Gardening in Florida can be incredibly rewarding and incredibly frustrating at the same time. If you are new to the region, you soon learn that gardening in the sunshine state can quickly become a full-time… Read More
Each year, on the third Friday in January, Sarasota County’s UF/IFAS Extension & Sustainability Dept. celebrates Florida’s State Arbor Day. Since 2018, the County’s urban forestry Extension program Treejuvenation Florida, has marked the occasion with… Read More
Winter festivities bring great transformation to our spaces — indoors and outdoors — as they’re bedecked with lights and all things shiny and bright. As you meticulously plan your holiday decorations, remember the waste associated… Read More
Gardening in Florida can be incredibly rewarding and incredibly frustrating at the same time. If you are new to the region, you soon learn that gardening in the sunshine state can quickly become a full-time… Read More
Take Sustainability home to your family by checking out a Family Green Living Kit for free from any Sarasota County Public Library. Family Green Living Kits Sarasota County offers Family Green Living Kits, formerly known… Read More
Gardening in Florida can be incredibly rewarding and incredibly frustrating at the same time. If you are new to the region, you soon learn that gardening in the sunshine state can quickly become a full-time… Read More
Gardening in Florida can be incredibly rewarding and incredibly frustrating at the same time. If you are new to the region, you soon learn that gardening in the sunshine state can quickly become a full-time… Read More
![A stockpile of fresh cranberries. [CREDIT: PIxabay.com]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/files/2020/10/2020_FCS_blogCranberries01_pixabayCROP1338x357_TINY.jpg)
If you’re like me, you enjoy the month of October for many reasons, from a love of pumpkin to the beginning of cooler weather, and, of course, enjoying all the winter squash. But, did you… Read More
![An array of winter squash in the field [CREDIT: UF/IFAS]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/files/2020/10/2020_FCS_blogSquashPumpkin_ifas01CROP1338x357_TINY.jpg)
Did you know that squash varieties that are harvested in the fall are known as winter squash? Winter squash has a lot of varieties including acorn, butternut, Hubbard and spaghetti squash and of course it’s… Read More
A startling statistic from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that leaks account for 12% of indoor water use. In the United States, an average household wastes 10,000 gallons of water on leaks annually. You… Read More
