test before they get the first dollar. I have a real problem helping someone sitting on their rear end doing drugs while I work.”

I have to agree with Dick. Can you imagine how much money we could save if people had to pass a urine test to get a welfare check?

Maybe the President will have a program called “Urine or You’re Out”!

(Since the writing of this story the Florida Legislature passed a law requiring anyone applying for welfare to pass a urine test. I guess they had heard about Dick Saliba’s feelings on the matter.)

Come to think of it, maybe our politicians should have to pass the test, too. It’s for sure most of them couldn’t pass an IQ test. One last thing, if

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I have always heard that women are more sensitive than men.

Most likely that’s true, but men are sensitive, too. Let me give you an example.

This lady wakes up during the night and notices her husband is not in bed. She slips into her bathrobe and walks into their kitchen where she finds him at the kitchen table sipping on a cup of coffee.

She stands there unnoticed and watches as he wipes tears from his eyes.

She eases up to him and said, “What is the matter, dear?” What are you doing down here at 3am?

He looks up and says, “it the 20th anniversary of the day we met.” She was astounded he remembered and she started to cry.

He looked up at her lovingly and continued, “Do you remember 20 years ago when we started dating? I was 19 and you were 17.”

“Yes I do,” she replied.

Her husband’s bottom lip began to quiver as he continued, “Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car?”

“Yes, I remember,” she said as she sat down in the chair next to him.

The husband continued. “Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun in my face and said, either you marry my daughter or I will send you to prison for 20 years?”

“I remember that, too,” she said softly.

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He wiped another tear from his eye and said, “I would have gotten out today.”

Thinking about 20 years ago reminded me of an e-mail I got from my cousin Dale Woodruff in Jacksonville. Grandma’s 9-year old grandson was talking to her about some of the more current news event on TV. He asked her what she thought about the shootings at schools, computer hacking, and other news relative to the day.

Grandma thought a minute and said, “Now let me think for a minute. You know son I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, Frisbees, contact lenses and the pill.

There were no credit cards, laser beams or ball-point pens. No one had invented the pantyhose, air conditioners, dishwashers, clothes dryers and our clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air. Man had not walked on the moon. Your grandpa and I got married first, and then we lived together.

When I was your age, and up to at least 25, I called policemen and every man with a title of, “Sir.” I was born before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, group therapy and daycare centers.

We lived by the Ten Commandments, good judgment and common sense. I was taught to know the difference between right and wrong, and to stand up and take responsibility for my actions.

Serving in the military was a privilege, living in the U. S. was a bigger privilege. I thought fast food was what people ate during Lent. Having a good and meaningful relation meant getting along with your relatives. Draft dodgers were those who closed the front door as the evening breeze started up. We knew time-sharing as when the family spent time together in the evenings and weekends,

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I never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CD players, electric typewriters, yogurt, or men wearing earrings. We used to listen to, Jack Benny, The Lone Ranger and the news on the radio. Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Hardees and instant coffee were unheard of. If you had a nickel or a dime you could actually buy something with them at the 5 & 10cent store.

Coke was a cold drink, grass was mowed, pot was something your mother cooked in and rock music was your grandmother’s lullaby! “Aids” were helpers in the Principal’s office. Software wasn’t even a word, and it appears I lived in the last generation that actually believed that a lady needed a husband to have a baby.

I remember when we would roll up the old newspaper as tight as can be and used it as “logs” in our fireplace. When we butchered a pig, we saved all the fat and made homemade lye soap that we used to bathe with, or wash clothes and do the dishes. We would save Gold Bond and S&H Green Stamps to purchase Christmas gifts for the family.

Grandma closed by saying, “You see Grandson, some people think I am old fashion, but I am only 59 years old. Boy, how far we have come along in such a short time.

As we age we notice everybody whispers, and we have three sizes of clothes in our closet. Two which we will never wear. The five pounds we wanted to lose is now 20, and we have a better chance of losing our keys than the 20 pounds. And lastly, your joints are more accurate than Channel 8’s weather service.

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USDA Notice to Women and Hispanic Farmers and Ranchers:

Compensation for Claims of Discrimination If you are a female farmer or rancher or a Hispanic farmer or rancher and you believe that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) improperly denied farm loan benefits to you for certain time periods between 1981 and 2000 because you are a female, or because you are Hispanic, you may be eligible to apply for compensation, the USDA State Food & Agriculture Council (SFAC) in Florida announced in joint news release.

You might be eligible if: • you sought a farm loan or farm-loan servicing from USDA during that period; and • the loan was denied, provided late, approved for a lesser amount than requested, approved with restrictive conditions, or USDA failed to provide an appropriate loan service; and • you believe these actions occurred because you are female or Hispanic.

“We want all producers who may be eligible to be aware of this claims process for female and Hispanic farmers and ranchers, as well as the recent settlements with Native American and African American farmers and ranchers, so they can come forward and participate in these processes,” said Richard A. Macheck, State Director of Rural Development (RD) in Florida, who serves as this year’s chair of the SFAC. The SFAC is comprised of State-level agency heads of the three USDA partner agencies - RD State Director Richard A. Macheck, Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Timothy A. Manning and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist Carlos Suarez - with membership from other USDA agencies in Florida.

If you want to register your name to receive a claims package in the female and Hispanic farmers claims process, you can call the Farmer and Rancher Call Center at 1-888-508-4429 or access the Website: www.farmerclaims.gov.

In 2011, a Class Administrator will begin mailing claims packages to those who have requested one through the Call Center or Website. The claims package will have detailed information about the eligibility and claims process. In order to participate, you must submit a claim to the Claims Administrator by the end of the claims period.

The claims process offers a streamlined alternative to litigation and provides at least $1.33 billion in compensation, plus up to $160 million in farm debt relief, to eligible Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers.

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The claims process provides up to $50,000 for each woman or Hispanic farmer who can show that USDA denied them a loan or loan servicing for discriminatory reasons for certain time periods between 1981 and 2000. Hispanic or female farmers who provide additional proof and meet other requirements can receive $50,000. Successful claimants may also be eligible for funds to pay the taxes on their awards and for forgiveness of certain existing USDA loans. There are no filing fees or other costs to claimants to participate in the program. Participation is voluntary, and individuals who opt not to participate are not precluded by the program from filing a complaint in court.

If you are currently represented by counsel regarding allegations of discrimination against USDA or in a lawsuit claiming discrimination by USDA, you should contact your counsel regarding your claims process. USDA cannot provide legal advice to you. You are not required to hire an attorney to file a claim, but you may contact a lawyer or other legal services provider in your community for additional guidance.

Audio and video public service announcements in English and Spanish from Secretary Vilsack and downloadable print and web banner ads on the Hispanic and women farmer claims process are available at: www.usda.gov/PSAs_Print_and_WebBanner_Ads.xml. For more information, contact the Farmer and Rancher Call Center at 1-888-508-4429 or access the following Website: www.farmerclaims.gov.

This announcement follows the Obama Administration’s settlement of litigation brought by Native American farmers and ranchers and African American farmers. Any Native American farmer or rancher who was denied a Farm Loan or Loan Servicing by the USDA between Jan. 1, 1981 and Nov. 24, 1999, may be eligible for benefits from a Class Action Settlement. To request a Claims Package or for more information, call 1-888-233-5506 or visit www.IndianFarmClass.com. African-American farmers who submitted a request to file a late claim on or between October 13, 1999 and June 18, 2008 under the 1999 settlement in the earlier class action known as Pigford v. Glickman (“Pigford”) and who did not receive a merits determination of their discrimination claim should call 1-866-9505547 or 1-866-472-7826 or visit www.blackfarmercase.com.

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Food Safety At East Coast Brokers And Packers

by Al Berry

In 2008

Florida was the first state in the U.S. to adopt a comprehensive food safety program with mandatory government inspection and audit for tomato handling, production and packing.

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Food safety has always been a priority at East Coast Brokers and Packers, located on Highway 60 east of Mulberry. When they first started in business Batista and Evelyn Madonia, Sr., owners, recognized the importance of marketing quality tomatoes and other produce. They have always been committed to taking whatever proactive steps necessary to ensure and enhance the safety of the produce they sell.

For the past fiev and a half years food safety has been under the direction of Dustin Tillett.

Dustin is no stranger to agriculture. He comes from four generations of farmers in the Ruskin area.

He grew up working in the family business “Tillett Farm and Groves.”

After graduating from East Bay High School he attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland where he graduated with a degree in Marketing. Immediately thereafter he entered the business world with Heavenly Produce, a re-packer in Tampa.

In his position as Food Safety Director with East Coast, he works directly with the packinghouse and farm managers to make sure all their commodities that are packed and shipped meet or exceed government standards. It is his responsibility to educate and train employees on food safety practices.

“In the summer of 2008 I remember, there was a Salmonella scare that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials originally thought was attributed to contaminated tomatoes,” Tillett said.

“The FDA at that time warned everybody not to eat most types of tomatoes, and this statement cost East Coast dearly. Growers here in Florida and California took a bath with this scare, but they later reported the Salmonella came from a Mexican grower of peppers. The sad part was the FDA knew within two days of the outbreak where the outbreak came from but would not disclose it. Tomato growers in the U.S. ended up as the victim of this FDA boondoggle investigation. In spite of the FDA’s mistake they did nothing to help the tomato growers re-coop their losses in any way!”

In addition to growing tomatoes East Coast harvests “pole grown” cucumbers in the fall and spring. There are advantages of growing cucumbers on poles rather than on the ground. One, the plant produces more “cukes” on the poles than on the ground. They grow straighter, are cleaner when harvested and the air circulation provided by the up right pole helps the plant to ward off various diseases, plus they are much easier to pick.

When harvesting, Dustin will randomly select, within 48 hours, a batch of tomatoes or cucumbers and ship them off to a third party lab for testing. Dustin said, “East Coast takes pride in covering all the bases related to food safety. Furthermore, our employees participate in a special food safety-training program. We also under go a third-party audit with routine inspections to insure proper handling as well as field sanitation.”

To sum it up, the Florida tomato rule regulates registration, inspection and education requirements in the tomato industry for the producer, packer, re-packer and all workers. The adoption of the Tomato Good Agricultural Practices, known as “T-GAP”, and Tomato Best Management Practices (T-BMP) are guidelines for performing tomato food safety inspections on the farm (as mentioned earlier), in tomato greenhouses and in the tomato packing houses as well. This is a cooperative effort between the Florida Tomato Industry and the Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services to implement these needed procedures for safe production and handling of tomatoes.

Dustin said he would soon make the transition from their Florida operation in Mulberry the last of July to their Virginia farm near Mappsville to direct their food safety program during the harvesting of tomatoes.

This time of year the Virginia operation has an enormous advantage over California from a freight standpoint going to the eastern markets. When the crop is picked that morning and delivered, you can’t get anything fresher.

“As Food Safety Director for East Coast Brokers and Packers I know I have the best job in the world, working for the finest people in the tomato industry, Batista and Evelyn Madonia, Sr., and the members of their family, Stephen, Batista, Jr., Rosemary and Laurie,” Dustin said. “For me it’s a pleasure to come to work each day.”

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The $338,100 study, which began this past December and has been funded by Canadian packaging manufacturer IPL, Inc., is “focusing initially on locally grown strawberries,” said Emond, the project’s principle investigator. Among the project goals for strawberries is to substantially reduce the time required for cooling before shipping, “a step that preserves optimum freshness and flavor and allows for an extended shelf life,” said Emond. “Getting berries just harvested from the field cooled fast enough and evenly is one of the most important steps in maintaining quality,” he noted.

Currently, strawberry growers pack the berries in clear plastic containers, commonly called “clamshell” containers. These containers are placed within corrugated cardboard crates that are stacked, cooled and then shipped. Since there are different types of clamshell containers, the air vents on the cardboard pallets do not match up with the clamshell vents, thus requiring longer cooling time. “Good air circulation is vital to quick cooling,” said Emond. “Even if one berry in the middle of a pack remains warmer than the rest, it will lose quality and begin to rot, posing a risk to the entire package.”

Faster pre-cooling produce lowers the rate of respiration, inhibits microorganism growth, restricts enzymatic and respiratory activity and reduces water loss, any of which would damage the produce and result in lesser quality.

There are other limitations to cardboard crates. “They are limited with the amount of openings to allow cold air to get inside without affecting the strength of the crates, the cardboard will begin to weaken if exposed to any moisture, resulting in damaged fruit and multiple creates, and they are typically not reusable,” Emond said.

The USF Poly team is designing a new container that is specific to the needs of the strawberry industry. The Reusable Plastic Containers or RPCs offer optimum air circulation, permit more product to cool and get to market quicker. They are looking at optimizing pre-cooling from an overall systems approach, where the RPC is just one of several components that will be used to improve the pre-cooling process. “RPC’s are also stronger than cardboard and allow better stacking, plus they are reusable,” he said “Our early studies are showing an almost 40 percent reduction in cooling time,” said Emond, whose team has been working with strawberry farmers in the Plant City area. “They also provide enhanced structural support and because they stack perfectly there is no damage to fragile fruits no matter where they are located within the stack. They can also be reused a minimum of 50 times. Using RPCs for produce is a ‘greener’ approach to providing the very best fruits and vegetables to consumers,” Emond said. USF Poly and IPL are analyzing the benefits of the

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pre-cooling system that can be witnessed by freshness and taste, but also from an economic standpoint.

Florida Strawberry Growers Association Executive Director Ted Campbell welcomes the study and its findings since potential improvements would benefit the entire process from the field to the consumer. Among the challenges seen for the new design, include labeling, significant upfront costs for creating new RPC sizes, but most importantly “acceptance of a common standard must come first. And that will require cooperation of everyone from the shippers to clamshell manufacturers to the retail distributors,” said Campbell.

“Even cardboard is stocked in multiple sizes for different consumer packages and different berries, so commonality does not currently exist. Shippers like their graphics on boxes which can be used for retail display. Manufacturers will have a great challenge to get a large variety of consumer sizes to all fit snugly into a standardized RPC and more retailer distributors would have to adopt the RPC containers.”

