Category: Home Landscapes

Tactics on Preventing Small Ruminant Footrot

by Lizzie Whitehead
April 18, 2022

Small Ruminant footrot is caused by an infection from two organisms: Dichelobacter Nodosus and Fusobacterium Necrophorum. Fusobacterium necrophorum is in most sheep and goat environments and can set the stage for footrot to occur. Dichelobacter ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, EDUCATION, Farm Management, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Footrot, Infection, P, Prevention, Tactics, Treatment

CAN GREEN BAGS REALLY KEEP YOUR FOOD FRESH FOR WEEKS?

by Meg McAlpine
January 19, 2018

Can 'green bags' really keep your food fresh for weeks? You've likely seen them on late-night TV. Commercials boasting: "Our miracle green bags can keep your foods fresh for weeks!" "Made with all-natural minerals, our bags lock in the ... READ MORE

Category: Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition
Tags: Green Bags Food Fresh

What to plant in February

by mirandasellers
January 18, 2018

February What to Plant Annuals/Bedding plants: Plants that can take a chill include dianthus, pansy, viola, and dusty miller. See Annuals: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_annual_landscape_plants Bulbs: Try dahlia, crinum, and agapanthus. ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Lawn

Pocket Gophers

by John Mark Shuffitt
January 5, 2018

“What is causing these large mounds of dirt in my pasture and how do I get rid of them? One of my yearlings stepped in one of the holes and twisted her ankle. I’ve tried dragging the pasture, but the mounds seem to come back overnight and ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Gardens, Gopher, Lawns, Mounds, Pasture, Pocket, Rodent, Salamander, Sandy-mounder, Shuffitt, Tunnel, Tunnel System

Cold Protection of Landscape Plants

by mirandasellers
January 3, 2018

Cold Protection of Landscape Plants By Sydney Park Brown, Dewayne L. Ingram, and Thomas H. Yeager Winter temperatures in Florida are frequently low enough to cause cold injury to tropical, subtropical, and occasionally temperate plants not ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn

Can my plants catch the flu? Plant viruses and transmission to hosts

by Whitney Elmore
December 29, 2017

It's flu season! Hopefully, you have gotten the flu vaccine for you and your family this year. If not, there's still time. While you may or may not catch the flu this year, some folks wonder if it's possible for them to transmit viruses to plants ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Aphid, Flu, Low-toxicity Pesticide, Plant Disease, Thrip, Vaccine, Vector, Virus, Whitefly

Solutions to citrus greening top 10 2017 UF/IFAS stories

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 20, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – From lobsters to oranges, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences embraced stories of resilience and change during 2017. The top 10 stories for UF/IFAS during 2017 include finding ways to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Beaks, Beetle, Citrus, IFAS, News, Plants, Top 10

Butterfly Garden

by mirandasellers
December 20, 2017

Our wonderful Master Gardeners program has done many amazing projects but the one that continues to grow and progress has been out beautiful Butterfly Garden. We have a monthly Master Gardener meeting were we discuss plan and projects this ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn

Master Gardener 2017 Field Trip

by mirandasellers
December 15, 2017

Do you like field trips? Do you love getting out and having an adventure? If so I would love to tell you about our 2017 Master Gardener field trip to the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station. I'm going to start out by telling you how beautiful ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Forests, Home Landscapes, Wildlife

Home Remedies for Pest Control – Beware!

by Liz Felter
December 13, 2017

The internet has many home remedies for pest control that are mixed by using common items found in a pantry. Ranging from dish soap to baking soda, there are a number of positive testimonials of how well they worked. The University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: EPA, FFDCA, FIFRA, Home Remedies, Pest Control

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