Armadillos: Midnight Lawn Marauders

by Les Harrison It can be pretty discouraging to step out one morning to find a lawn pock-marked like the lunar surface. Stunned surprise then anger is usually the owner’s response. The offender is not… Read More
by Les Harrison
Posted: October 20, 2014
by Les Harrison It can be pretty discouraging to step out one morning to find a lawn pock-marked like the lunar surface. Stunned surprise then anger is usually the owner’s response. The offender is not… Read More
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease
Tags: armadillos, Invasive Species, Panhandle Gardening, pests, Wildlife
by Les Harrison
Posted: October 3, 2014
Autumn in Wakulla County is typified by several activities which have a longstanding tradition for both male and female residents. Of course, FSU football is at the top of the list with the team expected… Read More
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: autumn, Bucks, Cervidea family, Deer, Deer Season, does, fall, Hunting season, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, October, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Zone C, white-tailed deer, Wildlife, yearling fawns
by John Wells
Posted: December 20, 2013
Perceptions of reality are always based on a point-of-view. Change the perspective and the object’s features, benefits and negative traits are all altered. This is especially true with one of Wakulla County’s most easily identified… Read More
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: animals, Deer, Environment, Florida, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, Nature, Wakulla County Extension, White-Tailed, Wildlife
by Les Harrison
Posted: November 15, 2013
by Les Harrison November’s frosty nights stand in stark contrast to the warmer eves of a few weeks back. The raucous chirp of crickets has been replaced with a deafening silence, interrupted occasionally with the… Read More
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: carnivore, cats, FL, Florida Panther, Les Harrison, Natural Wakulla, Panther, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension, Wildlife
by Les Harrison
Posted: August 13, 2013
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Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: August, class, Environment, Natural Wakulla, wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County Extension, Wildlife
by Les Harrison
Posted: July 13, 2013
“Imitation is the sincerest of flattery,” wrote Charles Caleb Colton. Colton was a sometimes cleric, essayist, wine merchant and gambler who bounced around Europe and North America during the early nineteenth century. It is likely… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: ambush, camouflage, Curiosities, Environmental Education, hide, Insects, mimicry, Panhandle Outdoors, Swamps, Wildlife
by Les Harrison
Posted: June 15, 2012
Delicate flowers disguise the potential problems of Horsenettle. The dainty yellow and white flowers belie the disaster potential of the plants. Horsenettles (Solanum carolinense) are blooming and producing fruit in Wakulla County. Horsenettle can be a serious weed… Read More
Category: Agriculture
Tags: Beef Cattle, forage, hay, Panhandle Agriculture, pasture, Pest Alert, weeds, Wildlife
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