“Space optimization with the boxes is critical, everything must fit snugly to prevent in-transit moving and bruising, and proper utilization of truck space with appropriate air flow is also economically important. You also have to consider picking up the RPC’s at the retail locations and returning them through distribution to the grower and field.”

“The overall standardization effort would be helped if other commodities shipped in open flats (berries, cherry/grape tomatoes, etc.) could agree,” said Campbell.

“The switch would make more sense and the benefits could be further enhanced if spread across several lines of commodities.”

Companies like IFCO Systems have demonstrated the RPCs offer superior quality produce, deliver supply chain savings and have a lower environmental impact. “Grower-shippers and retailers of fresh produce are expanding their use of RPCs as they realize their benefits,” said Tim Debus, Vice President of Industry and Product Development at IFCO, adding “IFCO already provides RPC solutions to improve the transport packaging for our customers, including their high-quality strawberries.”

Working with IPL, Emond’s team has created small scale prototype RPCs for use with strawberries. “We are very pleased with the results thus far since we are showing substantial progress in each of our focus areas,” said Emond. “We look forward to adding this new strawberry RPC to our current produce Reusable Plastic Containers at IPL,” said Gaston Lacasse, VicePresident Sales and Marketing for IPL. “Teaming up with USF Polytechnic provides us with a great opportunity to constantly improve the performance of our current and future RPC designs and offer greater benefits to growers, retailers and consumers.”

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The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) in Pompano Beach, Broward County.

After three life cycles of the fruit fly have completed with no additional Medflies found, the Department lifted regulations and removed the prohibition on the movement of fruit. The Department will continue to monitor for the presence of Medflies by trapping under the statewide fruit fly detection and monitoring program.

Since February 2011, residents and businesses in the previously regulated area were prohibited from moving or selling their fruits and vegetables outside the regulated area of Broward County. These efforts, part of an eradication program, were necessary to prevent the rapid spread of Medflies, which can have an adverse impact on many crops within Florida and beyond.

The Medfly is considered the most serious of the world’s fruit fly pests due to its potential economic harm and threat to our food supply. It attacks more than 250 different fruits, vegetables and nuts, including oranges, grapefruit, lemons, apples, guava, mango, tomatoes and peppers. Population growth may be explosive, as females are capable of producing hundreds of eggs that grow into maggots within the fruit rendering it unsuitable for human consumption. A Medfly life cycle can be as short as 21 days under Florida conditions.

A cooperative state and federal program monitors more than 56,000 fruit fly traps across the state as part of an early fruit fly detection network to prevent fruit fly introductions. In addi-

tion to the monitoring program, the Sterile Insect Technique and Mediterranean Fruit Fly Preventive Release Program (PRP) began in 1999. Millions of sterile Medflies are released throughout high-risk areas of the state. A recent expansion of the PRP now includes the Pompano Beach area.

The harmful pests were first discovered during routine fruit fly trap monitoring in January. A trap containing Medflies, Ceratitis capitata, was collected in Pompano Beach by an inspector with the Department’s Division of Plant Industry. In cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department established a regulatory boundary around the area of the positive finds to prevent the spread of the Medfly and released sterile Medflies to mate with the wild flies and prevent reproduction.

To prevent further introductions of exotic fruit flies, state and federal agriculture officials are working to raise awareness for the risks associated with bringing agricultural products into the state illegally (whether knowingly or not) that may harbor harmful pests and diseases. Officials are urging people to be cognizant of the potential consequences and “Don’t Pack a Pest” when they travel.

In addition, individuals must obtain a permit when mailing agricultural items and purchase plants from registered nurseries.

More information can be found at the Department’s website, www.freshfromflorida.com/pi, or by calling the Department’s toll-free help number, (888) 397-1517.

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by Ginny Mink Dinosaurs grab at the imagination, they were amazing and humongous creatures. We are taught about them in school and, as kids, many of us are fascinated by the T-Rex or Velociraptor. However, there were other things in existence during that time period and very few of us are well versed therein. For instance, this article might very well be the first time some readers learn about cycads.

Cindy and Tom Broome are the owners of Cycad Jungle in Lakeland. They both attended Florida Southern College where Cindy got a degree in physical education and Tom got a degree in finance. Cindy taught PE for over 20 years and admits it’s “the best job I ever quit.” Now she assists Tom at their nursery, which they opened in 1986 under the name B & B Landscape. “We originally started as a woody ornamental nursery, but didn’t sell much,” she explains. Eventually they turned to the 260 species of cycads left in the world.

They have 30,000 plants on 3 ½ acres.

Cindy says she just takes care of the plants but Tom is the one with the real green thumb.

He counters and says, “I married her because she enjoyed plants, if she hated plants I never would have married her in the first place.” Together they strive to educate the populace about cycads.

