Tag: trees

Posted: May 22, 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 cool evenings and days in the upper 80’s and 90’s are bring an… Read More

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes

Tags: bean, Clara Foran, Community, Environment, environmentally friendly, Extension, Families & Consumers, family, Family and Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Farming, Florida, Food, Food and Nutrition, free, fun, Garden, gardening, General Information, growing, Horticulture, Lawn & Garden, legume, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, nutrition, pea, peas, plants, snap peas, Sustainable Living, trees, UF/IFAS, vegetables, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, What's in the Garden Now

Tent Caterpillars: An Unwelcome Spring Guest

Posted: May 19, 2015

Uninvited guests can sometimes be fun and entertaining, bringing spontaneity to an otherwise predictable schedule. Sometimes the surprise guest is just an unpleasant distraction with no redeeming virtues. The unanticipated knock on the door can… Read More

Category: Horticulture

Tags: caterpillars, eastern tent caterpillars, Insects, Panhandle Gardening, pests, tree pest, trees

Poison Ivy and Poison Oak

Posted: May 18, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Despite the heat and bugs, nothing beats spending time outside with family. Make sure children understand the plants to stay away from when they are out… Read More

Category: Natural Resources

Tags: Environment, Florida, Garden, gardening, General Information, growing, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, pest, plants, poison, poison ivy, poison oak, poisonous, trees, vine, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Poison Ivy and Poison Oak

Posted: May 18, 2015

Category: Natural Resources

Tags: Environment, Extension, Florida, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, local, native, Native Plants, Natural Resource, Natural Wakulla, Nature, North Florida, pest, plants, poison, poison ivy, poison oak, poisonous, sumac, The Wakulla News, trees, vine, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, wildflowers

Tent Caterpillars are Setting Up Camp

Posted: 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… 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

Posted: May 13, 2015

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

Grasshoppers are Emerging, Ready to Eat

Posted: 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… 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

Update: Master Gardener Plant Sale!

Posted: April 20, 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–starting today with… Read More

Category: Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: blooms, bushes, Community, Environment, Florida, flowers, fun, Garden, gardening, General Information, grow, growing, Horticulture, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Wakulla, ornamentals, plant sale, shrubs, trees, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Native Flowers Overlooked for Cultivated Blooms

Posted: April 8, 2015