Category: Home Management
How to Grow a Forest – My 25 Year Experiment
April 21, 2022
Why make a forest? I was born in Buffalo, NY and then moved to Durham, North Carolina after college. Both of these areas were less populated and had lots of forested areas near the urban centers. South Florida, I soon discovered, had hardly ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, , Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: 2022 Blogger Award Winner, Bird Habitat, Climate Change Solutions, Earth Day, FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscapes, Low Maintenance, Making A Forest, Microforests, Miyawaki, Most Impactful, Newsletter, Newsletter2, Plant More Trees, Planting A Forest, Recipe For A Forest, Urban Forest
Information for the Bay County First Time Homebuyer’s Classes
April 19, 2022
First-time Home Buyer Classes for Bay County, Florida Registration REQUIRED: Register on Eventbrite at http://bit.ly/fthbbay or call Melanie Taylor at the UF/IFAS Extension Office Bay County at 850-784-6105 *Eventbrite Instructions: ... READ MORE
Category: Home Management, Money Matters, Work & LifeTags: Home, Home Onership, Homebuyer's Classes, Homebuyers Class, Homeowner, Housing Assistance
No One Wants Leakage
April 19, 2022
As I get older, I hate the thought of leakage…in my home. I know that if I can caulk and seal, it can improve my energy efficiency, thus reducing my utility bills for heating and cooling. I also know sealing up cracks and crevices in my ... READ MORE
Category: Home Management, UF/IFAS Extension,Tags: Air Leaks, FCS, Home Maintenance, Topic Tuesday, UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee County
Tips from the help desk…Trimming palms, April 2022
March 31, 2022
Trimming your palms and other tidbits by David Austin ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Highlands County, Master Gardener Volunteers, Tips From The Help Desk
Purple rain, purple rain. All hail the Queen’s Wreath!
March 28, 2022
The Queen is dripping. The waterfall of purple flowers cascading over trellises and featured in spring selfies is known as Queen’s Wreath. This tropical vine commands attention. Wrapping and twining up a supporting structure, these sandpapery ... READ MORE
Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Central Florida Gardening, Cflandscapes, Color, FFL, Florida Friendly, Flower, Flowers, Hwooten, Landscape, Landscapes, Petrea, Pollinator, Pollinators, Pretty, Purple, Purple Flowers, Queen’s Wreath, Right Plant Right Place, Sandpaper Vine, Spring, Spring Flowers, Tolerant Plant, Tropical, Tropical Plant, Vine, Vines
It’s spring, let’s clean!
March 28, 2022
Spring has officially started. Have you started your spring cleaning yet? If not, it is time to start thinking about cleaning up and clearing out for a healthy and refreshed home. The tradition of spring cleaning began back in the days ... READ MORE
Category: Home Management, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeTags: Cleaning, Spring Cleaning
Florida Wildflower Lawns
March 24, 2022
The Florida-Friendly Landscaping program is full of progressive ideas on how to manage landscapes with less water, less pesticides, and more benefits to wildlife. One of these strategies is rethinking our lawns. With the increasing government ... READ MORE
Category: , Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeTags: Alternative Lawn, Ecological, Environment, Fertilizer, Florida, Florida Friendly, Flower, Home Landscape, Lawn, Ocextension, Pollinator, Sustainable, Water, Wildflower