It’s Pumpkin Season!
Even though the weather is still warm, fall is here! Visit any of our local grocery stores and you will see pumpkins for sale. Pumpkins are an important part of the fall season and here in Gadsden… Read More
Category: Work & Life
Capitalizing on Sustainable Tourism in Okaloosa County
The majority of visitors to Okaloosa County come for our most popular natural resources, the beach and ocean. However, our county has so much more to offer and visitors to and residents of are often not aware of… Read More
Preparing your landscape for storms
Preventive maintenance is key to preparing for storms. Even our thunderstorms can produce thirty, forty or fifty-plus mile per hour winds. But we are also now concerned with the possibility of a major hurricane making landfall somewhere in… Read More
Let’s Talk Tomatoes
Tomatoes are abundant this time of year and you have many options to buy local and fresh. Tomatoes are one of the most popular home garden vegetable to grow and should now be providing the home gardener with… Read More
Florida Saves Week 2017, February 27 – March 4, 2017
Nationally, America Saves Week is an annual opportunity to promote good personal savings behavior! More locally, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is collaborating with America Saves in a campaign to help Floridians… Read More
Eco-Nomic Living Expo at Santa Rosa Mall Saturday, Feb. 11
Come join the University of Florida/IFAS Extension Office for the 2017 Eco-Nomic Living Expo at the Santa Rosa Mall in Mary Esther on Saturday, February 11. This year’s Expo begins a 10 am and ends at 3 pm… Read More
Gifts from the Kitchen Make the Holidays Special
It is that time of year when we think about giving special gifts to the people in our lives that mean the most to us. Your list might include teachers, neighbors, friends and co-workers. Gifts don’t have to… Read More
Pumpkins Have Arrived
Even though the weather is still warm, fall is right around the corner. Walk into any local grocery store and pumpkins are starting to show up. Pumpkins are a staple for the beginning of the fall season. Locally,… Read More
Are You Prepared For A Storm?
Hurricane season is upon us and it is already an active season! To help you be prepared for a storm, we have made several videos on the following topics: Food Inventory, Important Documents, Landscape, Children, Livestock, Boats, Post… Read More