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Panhandle Produce: Eating In Season

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 21, 2016

There are so many benefits to eating locally grown produce, from reducing the carbon footprint required to get food to your table, to supporting local, small-scale farmers. To maximize your locally-grown produce consumption, you need to know ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Agriculture, Cooking, Eating In Season, Families & Consumers, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Farming, Florida, Food, Food And Nutrition, General Information, Growing, Local, Produce, Shelley Swenson, Vegetables, Wakulla Extension

Put Your Smart Phone to Work

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 9, 2016

Who would have thought twenty years ago that we would have the whole world at our fingertips like we do today? Smart phones have such potential to revolutionize our daily lives but too often they become drains instead. They can be drains on ... READ MORE

Category: WORK & LIFE
Tags: Education, Families & Consumers, Family And Consumer Sciences, Finances, Food And Nutrition, Free Personal Finance Apps, Free Wellness Apps, Health, Shelley Swenson, Smart Phone Apps, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension

Upcoming UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Open House and Master Gardener Plant Sale

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 15, 2016

Wakulla County’s winter gardens are almost done, with many vegetable plants bolting or sending up shoots to produce blossoms and seed. At that occurrence, their value as a food source steeply declines. All the plant’s efforts are ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H, Families & Consumers, Food And Nutrition, General Information, Lawn & Garden, Master Gardener, Open House, Plant Sale, Sustainable Living, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Soup’s On!

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 12, 2016

By Shelley Swenson, Extension Agent III, Family and Consumer Sciences UF-IFAS Wakulla County Extension Soups On…. What eight words go together when you think of soup? I think of cold weather, economic meal, preparation ease and slow cooker. This ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Comfort Food, Cooking, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Food, Food And Nutrition, Fun, Shelley Swenson, Soup's On Recipe Book, Soups, Wakulla Extension

Greens Love the Cool Temperatures of Fall

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 21, 2015

By Les Harrison and Shelley Swenson The cool days and cooler nights of December have removed home gardening from the minds of many residents in Wakulla County. Much of Florida’s commercial vegetable production has moved to warmer counties ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: 4-H, 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture, Children, Community, Education, Environment, Extension, Family, Farming, Florida, Food, Food And Nutrition, Garden, General Information, Greens, Grow, Growing, In The Garden Now, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Plants, Shelley Swenson, Sustainable Living, Wakulla Agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla Extension, Wakulla News, Youth, Youth Oppurtunities

It’s Turkey Time: Safely Prepare Your Holiday Meal

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 10, 2015

Photo courtesy of UF/IFAS Extension University of Florida By Shelley Swenson UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Whether you are a seasoned chef or a novice preparing your first holiday meal, make sure you know the safest ways to thaw, prepare, ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Community, Cooking, Education, Families & Consumers, Family, Family And Consumer Sciences, FCS, Florida, Food And Nutrition, Food Safety, General Information, Shelley Swenson, Thanksgiving, Turkey, UF/IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

What’s In the Garden Now — Tomatoes

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 17, 2015

By Les Harrison, UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director and Clara Foran, UF/IFAS Wakulla County Family and Consumer Sciences Temporary Program Aide The hot days and humid nights of August 2015 are not prime for vegetable gardening. This ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES
Tags: Agriculture, Bill Osbourne, Clara Foran, Community, Environment, Extension, Farming, Florida, Food, Food And Nutrition, Free, Fun, Gardener, Gardening, General Information, Grow, Growing, Horticulture, In The Garden Now, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Plant, Plants, Shelley Swenson, Tomatoes, UF/IFAS, Vegetables, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, What's In The Garden Now

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