Category: Home Management

UF/IFAS expert has five back-to-school tips for busy families

by Samantha Murray
July 25, 2016

Randy Cantrell knows how to make things run smoothly. As both a father and a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher who studies how households can live harmoniously, he’s nearly always thinking about how ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Back To School, Featured Hot Topic, Homeflow, Morning Routines, Randy Cantrell

ASK SHELLEY: Does College Son Need Renter’s Insurance?

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 20, 2016

By Shelley Swenson Extension Agent III UF-IFAS Wakulla County Extension Here are some of the information requests I received this month and announcements of topics of interest. Phone calls and emails allow me to review topics with Wakulla County ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Money Matters, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Ask Shelley, Credit, Education, Families & Consumers, Family And Consumer Sciences, Finances, General Information, Health, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

UF/IFAS Extension backyard poultry seminar

by Samantha Murray
May 17, 2016

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension has become the go-to educational resource for Duval County residents who want to raise chickens in their own backyards. When Jacksonville passed an ordinance in 2015 ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Management, Livestock, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Agriculture Hot Topic, DIY, Poultry

Improve Savings and Health With Minor Changes In Your Home

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 13, 2016

Be sure to check out this month's feature in The Green Scene. Ready to make a few enhancements to your home to improve its overall performance? Improving the home performance through small increments or changes requires extended periods of ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Conservation, Energy Savings, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family And Consumer Sciences, General Information, Green Living, Recycling, Shelley Swenson, Sustainable Living, Wakulla County Extension, Water Conservation

Clean It Up with Homemade Cleaners

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 5, 2016

Spring has sprung and this is the perfect time to clean and freshen your house. But you don’t have to spend a lot of money on cleaning products when you can whip up your own with a few simple, inexpensive ingredients. The basic ingredient ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Work & Life
Tags: Clean, Cleaners, Homemade, Living Well In The Panhandle

Spring Cleaning Tips

by Samantha Murray
March 28, 2016

With winter behind us, many people are getting ready to air out their homes and kick out the dust bunnies and cobwebs. However, the real secret to a clean home isn’t doing one big sweep each year—it’s making cleaning a routine part of ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Cleaning, Dust, Family Hot Topic, Mold And Mildew, Pets

Formosan Subterranean Termites

by Samantha Murray
March 21, 2016

Compared to the native subterranean termite, the Formosan subterranean termite (FST) is more destructive.1 UF/IFAS researchers predict Formosan subterranean termites, along with Asian subterranean termites, will become an even greater threat ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: #ufbugs, Family Hot Topic, Formosan Subterranean Termites, Subterranean Termites, Termites

Green Cleaning Products

by Samantha Murray
March 21, 2016

The "Do It Yourself" Approach Have you ever wondered whether what you use to clean your floor or your kitchen sink is environmentally friendly? If you’re concerned about the impact of your spring cleaning on the planet, you may want to ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, SFYL Hot Topic, Water
Tags: Environmentally Friendly, Green Cleaning Products, Spring Cleaning, Sustainable Hot Topic

Preparing for Spring Cleaning

by Laura Tiu
March 18, 2016

It’s that time of the year, spring cleaning! We all have those certain spring cleaning tasks that we dread, but consider the benefits of completing just these few. Purging the pantry of out of date products. Realistically, people tend not ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management

Home Appliance Extended Warranties, Are They Worth the Money?

by Laura Tiu
March 11, 2016

With the high cost of replacing a home appliance, we often think about purchasing an extended warranty or service plan. Home Advisor’s website reports the average cost to repair an ice maker is between $250 to $330. So, is the extended warranty ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Money Matters

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