So, what is a cycad? “Cycads are an ancient group of plants that date back 250 million years. During the age of the dinosaurs, the cycads were the most prevalent plants on Earth. Cycads are the oldest living, seed-bearing plants left on earth.” Of course, the cycad people are most familiar with is the King Sago Palm, but it’s really not a palm at all. “Cycads are cone bearing plants that are more closely related to pine trees than palms. Palms did not even show up on Earth for another 150 million years.”

Now that we have a better understanding of cycads, what’s so special about them? “One of the reasons cycads have survived all this time is that they can grow in very harsh conditions.

Many plants in habitat grow in sand or even on rock. Some can withstand hard freezes every year, as well as snow. Others live in areas that have no more rain than a couple of inches per year. With our sandy soils here in Florida, it is hard to grow many types of plants. Cycads make the perfect, easy to maintain plants for our landscapes. In fact, we have a cycad that is native to Florida. The common name

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for the plant is “coontie”, which is a Seminole name. These plants are used to the Florida weather and thrive in our sandy soils.”

Cindy and Tom are passionate about cycads namely because they are all on the endangered species list. “In Florida, thousands of the native Zamias are being wiped out every year for subdivisions, shopping centers, and other kinds of land use. If you own land, and want to build on it, you can destroy all the coontie you want without even having to get a permit. If you want to dig the plants up and try to sell them, then you need to get a permit for that. Coontie that are in wetlands, or coastal areas, are protected just because of the location and not because they are on the endangered species list.”

There are things we can do to prevent the dying out of such a long lived plant and Tom certainly has some recommendations, “The most important way is to preserve the natural habitats, and the insect pollinators associated with the various species. There are wildlife funds and rain forest preservation funds that are set up to save many of our forests. Many times they are not specifically trying to save cycad habitats, but on the other hand, there are many cycads in some of these forests. Ecotourism is starting to become a big business. One group in Costa Rica has helped to preserve the habitat of Zamia fairchildiana by bringing tourists out to see the cycads. If people can make a living from the land without destroying it, the plants can be preserved. Another important way to save the cycads is to propagate them in any possible way.

This may simplify the matter just a little, but if there were just three hundred individuals, nurseries, and botanical gardens that would propagate larger quantities of just one species each, none of the species would become extinct. There are many people who could take on the task of growing five species at a time. We would only need 60 people this way.”

Information and photos in this article have been provided through interviews with Cindy and Tom and via the articles on their website: www.cycadjungle.8m.com. Cindy and Tom Broome are very dedicated to the conservation of cycads, an endangered species, and any questions you might have are welcome.

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I’m happy to see that most were supportive of 4-H, and I thought I would add my own 4-H testimony.

An 11-year member of the Dakota Kids 4-H Club, I can remember every show steer I ever walked into a show ring with. Their photos are plastered in albums and on the wall. In the summer, I spent more time with my steers than I did my friends. And, it was hard work, too.

Each day I would wash, comb and lead my calves in preparation for the county and state fairs. And, at the end of the summer, I always knew my friendships with those steers would have to come to an end.

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me better equipped to understand where my food comes from?

I value the hard work that goes into finishing a fat steer. I understand the cost of production, the calculations of a feed ration, and the time it takes to get that calf from pasture to plate. Was it sad watching my show steer walk off the trailer for the last time on his way to the market?

You bet it was! But, I also took pride in the fact that my hard work would go to nurture my family and many others, and not just in the obvious way with steaks and burgers, but with beef by-products that enrich human lives each and every day. By-products include everything from makeup and deodorants, to pharmaceutical and transportation items. These are lessons learned that I don’t take for granted, and I doubt the many naysayers have been that close and intimate to where their food comes from as a 4-H kid.

4-H stands for “head, heart, hands and health,” and I believe kids in 4-H use their heads for common sense, their hearts in taking care of the animals, and their hands in working hard to make the world a better place.

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by Robert H. Wells Whiteflies can be biologically controlled in Florida greenThe wasps were able to fly from papaya plants located in the house tomatoes, according to a new University of Florida study, corners of greenhouses to attack silverleaf whiteflies on tomatoes which helps reduce the need for pesticide applications. located in the center. Successful tomato production occurred Biological control, or biocontrol, is the mitigation of pests without the use of pesticides. using natural means rather than synthetic ones. Florida is the “This system has the ability to be just as effective as insecticountry’s top producer of fresh tomatoes, and sales of the state’s cide controls,” said Osborne, a member of UF’s Institute of Food crop for 2009-2010 exceeded $402 million. and Agricultural Sciences. “The idea is not to limit insecticide use Lance Osborne, an entomology professor and associate completely, but to have plants that don’t have resistant whiteflies director of UF’s Mid-Florida Research and Education Center in and ultimately, not any whiteflies at all.”

