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How to Maintain Atala Butterflies in Your Garden Year-Round, Fourth Blog


June 17, 2024

In-A-Pinch Preventative Measures Transfer and Retransfer: A great help to the coonties during the Atalas’ peak munching period is to transfer the bigger caterpillars from the newer growth to older leaves or to a bigger plant that is better ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: #wildlife, Florida, Florida Friendly Landscape, Homestead, Miami-Dade, South Florida, UF/IFAS Miami-Dade Extension

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


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

2022 A Very Strange Rainy Season


September 28, 2022

Or why average rainfall records do not fully relay the ups and downs of rainy season (nor dry season). As I sit writing this blog we are soaked in rain from a brush with Ian. This rainfall event and the past 10 days of rainy weather have ... READ MORE

Category: , Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, NATURAL RESOURCES, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Climate Change, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Homestead, South Florida, UF/IFAS Extension

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is Approaching! Here three ideas to help prevent financial abuse in senior adults.


May 24, 2021

Help prevent financial fraud abuse in senior adults. According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, 90% of financial fraud in senior adults is caused by family members or people who know the senior adult well. Sadly, senior adults are financially ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Money Matters, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Homestead, Miami, Miami-Dade, MoneyMatters

Virus throttles Florida’s lucrative ornamental plant industry (Interview)


April 27, 2020

How is COVID-19 pandemic affecting the ornamental plant industry in Florida? Follow this interview by AFP news to a nursery grower and UF/IFAS Extension expert in Miami-Dade County By AFP. The palm trees that line many US boulevards, the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Agriculture, COVID-19, Farmworker, Florida, Homestead, Industry, Miami, Nursery, Ornamental, Plant, Planta, Trabajo, UF/IFAS, Virus, Vivero

Meet our Spring Volunteer: Manuel Ponce


April 11, 2018

Manuel, is a shy but diligent young person, who approached me to work as a volunteer within the UF/IFAS Extension Program I conduct in Miami-Dade County for commercial ornamental clientele. I still remember one of his emails quoting: I am available ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Homestead, Miami-Dade, Nursery, Ornamental Industry, UF/IFAS Extension, Volunteer

Do you know what a Whitefly Biotype Q is?


July 19, 2016

It is a significant pest that could damage agriculture, has spread from Palm Beach to seven (7)other Florida counties, according to a University of Florida (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) entomologist: Dr. OSborne. Crops ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 2016. Nursery, Biotype Q, Free Class, Free Workshop, Gratis, Homestead, Miami, Mosca Blanca, Nurseries, UF, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Vivero, Whitefly, Workshop

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