Category: Home Management

A Natural Disaster Can Significantly Impact a Family’s Financial Life

by Katherine Marin

January 26, 2023

A natural disaster can significantly impact a family's financial life. For example, in the aftermath of a hurricane, flood, or other incident, families often face skyrocketing costs for repairs and replacements that can significantly disrupt ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Management, Money Matters, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Homestead, Miami-Dade, South Florida, UF IFAS Extension

Insight to Managing Cockroaches in a Multi-family Dwelling

by Brooke Moffis

January 26, 2023

Occasionally our Extension Office receives phone calls from apartment and condominium owners concerned about cockroach populations in their apartment and their apartment complex. All it takes is one resident or one vendor to unknowingly introduce ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Pests & Disease, Work & Life
Tags: Cockroaches

Water Hyacinth: A Past Memory or a Current Problem? (Redux)

by Raychel Rabon

January 18, 2023

Water hyacinth is a free-floating plant that produces a showy and very attractive blue/purple flower. As they bunch together and bloom, it provides a picturesque setting for any water garden. At least, that was the thought when these plants ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Work & Life

Free webinars on home well and septic system care offered by UF/IFAS

by Tory Moore

January 12, 2023

Florida homeowners with a private well or septic system are invited to learn more about their home water and wastewater management systems through free webinars hosted by UF/IFAS experts. WHO: UF/IFAS water resources regional specialized ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Management, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Free Event, Private Well, Septic System, Septic Tank, Water Quality, Water Quantity, Webinar, Webinars, Well Water

Pesticide Misuse: Should They be Doing That?

by Entomology Emily

January 12, 2023

Hello Avid Readers! Have you ever witnessed a pesticide application and wondered, should they be doing that? According to the law (FIFRA) pesticide misuse is, “the use of a pesticide in a way that violates laws regulating their use or endangers ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Work & Life
Tags: Emily Kraus, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticide Safety, Pesticide Safety Education, Pesticides, Safety

Building Life Skills with Life Hacks

by Ashley H.K. Gill

January 11, 2023

The 4-H Youth Development program focuses on teaching critical life skills like communication, responsibility, leadership, citizenship, to name a few. Our motto is "Learn by Doing", and we believe this approach truly helps youth master the skills ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Home Management
Tags: Do At Home; Diy, Highlands County 4-H, Homeowner, Life Skills, Youth Development; Highlands County 4-H

Mindfulness at the Holidays

by Melanie Thomas

December 21, 2022

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Well, it’s supposed to be anyway according to all the hoopla. In reality the holidays are stressful. We all feel stressed from time to time and that’s very normal. However; the holidays bring ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Professional Development, Relationships & Family, Work & Life

Tips from the help desk, Fall cool weather lawn fungus, November 2022

by David Austin

December 16, 2022

Tips from the Help Desk... Fall cool weather lawn fungus by David Austin Residential Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator What up with my grass? Are you noticing large discolored patches of grass in your St. Augustine ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Highlands County, Highlands Horticulture Digest, Hometown Gardener, Large Patch Lawn Disease, Master Gardener Volunteers, Master Gardeners, Tips From The Help Desk, Turfgrass, UF IFAS Extension

Water restrictions across Sarasota County

by Jackie Lebouitz

December 15, 2022

Why Do We Have Restrictions? Water used for landscape irrigation poses a significant demand on Sarasota County's water supply. In fact, up to 50% of a household's water use can be attributed to the home's landscape irrigation system. In order ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Home Management, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Conservation, Controller, County, Irrigation, Pgm_Water, Restrictions, Sarasota, Water

Hierbas y especias, prolongando su vida útil para darle más sabor a sus comidas durante las festividades

by Luz Bahder

December 15, 2022

Piense en las hierbas y especias que componen su plato festivo favorito: la albahaca, el tomillo o el romero en los sabrosos platos principales y sus acompañamientos, mientras que la canela, la nuez moscada o el clavo de olor forman parte ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Español, Especias, Fecha De Caducidad, Festividades, Hierbas, Samantha Kennedy, Spanish, Use Antes De

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