Apopka, led the study that Insecticides can be found that papaya plants used, but with fewer apcan be used to host a wasp plications, Osborne said, that attacks silverleaf as part of an integrated whiteflies, an insect that is pest management system a major pest of tomatoes. that uses the best methods The findings are published available to solve pest in the current issue of problems while mitigating the journal Biological negative environmental Control. effects. The system is “The major issues known as a banker plant involved with this whitefly system because it stores, are its ability to transmit or banks, extra prey for viruses and to become the biological control orresistant to most pestiganism. The wasp works cides,” Osborne said. by laying eggs in imma“This pest is very prone ture whiteflies, killing the A wasp that biologically controls whiteflies in tomato greenhouse production uses to developing resistance, whitefly when the wasp a parasitized, immature whitefly to reproduce. The wasp works by laying eggs in so 100 percent reliance on offspring hatches inside of immature whiteflies, killing the whitefly when the wasp offspring hatches inside of it and feeds on its insides before emerging. UF/IFAS photo credit: Lance Osborne, entopesticides equates to resisit and feeds on its insides mology professor and associate director of UF’s Mid-Florida Research and Education tance. It equates to almost before emerging.

Center. disaster.”

Yingfang Xiao, a “We’re trying to postdoctoral associate reduce the use of pesticides so we don’t develop a super strain of researcher and lead author on the study, said the papaya plant whitefly that’s resistant to everything,” he said. also has the potential to host other biocontrol agents, such as Whiteflies feed on tomato leaves and transmit diseases, predatory mites and spiders. including tomato yellow leaf curl virus. By introducing papaya “It could be possible that papaya may support multiple natuplants with wasps into the greenhouse before any pest whiteflies ral enemies for controlling multiple pests,” Xiao said. are detected, the wasps act as sentries and attack any whiteflies The system has been used in a commercial herb, tomato, that might become established in the crop. cucumber, eggplant and lettuce greenhouses around the state well Wasps have been used before to control whiteflies in greenas in a commercial poinsettia greenhouse, where it has also been house production systems, but those sold commercially tended to effective. be expensive and ineffective.

For now, the system is limited to Florida, as papaya has Osborne and his team solved the problem by introducing tropical and subtropical climate requirements and moving the papaya plants into the system. The papaya plants come with a papaya whitefly across state lines is illegal. However, Osborne whitefly that’s specific to papaya but not a pest for tomato or said his team is looking for another whitefly and host plant that other crops, thus allowing the wasps to survive. could be used by growers in other regions.

The researchers found the wasp significantly controlled The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funded the silverleaf whiteflies on tomatoes while at the same time preying research. on papaya whiteflies.

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Barbados Cherry

By Sandy Kaster, M.S. Clinical Medicine, B.S. Nutrition Science

Cherries are on sale right now at the grocery stores, a good sign that the fruit is at its peak harvest and fullest flavor. One type of Florida cherry that is exceptionally high in nutrients is the Barbados cherry, also called acerola, Antilles, or West Indian cherry. The Barbados cherry received much attention in the 1950s for its exceptionally high vitamin C content. The largest producers of Barbados cherry are Florida, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

The fruiting season for Florida cherries is generally from April to November. The fruit is soft, juicy, and thin-skinned with a light to deep crimson skin when mature and a yelloworange flesh. The flavor ranges from tart to lightly sweet. The more acidic fruits have the highest vitamin C content.

Nutritional Profile The Barbados cherry is known for being extremely rich in vitamin C, and is bursting with other vitamins and minerals as well. Cherries are a great source of vitamins A, B1, B2 and B3, carotenoids, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, and folate.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, one cup of whole, raw Barbados cherries (98 g) contains 31 calories, 0.39 g of protein, 0.29 g of fat, 7.54 g of carbohydrate, and 1.1 g of fiber. It also provides 76% of the Daily Recommended Value (% DV) for Vitamin C, 25% for Vitamin A, and 7% for potassium.

Vitamin C: For a strong immune system Barbados cherries contain the most concentrated amount of vitamin C of any fruit. They provide an astounding 2740 percent of your daily vitamin C needs in a one cup serving!

Vitamin C has many important functions in the body. It plays a vital role in forming collagen, skin, blood vessels and muscles. Additionally, it helps heal wounds and keeps bones and teeth healthy. The National Institutes of Health recommends regularly consuming foods high in vitamin C content, since it is a water-soluble vitamin that is not stored in the body. You can meet your entire daily needs for vitamin C in just a couple of cherries!

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Antioxidant Properties Barbados cherries are full of health-promoting antioxidants, powerful compounds that help fight free-radical damage. Free radicals damage healthy cells, which leads to problems such as inflammation and heart disease. Both vitamin C and vitamin A are well-known antioxidant vitamins, both of which are abundant in Barbados cherries. Additionally, these fruit contain compounds called anthocyanins, which also have antioxidant properties. Anthocyanins may help lower the risk of heart disease, enhance memory function, protect developing fetal brain tissue, and have anti-inflammatory effects.

