Category: Home Management

Encouraging Landscape Water Conservation Behaviors Series Overview #7: Personal and Social Norms of Florida Residents Who Use Irrigation in the Home Landscape


December 21, 2015

This 4-page fact sheet is the seventh publication in a series focusing on encouraging water conservation among Florida residents who use irrigation in their home landscapes. Extension educators create programs to encourage good irrigation practices ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication Department, Alexa Lamm, Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Encouraging Landscape Water-Conservation Behaviors Series, Joy N. Rumble, Laura A. Warner, Randall Cantrell

The Laundry Symbol Mystery


October 30, 2015

Recently, on a clothes shopping trip, I overheard a customer asking a sales associate what the laundering symbols on the clothes label meant. Neither could determine how the garment should be laundered other than it was not to be hand washed ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management

Halloween Safety Tips


October 26, 2015

From costumes to candy, keep this holiday safe and fun with our Halloween safety tips. Costumes Choose Safer Materials Fabric can easily catch fire if it brushes too close to a candle-lit jack-o'-lantern or luminary, so choose flame-resistant ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Family Hot Topic, Halloween Candy, Halloween Costumes, Halloween Decorating, Halloween Safety, Halloween Safety Tips, Trick-or-treating

Keep It Clean: Kitchen Sponges


October 19, 2015

Sponges are versatile for cleaning throughout the house. One of the most common places to use a sponge is the kitchen. Kitchen sponges may be used to wash dishes and clean counters, but they can also collect bacteria and viruses in the process. ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Cleaning Kitchen Sponges, Families And Consumers, Family Hot Topic, Health And Nutrition, Kitchen Sponges, Microwaving Sponges

Youth and Video Games


September 28, 2015

From instant messaging classmates to researching on the Internet, today’s youth are increasingly using electronic media for many different purposes. Youth also use electronics recreationally through activities such as downloading music and ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Home Management, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Activities, Children, Family Hot Topic, Gaming, Hobbies, Teens And Youth, Video Games, Youth, Youth Development

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