Are you a candidate for the Charlotte County Master Gardener Volunteer Program? Do you enjoy meeting and talking with people? Do you like searching for answers to gardening questions that you or others have? If so, you may be just who ... READ MORE
Category: Community Volunteers, Home Landscapes, Work & Life
We have an abundance of wounded trees after the hurricane, and they need some time to heal. But trees never heal their wounds – they seal them up! A wound causes the tree to react by putting down layers of wood to shut out the outside ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
As you are driving around Charlotte County, you are probably astonished by the amount of tree damage. A postmortem on some of this damage may show a defect called a codominant stem. This is a place where two or more stems (branches/leaders) ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
In addition to trees, we had plenty of palms go down in Hurricane Ian. While a Tree care Professional/Florida Certified Arborist may best to determine if a palm is salvageable, there are few palm triage aftercare decision making points ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Landscapes
The roof is fine, you have fixed the leaning fence and the floods have receded. Your landscape is in a relative mess, but your trees are giving you some real concerns. Can you make an informed decision on what needs to happen next related ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Landscapes
We have been hearing about mindfulness more within the past couple of years, but what does it really mean and how does it apply to 4-H? Mindfulness by definition is a mental state of full awareness and full acceptance of the present moment. ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Curriculum, Relationships & Family
By Kristie Popa Self-improvement is the improvement of your own knowledge, status or character using your own effort. It is important that you take time to improve yourself by setting goals which will help set you on a path to a better you! ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Curriculum, Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
In the summer of 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared July as National Ice Cream month. The proclamation stated “Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food, enjoyed by over ninety percent of the people in the United States. It enjoys a ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Curriculum, Health & Nutrition
Whether you have a tablet or a cell phone, you most likely have the ability to text and/or call someone whether it be a voice or video call. It is important to remember that there is etiquette for using a cell phone, especially when you are ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Curriculum, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
When you picture corn, what do you think of? Yellow corn on the cob or crunchy popcorn? Corn also called maize, provides us with many items including cornstarch, cooking oil, sweeteners, cereal, beverages and over 4,000 other products that we ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition