What is “intentional”? Intentional is doing something deliberately, with purpose, and whole-hearted. When it comes to riding, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with a good play or leisurely stroll, however, to improve our horses and ourselves we must ride… Read More
Updated 03/15/20 As we continue to monitor COVID-19 in Florida, I wanted to take a moment to update our UF/IFAS Extension community about our current status, best practices and next steps. The personal health and safety of everyone… Read More
You may have heard the term conservation easements before but never really knew what they were about. A conservation easement is a legally binding agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency where the landowner… Read More
DATE AND TIME Thursday, December 12 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST LOCATION Yulee County Building 86026 Pages Dairy Rd. Yulee, FL 32097 Call for directions!!! FEE Early bird is $30 per person; at the door is $40;… Read More
I appreciate you brining in a sample which made it much easier to identify. These are the eggs of the Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. The number of eggs per mass varies considerably but is often 100 to 200,… Read More
The Northeast Florida Small Farms Network connects livestock producers and growers to a resource-network focused on diversified and economically sustainable agriculture. Facilitated by the UF/IFAS Agriculture Extension agent of Nassau County, aims to help address the priorities, issues,… Read More
Aquatic plants are not my strong suit, so I contacted the University of Florida’s Herbarium expect. He identified the plant as knotweed or dotted knotweed, Persicaria punctate. This is a common wetland plant to most of the United… Read More
All of the white, covering the trunk of your tree is actually an insect. White peach scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni), is believed to have originated in Japan or China, although one report places the point of origin in… Read More
This was difficult to identify since it did not have any flowers. But one of the Master Gardener volunteers earned her title today by looking for it on-line. One very distinctive characteristic was the uneven shape of the… Read More
Many may remember the mad cow disease epidemic in the United Kingdom during the mid-nineties. But what is mad cow disease and where did it come from? Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or commonly referred to as mad cow disease… Read More
