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Tent Caterpillars are Setting Up Camp


May 13, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Summer is a popular time of year for camping. As school ends, parents are busy signing their kids up for day and overnight camps. Tent moths have a similar plan in mind for their ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Bugs, Caterpillars, Community, Environment, Florida, Garden, Gardening, General Information, Growing, Horticulture, Insects, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Moths, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Pest Management, Plants, Tent, Tent Moths, Trees, Vegetables, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Tent Caterpillars


May 13, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Summer is a popular time of year for camping. As school ends, parents are busy signing their kids up for day and overnight camps. Tent moths have a similar plan in mind for their ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Animals, Big Bend Bugs!, Bugs, Caterpillar, Caterpillars, Environment, Extension, Florida, Insect, Insects, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Local, Moth, Moths, Native, Native Plants, Natural Resource, Natural Wakulla, Nature, North Florida, Pest, Pests, Plants, Species, Tent Caterpillar, Tent Moth, Tent Worms, The Wakulla News, Trees, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, Wildflowers, Wildlife

Wildflowers are Blooming All Over Wakulla


May 6, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Nothing says natural beauty like wildflowers. This time of year, nature puts on a stunning show. The ground is covered in a lush blanket of wildflowers, including our state flower, ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Florida, Garden, Gardening, General Information, Growing, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Plants, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Milkweed & Monarchs Workshop Friday!


May 4, 2015

Don't forget to register for Milkweed & Monarchs this Friday at 6:30 p.m. The Milkweed & Monarchs Workshop will focus on the life cycle of monarch butterflies. The milkweed plant plays an essential part in the monarchs journey–without ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Butterflies, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Florida, Fun, Garden, Gardening, General Information, Grow, Growing, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners, Milkweed, Monarch, Native, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Plant, Plants, Pollinate, Pollinator, UF/IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Spiderwort and Rustweed


April 29, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director It is said that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but what if that rose was called spiderwort? Surely, one would have reservations about handling a plant with such a ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Farming, Florida, Garden, Gardening, General Information, Growing, Horticulture, Invasive, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Native, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Pest Management, Plants, Rustweed, Spiderwort, UF/IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, Wildflowers

Spiderwort and Rustweed


April 29, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director It is said that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but what if that rose was called spiderwort? Surely, one would have reservations about handling a plant with such ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Bugs, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Environment, Extension, Florida, Insect, Insects, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Local, Native, Native Plants, Natural Wakulla, Nature, North Florida, Plants, Rustweed, Species, Spiderword, The Wakulla News, Uncategorized, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, Wildflowers, Wildlife

Upcoming: Milkweed & Monarchs Workshop


April 27, 2015

Friday, May 8th, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. we will be offering a workshop on the life cycle of monarch butterflies. The milkweed plant plays an essential part in the monarchs journey--without it, the butterflies would not survive. The amount ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Bug, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Extension, Florida, Fun, Garden, Gardening, General Information, Growing, Insect, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Milkweed, Monarch, Monarch Butterfly, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Plants, UF/IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Update 2: Master Gardener Plant Sale


April 22, 2015

Saturday, April 25th, from 9am-1pm, the Master Gardeners will be at Hudson Park selling plants and answering gardening questions. This week, we will be featuring some of the plants offered at the sale. Today's featured plants are tomato plants ... READ MORE

Category: HOME LANDSCAPES, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bugs, Environment, Farming, Florida, Fun, Garden, Gardener, Gardening, General Information, Grow, Growing, Insects, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Milkweed, Monarch, Monarch Butterfly, Monarchs, Natural Wakulla, Plant, Plant Sale, Plants, Tomatoes, UF/IFAS, Vegetables, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Grasshoppers are Emerging, Ready to Eat


April 22, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director The ample amount of rainfall these last few weeks has local plants opening their leaves wide in anticipation of sunnier weather. Unfortunately, those leaves are an edible picnic ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Big Bend Bugs!, Bugs, Eating, Environment, Farming, Florida, Food And Nutrition, Garden, Gardening, General Information, Grasshoppers, Growing, Insects, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Pest, Pest Management, Plants, Trees, Vegetables, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

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