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Intern Amber helps with pond study

Amber’s Adventures: The story of a summer internship

by Katherine Clements
September 13, 2019

By AMBER LOPATINE Intern, UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County Hi! I'm Amber, and I recently completed my summer internship experience with Sarasota County. Keep reading to learn about my summer adventures in Sustainability and Natural Resources. I ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Conservation, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Conservation, Environment, Extension, Florida Master Naturalist Program, InternSarasotaLife, Nature, Pgm_EcoNR, Pgm_Sustain, Sustainability, Wildlife
a collection of twospotted mites on a green background. twospotted mites are a major pest on more than 200 species of plants

Controlling insects naturally

by Carol Wyatt-Evens
September 12, 2019

Summer is the season… for checking landscape plants for insects before they devour your plants with their ravenous appetite. Conservative estimates state there are over 12,000 species of insects in Florida, so it’s no wonder your hibiscus ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Environment, Extension, Florida Friendly, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Insect, Insects, Land Insects, Landscape, Landscape Insects, Nature, Pgm_Chemicals
man spreads fertilizer on lawn

Fertilizing in the Summer

by Kevin O'Horan
July 6, 2015

Sarasota County is one of many counties in Southwest Florida that have established restrictions on the application of fertilizers containing nitrogen and/or phosphorous. Sarasota County’s fertilizer blackout prohibits applying such products ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Natural Resources, Turf, Water
Tags: Extension, Fertilizer, Horticulture, IFAS, Lawn, Pgm_HortComm, Pgm_HortRes, Pollution, Runoff, Sarasota, UF, Water Quality

The Meaning in Landscapes

by Kevin O'Horan
March 5, 2015

I was a princess in a castle. Not a ‘come save me, I’m so frail’ princess, but a princess that hunted with falcons, rode griffins and tamed dragons. I had a castle, a fortress, surrounded by an impenetrable forest. My castle was guarded ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Ecosystem, Extension, Gardens, Home Landscape, Imagination, Nature, UF/IFAS, Urban Environment, Wildlife

Palmetto Weevils

by Kevin O'Horan
March 2, 2015

Post by Bob Mertens; Horticulture Program Specialist Once considered a minor pest of palms, the palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) has in recent years become a serious problem on Canary Island Date palms (Phoenix canariensis) and ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Extension, Gardens, Horticulture, Landscaping, Palmetto, Pesticides, Pests, Pgm_HortComm, Pgm_HortRes, UF, Weevil

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