Potassium: For blood pressure control Barbados cherries are high in potassium, a mineral that promotes healthy heart functioning and protects against high blood pressure. Potassium helps regulate fluids and mineral balance, aids in muscle contraction, and helps transmit nerve impulses. This mineral is also critical in maintaining cell membranes, and balances with other minerals in the blood to regulate heartbeat and blood pressure. Most vegetables and fruits, such as cherries, are a rich source of potassium.

How to Select and Store Choose cherries that have deep red-colored skin, and feel firm with a slight give when squeezed. Consume them as soon as possible or refrigerate ripe cherries for up to three days.

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Since Barbados cherries are so high in vitamin C, mixing other fruit with their juice will prevent darkening of sliced bananas or apples. Cherries may also be made into syrup, jelly, jam, and other preserves.

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A pomegranate fruit grows at the Water Conserv II in Winter Garden as part of a study by William Castle evaluating the viability of the fruit’s production in Florida. Pomegranates are small, shrubby trees native to the Middle East and have apple-sized fruits with a red exterior and numerous juicy, edible arils inside. The aril covers the pomegranate seed and has a sweet, tart taste. The fruit contains healthy compounds such as antioxidants, nutrients and vitamins. 2011 Mid Florida Citrus Foundation Field Day on May 10, 2011. UF/IFAS Photo by Dawn McKinstry.

Pomegranates: Florida’s New Cash Crop?

by Robert H. Wells Supplies of a nutritious and popular fruit could increase in Florida in the next few years thanks to the research of a University of Florida professor emeritus.

William Castle, who specializes in horticultural science at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred, is studying the viability of pomegranate production in Florida. The fruit is not currently produced commercially in the state.

Pomegranates are small, shrubby trees native to the Middle East and have apple-sized fruits with a red exterior and numerous juicy, edible arils inside. The aril covers the pomegranate seed and has a sweet, tart taste. The fruit contains healthy compounds such as antioxidants, nutrients and vitamins.

Castle, a member of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, started the study in 2009. He and Jim Baldwin, a senior biologist at the Citrus REC, are examining nutrition and irrigation requirements, pest, weed and disease threats, maintenance needs, and genetic differences among more than 80 types of pomegranates in two locations in Central Florida — the Citrus REC and a water reuse site called Water Conserv II in Winter Garden.

The researchers enlisted the help of more than 30 growers from around the state to plant pomegranates and gauge their performance.

Castle said the study, which he started to investigate pomegranates as an alternative to citrus for small-scale producers, is showing that pomegranates grow well in Florida and have irrigation and fertilization requirements similar to citrus. Growers are considering alternatives to citrus in light of the emergence of citrus greening, a disease that poses a threat to the citrus industry.

“I personally am convinced that absolutely you can grow the plant,” Castle said. “It certainly can produce flowers, and it can set fruit. The trick now is to learn how to keep the fruit on the plant, and I think we’ll have something good.”

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Florida growers’ interest in pomegranates is on the rise, he said, as evidenced by the more than 5,000 plants he’s distributed to commercial producers and home growers.

“There is considerable buzz,” Castle said.

Cindy and David Weinstein, owners of Green Sea Farms in Hardee County, were attracted to pomegranates for the fruit’s nutritious qualities and its potential as a high-dollar, niche-crop for small-scale producers. They started helping with Castle’s research after finding out about the project through a local UF/IFAS extension office and are now growing more than 200 plants.

“We have two acres planted right now,” Cindy Weinstein said. “And hopefully next year we’ll expand that by another two.”

The Weinsteins plan to sell pomegranate fruit and liners, or young plants intended to be replanted by other growers for later sale to customers.

Pomegranates can be grown for fresh fruit, juice and also for use as an edible ornamental in home and business landscapes.

If production takes off in the state, Castle said consumers could see Florida pomegranates next to California pomegranates in stores, as well as, the emergence of locally produced pomegranate juice and juice blends.

“If we succeed in producing the fruit like we’re talking about, then there’s a lot of opportunity for anybody interested in the ornamental plant trade, anybody that’s interested in the fresh fruit trade at the local market basis, or even in producing the juice,” he said.

In California, an acre of the crop can bring in more than $5,000 in revenue, and fresh pomegranates sell for up to $2 a fruit.

“It is a very profitable business in California,” he said. “And if we can achieve similar yields, we can sell fresh fruit at similar prices.”

