Tag: turkey

It’s Turkey Time!

Posted: November 18, 2013

Lara Miller, Natural Resource Agent, UF/IFAS Extension The eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) is frequently spotted by visitors to Pinellas County’s Brooker Creek Preserve located in Tarpon Springs. The Preserve offers these large ground-foraging… Read More

Category: Wildlife, Work & Life

Tags: caruncle, gobble, hen, lmiller, poults, roost, turkey

November Program Schedule

by bniemann

Posted: October 28, 2013

Hi there! Check out this list of educational programs offered throughout Pinellas County this month by Extension educators. Programs are listed under the location where they will occur. Most programs are free to attend, however… Read More

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Work & Life

Tags: Archaeology, Barrel, beer, birds, Book, Botany, Brooker, children, cistern, citrus, club, Community, creek, farm, Food, fruit, garden, great, harvesting, Herb, Hike, hydroponics, island, Kids, landscape, level, lichen, Money, owl, paddleboard, Photography, place, Plant, Preserve, Quest, Rain, Rainwater, right, rise, School, sea, stand, SUP, Tropical, turkey, up, vegetable, walk, Weedon, Wildflower, wildlife, woods

Cooking a Thanksgiving Turkey?

by sfylpinellascounty

Posted: November 19, 2012

Did you know that for every 5 pounds of turkey it takes 1 day in the fridge to thaw? A 20 pound turkey needs 4 days to thaw! See this great little video about preparing your… Read More

Category: Work & Life

Tags: Thanksgiving, turkey

Thanksgiving Mushrooms: The Turkey Tail

by sfylpinellascounty

Posted: November 23, 2011

This week’s blog was written by guest blogger Dusty Purcell. Dusty is a Mycologist/Plant Pathologist who studied at the University of Florida. This Thanksgiving-themed fungus is not a true mushroom but really a polypore. Whereas… Read More

Category: Forests

Tags: fungus, mushrooms, Thanksgiving, turkey, turkey-tail-fungus