Tag: UF/IFAS

Upcoming Event: Fall Cattle Seminar

Posted: August 17, 2015

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Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: agriculture, animal, beef, bull, cattle, cow, farm, Farming, Florida, General Information, Les Harrison, livestock, ranch, UF/IFAS, wakulla, Wakulla agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

What’s In the Garden Now — Tomatoes

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Posted: August 17, 2015

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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… 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

Sweetgum Trees

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Posted: August 14, 2015

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Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Most Wakulla natives will have no problem identifying the sweetgum tree, due to its unique–and painful–burrs, yet few know of the superstition behind them. Besides being sold… Read More

Category: Natural Resources

Tags: ball, burr, Community, Environment, Florida, Garden, gardening, General Information, grow, growing, Landscape, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, painful, plant, spikes, sweet gum, sweetgum, tree, UF/IFAS, wakulla, Wakulla agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Free Financial Management Webinars!

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Posted: August 10, 2015

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Category: Money Matters, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life

Tags: agriculture, education, Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, farmer, Farming, FCS, Finances, Financial, Florida, free, fun, General Information, plants, ranch, Shelley Swenson, UF/IFAS, wakulla, Wakulla agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, webinar, woman, woman farmer, women, Workshop

Invasive Vines

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Posted: August 7, 2015

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Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Homeowners have had a tough summer maintaining the yard while fighting the onslaught of weeds. Controlling problem plant life is difficult, but not impossible–the best tactic may… Read More

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources

Tags: barbs, Environment, Florida, Garden, gardening, General Information, grow, growing, Horticulture, invasive, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, pest, Pest Management, plant, thorns, UF/IFAS, vines, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, weeds

Controlling Summer Weeds

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Posted: August 5, 2015

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Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director As parents ready their children for the new school year, nature is already preparing for next spring by sending out mass quantities of seeds for the… Read More

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease

Tags: Community, control, Environment, environmentally friendly, Extension, Florida, Garden, gardening, General Information, grow, growing, herbicide, Horticulture, invasive, Landscape, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, pest, Pest Management, plant, plants, pollinate, seed, seeds, UF/IFAS, Uncategorized, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, weed

Jumping Spiders

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Posted: July 31, 2015

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Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Regal is a word used to describe kings, queens and other general nobility. The word itself conjures an air of sophistication and royalty. There is one such… Read More

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife

Tags: arachnid, Big Bend Bugs!, bug, bugs, Environment, environmentally friendly, Extension, Florida, Garden, General Information, insect, jumping spider, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, regal jumping spider, scorpion, spider, UF/IFAS, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Muscadine Grapes

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Posted: July 29, 2015

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Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Growing up in a rural area like Wakulla gives kids the opportunity to explore nature and learn its many benefits. Wild grapes may be one of the sweetest… Read More

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes

Tags: Community, Environment, Florida, Food, Food and Nutrition, fruit, General Information, grape, grow, growing, Les Harrison, muscadine, native, Natural Resources, plants, sweet, trees, UF/IFAS, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, wild, wild grape

Carinata – an alternative fuel source?

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Posted: July 27, 2015

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Les Harrison is UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director and Clara Foran is UF/IFAS Wakulla County Family and Consumer Sciences Temporary Program Aide Renewable resources are the key to sustainability, especially when it comes to energy…. Read More

Category: Natural Resources

Tags: alternative, biofuel, carinata, clean, eco-friendly, Environment, environmentally friendly, Extension, Florida, fuel, General Information, green, growing, Les Harrison, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, plants, renewable, resource, sustainable, Sustainable Living, UF/IFAS, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension