CountyFacultyAnnual 2009 ROA and 2010 POW

  1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF JOB DUTIES -

Plan, develop and evaluate educational information in the area of environmental landscape management and distribute to target audience including homeowners, school children, Master Gardeners, garden center employees, pest control operators, homeowner associations, and builders and developers. Mentor the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods program and the Polk County Master Gardener volunteer program. Train new Master Gardener volunteers each year to assist in Extension educational programs. Also, provide continuous educational programs to current Polk County Master Gardeners including quarterly field trips, guest speakers at monthly Master Gardener Meetings, including myself, and Regional and State Master Gardener Training programs. Attract grant money to help fund local horticultural programs. Assist target audience with urban wildlife problems, with insect, disease, and fertility problems associated with turf, fruit trees, flowers, citrus, vegetables, shrubs, and trees. Maintain a Web Site to address local horticultural issues. Due to illness and staff resignations in 2008 I have become more involved in pesticide training, BMP training, small farm client issues, biomass issues and commercial horticulture.

Specific duties by percentage

  1. Environmental Landscape Management 91%
  2. Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program 4%
  3. 4-H and (if non-4-H faculty) Other Extension Activities 5%

Total100%

  1. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION - Self-explanatory (1 to 2 lines).

Identification and management of insects and diseases.

  1. ASSIGNED ACTIVITY SINCE LAST PROMOTION (NOT TO EXCEED TEN YEARS), OR SINCE UF EMPLOYMENT, whichever is more recent -

2009-10 / 2008-09 / 2007-08 / 2006-07 / 2005-06 / 2004-05
Teaching / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0%
Research / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0%
Service / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0%
Extension / 100% / 100% / 100% / 100% / 100% / 100%
TOTAL / 100% / 100% / 100% / 100% / 100% / 100%
  1. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND -

Educational Background
University / Program Area / Degree / Year
University of Maine / Biology/Education / B.S. / 1964
University of Maine / Entomology / M.S. / 1966
RutgersUniversity / Entomology / Ph.D. / 1969
  1. EMPLOYMENT
    Employment Listing

University/ Organization / Title / Permanent
Status* / Year
UF/IFAS/Polk
CountyExtension / Extension Agent III / Yes / 2000-present
Florida Institute of
Phosphate Research / Research Assistant / 1998- 2000
PolkCountySchool Board / Teacher – Vo. Ag. / 1997-1997
Self Employed / Ag. Consultant / 1995-1997
PolkCounty Mined Lands Research Demonstration Project / Project Manager / 1986-1995

*permanent status accruing

  1. YEAR TENURE/PERMANENT STATUS WAS AWARDED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA – 2006
  2. UF TENURE AND PROMOTION CRITERIA
  3. TEACHING, ADVISING, AND/OR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  4. TEACHING EVALUATIONS –NA
  5. GRADUATE FACULTY STATUS –NA
  6. GRADUATE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES – NA (list if applicable)
  7. RESEARCH NARRATIVE – NA
  8. CREATIVE WORKS OR ACTIVITIES
  • Instructional Multi-media Presentations (Total 9)

Shibles D.B. 2009. “Florida Invasive Insects”. UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 102 slides.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “The Economic Importance of Agriculture to PolkCounty.” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 35 slides - revised 15 slides.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Identification and Control of Insects and Diseases in VegetableGardens”. UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 198 slides.

*Cassidy, Barbara and D.B. Shibles 2009. “Palms of Central Florida” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 75 slides.

*Cassidy, Barbara and D.B. Shibles 2009. “Natural Pesticides” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 75 slides.

*Cherundolo, Patricia and D.B. Shibles 2009. “Summer Salads”. UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 44 slides.

*Farris, Patricia and D.B Shibles 2009. Gardening in Paradise” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 44 slides.

*Howell, Debra and D.B. Shibles 2009. “Florida Friendly Parks”. UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 86 slides.

*Lucas, Gil and D. B. Shibles 2009 “Growing Orchids in Florida”. ”. UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 45 slides.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Organic Vegetable Gardening.” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 65 slides.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “The Economic Importance of Agriculture to PolkCounty.” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 35 slides.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Selecting and Planting Landscape Trees.” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 25 slides.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “General Vegetable Gardening.” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 164 slides.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Soils and Fertilizers for Master Gardeners.” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 67 slides.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance Pesticide License Training.” UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida. 58 slides.

* All Power Point presentations written by Polk County Master Gardeners were edited and approved by D. B. Shibles, the Polk County Master Gardener Coordinator.

  • Exhibits (Total 7)

Shibles D.B. 2009. Seven poster were created during 2009 on various subject matter

including gardening for wildlife, summer salads, Florida wild flowers, melaleuca

mulch, water sheds, palms diseases and composting. These were used as educational

tools for the Backyard Gardener Festival and Plant Sale and as displays in the lobby

of the Extension Office. UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida.

Shibles D. B. 2009.Eleven posters were created during 2008 on various subject matter

including good and bad bugs, plant propagation, flower arranging, cycad scale, bonsai

gardening, container gardening, bromeliads, the Master Gardener program, water

gardening, herbs and spices, the FYN program and crape myrtles.These were used as

educational tools for the Backyard Gardener Festival and Plant Sale and as displays in

the lobby of the Extension Office. UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension, Bartow, Florida.

  • Plays and games (Total 4)

Shibles, D.B. 2009. Four games were created – turf bingo, insect bingo, tree

identification and weed identification. These were all used as educational tools during

Master Gardener Training to reinforce lessons. UF/IFAS/Polk CountyExtension,

Bartow, Florida.

  • Web Sites (Total 3)

We have three web sites – (Environmental Landscape Management), and one for the FYN program Average monthly web page views – 80,000.

  1. PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS – none
  1. PUBLICATIONS
  1. Books, Sole Author - none
  2. Books, Co-authored - none
  3. Books, Edited - none
  4. Books, Contributor of Chapter(s) - none
  5. Monographs - none
  6. Refereed Publications
  • Shibles D.B. and A.E. Yasalonis. 2005. Building a pergola in a demonstration garden. Proc.Fla.State Hort. Soc. 118:328-329. 2005.
  1. Non-refereed Publications
  • *Hice, Lynn and D.B. Shibles 2010. Newsletters - “The Ragweed” Twelve monthly editions will be written for 2010. This newsletter is usually about eight pages long and will be distributed to 120 Master Gardeners.
  • *Hice, Lynn and D.B. Shibles 2009. Newsletters - “The Ragweed” Twelve monthly editions were written in 2009. This newsletter is usually about eight pages long and is distributed to 97 Master Gardeners.
  • *Hice, Lynn and D.B. Shibles 2009. Newsletters - “The Ragweed” Twelve monthly editions were written in 2009. This newsletter is usually about eight pages long and is distributed to 97 Master Gardeners.

* All Newsletters written by Polk County Master Gardeners were edited and

approved by D. B. Shibles, the Polk County Master Gardener Coordinator.

  • Newspaper Articles (Total 17)

Twenty newspaper articles will be written for 2010.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Christmas Cactus”.” The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. November 30th 2008 – circulation 200,000.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Control of Chinch Bugs in St. Augustinegrass Lawns”.The Polk Voice Newspaper. August 12th, 2009 circulation 135,000.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Cicada Killer Wasps”. The Polk Voice Newspaper. August 12th, 2009 – 135,000.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Poinsettias as a Christmas Gift”. The Polk Voice Newspaper, November, 2009 – circulation 135,000.

*Falton, Debra 2009. “Home Grown Tomatoes Are Worth the Effort”. The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. November 14th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Falton, Debra, 2009. “Exotic, Beautiful Orchids Easy To Grow and Enjoy” The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. October 3rd, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Falton, Debra, 2009. “Butterflies Will Flock to Your Yard to Feed on Nectar”. The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. August 25th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Falton, Debra, 2009. “Herbs for Your Kitchen”. The Lakeland Ledger

Newspaper. July 25th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Farris, Patricia, 2009. “Sago Palm Scale”. The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. July 12th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Farris, Patricia, 2009. “Here’s the Skinny on Mulch”. The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. June 27th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Hice, Lynn, 2009. “Jacaranda Plays the Color Purple”. The Lakeland Ledger

Newspaper. September 19th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Hice, Lynn 2009. “Yellow Jasmine and Bees”. The Lakeland Ledger

Newspaper. June 24th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Wolf, Joe M. 2009. “Bringing Color to Your Winter”. The Lakeland Ledger

Newspaper. November 30th 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Wolf, Joe, M. 2009. “Growing Good Things to Eat”. The Lakeland Ledger

Newspaper. October 31st, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Wolf, Joe, M. 2009. “Fertilizing Takes a Little Math – But Not Much”. The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. October 17, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Wolf, Joe M. 2009. “Stave Off Starvation with Slow-release Fertilizers”. The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. September 26th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Wolf, Joe M. 2009. “Why pH Matters?”. The Lakeland Ledger

Newspaper. August 8th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Wolf, Joe M. 2009. “Identifying Your Plants”. The Lakeland Ledger

Newspaper. June 24th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Wolf, Joe M. 2009. “What Is a Master Gardener”. The Lakeland Ledger

Newspaper. June 24th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

*Wolf, Joe M. 2009. “Florida Friendly Landscaping – Right Plant Right Place”. The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. June 13th, 2009 – circulation 200,000.

Yasalonis, A. E. Program Assistant for the Polk County Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program wrote 18 newspaper articles during 2009.

* All publications written by Polk County Master Gardeners were edited and approved by D. B. Shibles, the Polk County Master Gardener Coordinator. In addition all articles were published on the Master Gardener Polk Voice blog.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Poinsettias as a Christmas Gift.” The Lakeland Ledger Newspaper. November 30th 2008.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Perennial Peanut as an Ornamental Ground Cover.” The Polk Voice Newspaper. June 19, 2008.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Pruning Palms.” The Polk Voice Newspaper. May 6th, 2008.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Dealing with Freeze Damaged Plants.” The Polk Voice Newspaper. January 11, 2008.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Protecting Plants from Freezing Temperatures.” The Polk Voice Newspaper. January 9, 2008.er

  • Newsletter Articles (Total 16)

Sixteen newsletter articles will be written for 2010.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Freezes and Citrus Trees”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 1.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Pruning After a Freeze”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 1.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Transplants for the Spring Vegetable Garden”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 1.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Miscellaneous February Gardening”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 9 Number 1.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Mulch”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 9 Number 2.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Miscellaneous April Gardening”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 02.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Turfgrass”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 03.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Cicada Killers”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 03.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Nuisance Wildlife”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 03.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Miscellaneous July Gardening”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 03.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Turfgrass Update”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 04.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Turfgrass Update”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 04.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Fall Vegetable Gardening”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 04.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Fall Annuals”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 04.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Preparing For Cold Weather”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 04.

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Miscellaneous November Gardening”. The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 09 Number 04.

Yasalonis, A. E. Program Assistant for the Polk County Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program wrote five newsletter articles in 2009.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Miscellaneous December Gardening.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 4.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Annual Ryegrass.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 4.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Cold Protection of Sensitive Plants.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 4.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Christmas Poinsettias.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 4.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Miscellaneous September Gardening.” The UrbanHorticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 3.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Fall Vegetable Gardening.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 3.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Miscellaneous June Gardening.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 2.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Perennials to Ponder.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 2.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Bromeliads.” The Urban Horticulturer

Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 2.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Turf Management.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 6 Number 2.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Miscellaneous March Gardening.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 1.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Pruning of Landscape Plants.” The Urban Horticulturer

Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 1.

Shibles, D.B. 2008. “Fertilization of Landscape Plants.” The Urban Horticulturer Newsletter. Volume 08 Number 01

g. Bibliographies/Catalogs - none

  1. Abstracts - none
  2. Reviews - none
  3. Miscellaneous
  • Demonstration Gardens

A demonstration garden was created which featured a gazebo surrounded by numerous native plants, picnic tables sitting on rubber mulch. Forty-seven hundred and eighty-five dollars in grant funding was received to add native plants, a rain garden, a pervious walkway and signage to the gardens.

  • On-line magazine articles

Yasalonis, A. E. Program Assistant for the Polk County Florida Yards and

Neighborhoods Program wrote 31 on-line magazine articles.

  1. LECTURES, SPEECHES OR POSTERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES/MEETINGS

International

National

Regional

State:

Shibles, D.B. 2009. “Research Update – The Effect of Pruning and Fertilization on Cabbage Palms”. Presented at the State Master Gardener Conference – November 2nd – 4th, 2009, Ocala, FL

Local

  1. CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
  1. Funded Externally – 2009

Date / Grantor / Grant / Title / Role / Amount
Received
2009 / Southwest Florida Water Management District / Cooperative Funding Grant / Polk County Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program / PI / $51,208
2009 / Polk County Board of County Commissioners / Cooperative Funding Grant Match / Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program / PI / $68,390
2009 / Southwest Florida Water Management District / Community Education Grant / Florida-Friendly Demonstration Garden / PI / $4,785
2009 / Southwest Florida Water Management District / Youth Education Grant / Youth Rain Barrel Project / PI / $3,100
2009 / Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program / Micro Grant / Florida Native Plant Garden / PI / $250

External Contracts and Grants - 2008

Date / Grantor / Grant / Title / Role / Amount
Received
2007 / Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program / Public Outreach Grant / Rain barrel program for Polk County schools / PI / $1,395
2008 / Southwest Florida Water Management District / Cooperative Funding Grant / Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program / PI / $51,208
2008 / Polk County Board of County Commissioners / Cooperative Funding Grant Match / Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program / PI / $68,390
2008 / Southwest Florida Water Management District / Community Education Grant / Water Conservation Workshops in Polk County / PI / $3,000
2008 / Southwest Florida Water Management District / Youth Education Grant / Spring Obsession (youth and rain barrels) / PI / $1,500
2008 / Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program / Micro Grant / Printing Handouts / PI / $324
2008 / Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program / Public Outreach Grant / Native Plant Demonstration Garden at the Polk County Utilities Building / PI / $2185

Summary of External Grant Funding Received (current)

Role / Total / Direct Costs / Indirect Costs
Principal Investigator / $127,733 / $127,733 / $0
Co-Principal Investigator / $ / $ / $0
Investigator / $ / $ / $0
Sponsor of Junior Faculty / $ / $ / $0
TOTALS / $127,733 / $127,733 / $0

b. Submitted, Pending decision

Years of Contract or Grant / Contractor or Grantor / Project Title / PI, Co-PI, or Investigator / If Co-PI
Specific Responsibilities
1 / SWFWMD / Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program / PI
1 / SWFWMD / Cooperative Funding Grant / PI
1 / Polk County BoCC / Cooperative Funding Grant Match / PI
  1. In-kind Contributions
  • The Polk County Master Gardeners will contribute 10,000 volunteers in 2010.
  • Polk County Master Gardeners donated 9225 volunteers hours valued at $17.78 per hour totaling $164,020 for 2009.
  • The Boy Scouts of America donated 235 hours in the building of a gazebo at the Polk County Extension Office valued 17.78 per hour totaling $4,178 in 2009.
  • The Polk County Master Gardeners donated 808 hours of volunteer service to the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program in 2009 at 17.78 per hour totaling $14,366.
  • Polk County Master Gardeners donated 5650 volunteers hours valued at $17.78 per hour totaling $100,457 for 2008.
  1. UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE

Years 2010 / Name of Activity, Committee, etc. / Your Role, e.g., member, chair, etc.
3
/ ESP
/ District Director - Southeast
Years2009 / Name of Activity, Committee, etc. / Your Role, e.g., member, chair, etc.
2
/ ESP / District Director - Southeast
  1. CONSULTATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
  2. EDITOR OF A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL, SERVICE ON AN EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD OR REVIEWER FOR A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL –
  3. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
  4. EXTENSION PROGRAM

My Extension program is broken down into three groups – Environmental Landscape Maintenance, the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program and my 4-H contributions.

The Environmental Landscape Maintenance program provides educational outreach

programs in the area of horticulture for the general public through garden clubs, community

programs, plant clinics, telephone calls, Extension office visits, newsletters, newspaper

articles and web site visits.

The Master Gardener program is also part of the ELM program.We have approximately 85

Master Gardener volunteers. Each year approximately 25 new Master Gardeners are trained

in selected horticultural and entomological areas. The members of the Master Gardener

Association use their skills in outreach programs to the general public and to schools.

I perform a mostly supervisory role in my second Extension program – the Florida Yards and

Neighborhoods program. Anne Yasalonis, a program assistant, coordinates the SWFWMD

funded program for Polk County.

My advisory committee is composed of Master Gardeners and also the FYN Coordinator. We

meet monthly to discuss past, on-going and future programs. Our last two meetings were on

October 15th and November 19th 2009.

I also spend time teaching pesticide classes. This year, due to illness and resignations within

the department, I have played a much larger role than usual in our pesticide training

program as well as commercial horticultural.

Summary of Programs Table - 2010

Program title / Days Planned* / Days Expended**
I. / Environmental Landscape Management / 180
II. / Florida Yards and Neighborhoods
Agent / 4
III. / 4-H and Other Extension Activities / 3

Summary of Programs Table - 2009

Program title / Days Planned* / Days Expended**
I. / Environmental Landscape Management / 180 / 211
II. / Florida Yards and Neighborhoods
Agent / 4
/ 4
III. / 4-H and Other Extension Activities / 3 / 3

full time agents plan for 120 – 160 days

** range for full time employment is 210 – 240 days

  1. Environmental Landscape Management

Situation:

Many Florida residents have misconceptions about proper landscape management. Faced with Florida's diverse and often unfamiliar environmental conditions, well meaning individual’s often waste high energy inputs into the environment: irrigation water, fertilizers, pesticides, and plant materials. This occurs mainly through inappropriate landscape designs, plant selection, and improper maintenance of landscapes. Unfortunately, continuation of these practices can have adverse effects on the environment by contaminating ground and surface waters due to leaching and runoff, and by wasting our valuable water and other energy consuming resources.