Category: Home Management
Keep Your Holiday Finances in Check
December 9, 2014
Gayle Whitworth, Family & Consumer Sciences Agent As the holiday season approaches, many families look for ways to manage the associated costs on a tight budget. While we all have a desire to give gifts and celebrate, many families ... READ MORE
Category: Home Management, Money Matters, Relationships & Family, Work & LifeTags: Finances, Gifts, Holidays
Operation Cleansweep 2014
October 20, 2014
Statewide Pesticide Pick-up READ MORE
Category: Home Management, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Stop Dirt at Your Door: Leave Contaminants Outside!
June 4, 2014
By Mary Sue Kennington, Family & Consumer Sciences Extension Agent at UF/IFAS Extension-Orange County Reviewed by Randy Cantrell, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida It sometimes seems like household ... READ MORE
Category: Home Management, Work & LifeTags: Health And Wellness
Is it true that there are brown recluse spiders in Florida?
May 20, 2014
That depends on your definition of ‘here.’ No breeding populations of any species of recluse spiders (Loxosceles laeta, Loxosceles reclusa, and Loxosceles rufescens have all been found in the state), has been found in any Florida county ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, Work & LifeTags: Brown Recluse Spider, BugWeek, Dangerous, Entomology, FAQ
Why is my area so bug-infested?
May 6, 2014
These are some common questions- Why are there so many bugs in Florida? Not species but individual bugs. Why is my area so bug-infested? Why are there sometimes so many bugs of a certain type, like love bug swarms? Florida’s warm, humid ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Bug, BugWeek, Entomology, FAQ, Insects, Pest
Why are there so many species of bugs in Florida?
May 6, 2014
Florida is home to thousands of insect species, plus thousands more land-dwelling arthropods that aren’t classified as insects – organisms including spiders, mites, centipedes and ticks. Part of the reason we have so many species of bugs ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Work & LifeTags: Bug, BugWeek, Entomology, FAQ, Insects