Beautiful Bromeliads and Mischievous Mosquitoes

In January, 2016, I moved back to Florida from another southern state. It was great to see familiar plants and to be able to go to the beach again.I love the dizzying varieties of beautiful… Read More
Posted: June 26, 2020
In January, 2016, I moved back to Florida from another southern state. It was great to see familiar plants and to be able to go to the beach again.I love the dizzying varieties of beautiful… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Aechmea, Anana, Bacillus Thuringiensis, Billbergia, Bromeliads, Bt, color in the landscape, Florida mosquitoes, Guzmania, mosquito control, Neoregelia, preventing mosquito breeding, shade gardening
Posted: June 11, 2020
After a hard day working out in the hot sun there is not much better than a refreshing meal that does NOT require cooking. And what meal would be complete without dessert? The following is… Read More
Category: 4-H & Youth, Curriculum, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, cool desserts, edible lessons, home schooling, Kitchen math, no-bake cake
Posted: May 20, 2020
The 2020 Census and the United States Constitution Every 10 years. One of our most important United States documents, the United States Constitution, mandates that we do a “head count” every 10 years. This helps… Read More
Category: Community Volunteers, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Posted: May 18, 2020
Preparation By Yvonne Florian and Christine Kelly-Begazo Hurricane season will be upon us June first. As if we didn’t already have enough to keep our pantry challenged, add to it the task of stocking up… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Disaster Preparation, Events, Farm Management, Food Safety, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Livestock, NATURAL RESOURCES, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: batten-down, charging, disaster praparation, food, food safety, fueling, hurricane pantry, Hurricane preparation, landscaping, storm
Posted: May 6, 2020
If you are anything like me, you might already have a few plants that provide for pollinators. Last year, when I started to renovate my landscape, I knew I wanted to plant various spaces to… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: bees, butterflies, butterfly puddling, FFL, firefush, Florida Friendly Landscaping, Gaillardia, landscape renovation, milkweed, monarchs, native plants, plumbago, pollinators, Zinnias
Posted: May 2, 2020
Call it what you want: Backyard Garden, Victory 2020 Garden, Stress-fighter Garden, Pizza Garden, My Secret Garden. It will still mean that along with all the great benefits it will also entail daily work, sweat,… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: eating vegetables, Florida gardening seasons, Florida vegetable gardening, kids in the garden, Scouting for insects, Scouting for plant diseases, stress relief, Victory 2020 garden
Posted: April 23, 2020
By Yvonne Florian and Christine Kelly-Begazo Our 4-H embryo development display came to live at my house. It was meant as a 4-H demonstration for the Indian River County Firefighters’ Fair which would run from… Read More
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: 4-H, Ag Literacy, Agriculture, bobcats, Cancellations, chicken flock, chicken needs, chicken-culture, chickens, chicks, eggs, Embryology, fair, incubation, predators, quarantine, raccoons, Raising chickens
Posted: April 17, 2020
It is nearing the end of the Spring vegetable gardening season here in Central Florida. Some of you might be frustrated with some of your vegetable plants. They get watered, fertilized, and insect pests are… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: aquatic, cover cropping, crop rotation, diagnosing vegetable growing problems, microscopic, nematode resistant, nematodes, parasitic worms, plant families, soil borne, Solanaceae, stunted vegetable plants, vegetable gardening
Posted: April 16, 2020
Times are changing. A quick trip to the store for eggs will yield an adventure in small finance. Not only are there limited quantities with very few choices, if any, but the prices may be… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: COVID-19, direct to consumers, Farm finance, farmers, fresh produce, help farmers
Posted: April 9, 2020
Part 2- Finding Supplies and Coping The Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic is changing our lives at this time, whether we want it to or not. Social distancing, frequent sanitizing of door knobs, supply shortages, and masks… Read More
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