Category: Home Management

Fall Lawn Care After the Fertilizer Restricted Period

by Susan Haddock
October 2, 2023

October marks the end of most fertilizer restrictions in the Tampa Bay area. Most “summer bans” restrict the application of nitrogen and phosphorous from June 1st through September 30 during the rainy season. During the summer ban other ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Fall_lawn_care, Fertilizer, Fertilizer Ordinances, Fertilizer Restrictions, Lawn_care, SW ProHort, Swprohort, Turfgrass

Do You Want to Buy a House?

by Cindi Hetz
August 2, 2023

Are you ready to purchase a home but it feels overwhelming? Interested in down payment assistance but need more information? You will learn the steps to home ownership in the UF/IFAS Extension First Time Home-Buyer Program. UF/IFAS Extension ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Money Matters, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Down Payment, Down Payment Assistance Spanish, DPA, First Time Home Buyer, FTHB Class, Home Buying, Homeownership, Money
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Serie de Ahorros para el Consumidor: seis maneras de ahorrar durante la compra de útiles escolares

by Luz Bahder
July 20, 2023

Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para UF/IFAS.  En esta serie: Nos encontramos en el pico del verano y debido a que los padres y maestros se esfuerzan por preparar a sus estudiantes y las aulas para ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Money Matters, UF/IFAS, Work & Life
Tags: Ahorro, Calendario De Administracion De Finanzas, Ciencias De La Familia Y Del Consumidor, Escolares, Escuela, Español, Feriado Anual, Gastos, Impuestos, Jenny Rodriguez, Serie De Ahorros Para El Consumidor, Spanish, Tarjetas De Credito, Utiles Escolares
florida house with lush landscaping

Summertime Tips to Maintain a Healthy Home

by Jenny Rodriguez
June 21, 2023

Did you know that June is National Healthy Homes Month? It was created by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office to encourage people to maintain a safe and healthy living environment. With the summer months in full swing, we spend ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: #ocextensionnews, Healthy Home Maintenance, Healthy Living, Ocenews, Ocextension, Orange County, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County

CEU Day 2023–Landscape University!

by Hannah Eason
June 20, 2023

We would love to C.E.U. in person at CEU Day! You know you need CEUs, so come hang out with experienced Extension Agents to talk plants, palms, and pests in a comfortable and engaging environment. Plus, virtually, we cannot hear the laughter ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Events, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: 482, 487, Best Practice, BMP, BMPs, Brooke Moffis, Calculation, Calibration, Central District, Central Florida, CEU, CEUs, Class, Classes, Continuing Education, Cool Class, CORE, Florida, GIBMP, Grass, Hangry Plants, Hannah Wooten, Horticulture, Hwooten, In Person, Lake County, Landscape, Lawn And Ornamental, LCLM, Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance, Limited Lawn And Ornamental, LLO, Moffis, Morgan Pinkerton, Orange County, Ornamental And Turf, OT, Palm, Palms, PCO, Pest Control Operator, Pinkerton, Plants Are Cool, Private Ag, Private Applicator, Seminole County, Tree Crop, Trees Are Cool

Virtual Limited Pesticide Applicator’s License Review and CEUs–7/20/23

by Hannah Eason
June 19, 2023

The limited pesticide applicator's licenses allow the licensed applicator to apply pesticides to landscapes around buildings. There are 2 primary limited pesticide applicators licenses: Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance (LCLM) for ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: CEU, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Class, Commercial Pesticide, Continuing Education, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Hwooten, Integrated Pest Management, Landscape, Landscape Management, Landscapes, LCLM, License, Limited, Limited Pesticide, LLO, Pesticide, Pesticide Applicator, Pests, Workshop
Students running in the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida, exercise, bleachers, fitness. UF/IFAS Photo: Sally Lanigan. UF/IFAS File Photo.

Physical Activity and Fall Prevention

by Amanda Quintos
June 12, 2023

Life can be full of wonderful experiences. Falling is not among them. There is nothing pleasant about losing a sense of control, panicking while searching for a way to stabilize oneself, then feeling all kinds of pain after landing on the ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Department Of Family Youth And Community Sciences, Fall Prevention, Linda B. Bobroff, Physical Activity, Sergio Romero, Wendy W. Lynch

Mantenimiento de rutina del agua de su pozo

by Luz Bahder
June 8, 2023

Creado por Yilin Zhuang y Andrea Albertin, agentes especialistas en recurso hídrico del departamento de Extensión de UF/IFAS.  Si obtiene agua potable de su propio pozo, usted es el único responsable de garantizar que esta sea segura. ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Agua, Agua Potable, Andrea Albertin, Bacterias, Contaminacion, Departamento De Salud, Español, Pozo De Agua, Spanish, Yilin Zhuang

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