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bleeding” to protect itself in the same manner The light shows in the sky earlier this Firefly that comes naturally to Photinus. Like the fire month pale in comparison to the wondrous beetle, the firefly eggs glow as well as the larva light show nature can provide. Certain organ(glowworms). Fireflies can be found in moist isms produce light through chemical reacmarshy environments and near streams, far tions taking place within their bodies known from competing city lights, where they feed on as Bioluminescence. Bioluminescence litersnails, slugs, and earthworms. ally means Living Light, from the Greek bios Glowing Mushrooms may seem like some(living) and the Latin lumen (light).The reacthing you would only find in Pandora, the habittion involves the oxidation (chemical burnable moon on which the Na’vi lived in the 2009 ing) of luciferin, a biological pigment, adfilm Avatar, however, it was our nature world enosine triphosphate (ATP), a cellular energy that served to inspire the films academy award source and luciferase, the enzyme that starts winning visual qualities. Bitter Oyster (Panelthe reaction. Magnesium and manganese are lus stipticus) is one of several species of bioluchemical elements that react with an enzyme minescent fungi that can be found in Florida. called luciferase to create a chemical exploThis species has become more important with sion of cold light. the discovery of its formidable ability to detoxify The Fire Beetle (Pyrophorus) is one of the most impressive bioluminescent click beetles in the world. environmental pollutants. It grows in clusters on logs and stumps Known as the brightest bioluminescent insect in the world Py- of deciduous trees such as Oak, and Birch and glows from the rophorus has two glowing “headlights” that are said to be bright underlying gills of the mushroom. Jack-O-Lantern Mushrooms enough to read a book by and a taillight underneath that glows (Omphalotus illudens) are large orange mushrooms with yellow when it flies. Its lights do not flash like a firefly, but can be dimmed or orange gills. This species is toxic and often mistaken for the for non-threatening situations. Adults feed on pollen and small non-toxic Cantharellus mushroom. The Jack-O-Lantern mushinsects including aphids and scale insects. Larvae are important room has a dull green glow to its gills and is only visible in nearly detritivores that feed on organic material but also are predators of pitch black conditions after the eyes have adjusted.

Earthworms can glow too! Diplocardia termites and other beetle larvae. This inJack-O-Lantern longa is a species of large earthworm that is sect glows in every stage of its life and can Mushrooms common in Florida. It can reach lengths of 15 be found in soil and decaying logs. inches. When threatened, Diplocardia longa Fireflies (Lampyridae) are not flies at release blue bioluminescent fluid. Imagine all, but actually winged beetles of the Cowhat that would do for your fishing trips. leoptera family. Worldwide there are over Red Tide is large concentration of phy2,000 species, over 50 occur in Florida. The toplankton blooms, commonly called algae common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) blooms. Blooms are triggered by pollutants is the most frequently sighted in Florida. and other excessive amounts of nutrients, noThis species is easy to recognize in flight by its J shaped posture. Males are famous for their flashing mating tably phosphates and nitrates found in fertilizers, which wash into signals. The females do not typically fly, but respond with flashing the water. Certain species of phytoplankton, such as dinoflagelate, patterns to guide the males in for mating. Some flashing patterns are known to have bioluminescent defense mechanisms. Sea Sparare thought to be a defense mechanism warning predators to stay kle is a common name for Noctiluca scintillans, a dinoflagellate away. The toxic steroidal compound called lucibufagins closely re- commonly associated with Red Tide. They produce light when sembles the venom of poisonous toads and repels natural preda- disturbed as a defense mechanism, attracting larger predators to tors such as birds, lizards, and most spiders. The steroid produced consume its own predator. This characteristic creates a light show with every disturbance in the water, be it a from this species is so effective at repelling splash, the churning of water from an oar, or natural enemies that another firefly speOyster Mushrooms even waves breaking on the beach. Blooms cies, Photuris, uses its ability to light up have occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on a to mimic the mating call of Photinus, luryearly basis and will likely continue, though ing the male like a siren only to consume the danger of Red Tide discourages most him and ingest the defensive lucibufagins from witnessing this fascinating phenomthat she cannot produce within her body enon. for protection from predators. Once Photuris has ingested enough lucibufagins, it can excrete the chemical through “reflex

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There is something about things that glow that seems to fascinate the human mind. Creating an activity that would mirror the article on bioluminescence would be expensive and difficult to do so safely without a controlled environment such as a chemistry lab. In the interest of celebrating the glow of bioluminescent nature, this month we will create our own glowing slime. Although it will not actually glow in the same manner that mushrooms and fireflies glow, it is nevertheless a fun and inexpensive project. Tonic water glows under a black light because of the chemical quinine that is used to make it. Quinine is a crystalline compound that readily absorbs UV radiation and transmits the stored energy as light that can be seen under a black light (ultraviolet light). Anything made from tonic water such as ice cubes, jello, or drinks, will also glow under a black light. Using tonic water in our slime recipe will make our slime glow under a black light.

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