Extension offices across the district are now slowly opening on a limited basis. Some essential programs are being provided with limited attendance and social distancing. It is still best to contact us by phone or email. Scallop… Read More
For some of us this is an annual gathering no different that Thanksgiving or Christmas. The family all knows the gig – “Kids get your things together – we’re heading to St. Joe!” For others, it is something… Read More
Mammals are historically land-based, or terrestrial, animals. They are quadrupeds (four legs) and run with a cursorial form of locomotion (backbone moving up and down) – some are the fastest land animals the planet has ever seen. But… Read More
One of the great things about writing this blog is that many of you send me your unusual findings, too. Sometimes I’ll recognize it right away, but others are completely new to me. Those mysterious organisms are the… Read More
Extension offices across the district are now slowly opening on a limited basis. Some essential programs are being provided with limited attendance and social distancing. It is still best to contact us by phone or email. Scallop… Read More
The taste and fragrance of a cool, juicy slice of fresh melon in the summer just can’t be beat. Melons have been a favorite fruit for many centuries. They appear in Egyptian tomb paintings dated to 2400 B.C.,… Read More
A few months back, a reader sent me a photo of an interesting cocoon he noticed on a cypress tree. He was along the Choctawhatchee River in Washington County, which has some beautiful hardwood swamp areas (and some… Read More
Extension offices across the district are now slowly opening on a limited basis. Some essential programs are being provided with limited attendance and social distancing. It is still best to contact us by phone or email. Water… Read More
Until Hurricane Ivan, I’d never heard of a winged elm (Ulmus alata). While present in the wild, it is not a super common landscape tree. Plus, with Dutch elm disease still out there, I really haven’t seen a… Read More
Each year in Northwest Florida, 4-H hosts a 4-H Chick Chain Project. During this project, youth select their birds, raise their birds, attend educational workshops, and show their birds at a final show. With the recent COVID-19 pandemic… Read More
