Bats- Scary or Awesome?

Note: All images were taken before 2020 as masks were not required before spring of this year. The blood-sucking vampire bat stereotype of movie lore is not so scary in real life. In fact, the… Read More
Posted: October 27, 2020
Note: All images were taken before 2020 as masks were not required before spring of this year. The blood-sucking vampire bat stereotype of movie lore is not so scary in real life. In fact, the… Read More
Category: Conservation, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Bats are beneficial, Beneficial wildlife, EDIS bats, Florida ecosystems, Florida native bats, flying mammals, guano, insect pest management: Bats, nocturnal hunters, UF Bat house
Posted: October 20, 2020
In the frenzy of preparing for an impending hurricane, many of those with residential pools overlook steps needed to prepare the pool for a major storm. Following are some tips, do’s and don’ts when it… Read More
Category: Disaster Preparation, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Work & Life
Tags: after storm clean-up, hurricane pool prep, pool care before storm, pool clean-up, pool treatment, residential pool, storm prep for pools
Posted: October 20, 2020
Spread the Word… Peanut Butter Fights Hunger!- Update with Total Pounds of Peanut Butter Collected By Yvonne Florian and Christine Kelly-Begazo Join the 2020 UF/IFAS Extension Peanut Butter Challenge, October 1st – November 25th, 2020. Challenge… Read More
Category: Agribusiness, Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, Crops, Disaster Preparation, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: donate peanut butter, edible peanut butter play dough, Florida Peanut Federation, Make edible play dough, Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Challenge, Peanut growers, Peanuts, The Florida Peanut Producers Association
Posted: August 24, 2020
What’s Wrong with my St. Augustine Grass? The Yellow Yard– About the time September rolls around, while the rainy season seems like it just will not end, some lawns may exhibit some yellowing. Grass seems… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: brown patch, lawn circles, lawn health, lawn mower height, lawn watering, mower scalping, proper fertilization, proper lawn irrigation, proper lawn mowing, right cut for St. Augustine grass, St. Augustinegrass issues, take-all root rot, yellowing grass
Posted: August 20, 2020
By Yvonne Florian and Christine Kelly-Begazo Recently, many people in the United States have been receiving unsolicited packages from China, and other countries, which contain seeds, beads, jewelry, or other small items which had not… Read More
Posted: August 7, 2020
The recent virus concerns have many of the usual county services offices closed to walk in traffic. However, this does NOT mean these services are not available. Some are available through the drive in window. … Read More
Category: Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: gardening questions, Indian River County homeowner questions, insect identification, landscape questions, lawns, Master Gardener Volunteers, plant identification, plant problem diagnosis, Virtual meeting appointments, Virtual plant clinic, Zoom appointments
Posted: July 28, 2020
Here in South Florida there are many species of spices we can grow in our gardens. Ginger, Zingiber officinale, and Turmeric, Curcuma longa, are just two popular spices that can grow well in our Florida… Read More
Posted: July 24, 2020
In the Wilting Heat Many Floridians choose not to grow any edibles during the summer in order to let the garden beds rest. It is generally a hostile time of year to be doing very… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Uncategorized
Tags: buckwheat, calendula, Celosia, cover crops, crop families, crop rotation, marigolds, nitrogen fixers, ornamental cover crops, Summer cover crop, sunflowers, vegetable garden, weed suppression, Zinnias
Posted: July 14, 2020
Outside my office window is a large bush dappled in diminutive dangling white flowers. And butterflies! This Duranta ‘Alba’, or “Golden-Dew-Drop”, is so distracting that I find myself frequently glancing at the antics of its… Read More
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tags: beneficial insects, butterflies, Butterfly gardening, caterpillars, Duranta, firebush, Florida Friendly Landscaping, Florida state butterfly, golden dew drop, Gulf Fritillary, herbs for butterflies, passionflower vine, pollinators, predatory stink bugs, Zebra Longwing
Posted: June 27, 2020
Back in May I noticed numerous half-inch brown beetles congregating around my porch light every evening at around 10:00 PM. Most householders in Florida deal with their dried-out bodies under outdoor lights, in shallow plant… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: beetle life cycle, beetles, fungal pest control, green June beetle, grubs, Indian River County, Japanese beetles, June beetles, June bugs, May beetles, Parasitic flies, Parasitic wasps, University of Florida, white grubs
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