Protecting new vegetable transplants in the garden can be very challenging for most gardeners. Continue below for a few tips that will make transplanting vegetables more successful: Create A Collar: A collar can be made from a bottomless plastic cup or a waxed cardboard carton to protect transplant from cutworms. The collar should …
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Water, Water Everywhere: Children Discuss Water Quality
Salt water continues to make it into our fresh water supply. Will you conserve? I had the privilege of spending a day recently with children from Medart Elementary School for their annual Project Learning Tree (PLT). During PLT, community representatives make presentations on nature, conservation and sustainability practices. The 2013 theme was Wakulla Life is …
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Swamps: Watershed or Wasteland?
Swamps provide valuable filtration for surface water Recent rains have left water standing on some panhandle Florida real estate which has been dry for several years. Ponds, natural and dug, are brimming with water reflecting the generous outpouring from the slow and wet weather system which passed listlessly over the area. The rainwater excess is also …
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Small Farms field day a great success!
The Gulf Coast Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises inaugural event was a great success! Over 80 people came out and took part in the field day that included stops about food safety regulations, drip and orchard irrigation, trap crops, construction of hydroponic lettuce float beds, and greenhouse hydroponic production. Check out the photos and video from the …
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Be on the Lookout for Prevent Pigeon Fever
Livestock owners need to be on the lookout for Pigeon Fever to appear again in livestock this year. Over 60 Florida horses, mainly in Walton and Okaloosa Counties, were infected with this disease in 2012. Pigeon Fever is an infection caused by the bacteria, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis that lives in the soil and is spread …
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Perennial Peanut Field Day, June 1
The next Perennial Peanut Field Day will be held in Quincy on June 1st. 13th Annual Perennial Peanut Producer’s Field Day Saturday, June 1, 2013 UF/IFAS North Florida Research & Education Center – Quincy, Florida Schedule (Eastern TIme) 8:30 a.m. Registration 8:55 a.m. Welcome Field day logistics 9:00 a.m. Use of perennial peanut in livestock …
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USDA Reminds Producers of Approaching Deadline for FSA County Committees Nominations
Want to be more involved in how federal Ag programs are delivered in your county? Consider participating as a representative on your local FSA county committee. Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers that they have until August 1, 2013, to nominate eligible candidates to serve on local FSA county committees. …
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Experiment When Cooking with Herbs
Be adventurous in cooking with herbs! Many novice cooks fret about what herbs to add to a recipe, when to add them and how much to add. There are no rules when cooking with herbs! The fun of livening up recipes with herbs is in the experimenting. For those who want more guidance, a guide …
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Artisan Bread in Five Minutes
One of the most comforting memories of childhood has to be the smell of homemade yeast bread wafting throughout the house! Baking yeast bread, like many other kitchen traditions is making a comeback. Bread is a wonderful source of carbohydrades, especially if the flour is made from whole grains. (These kernels consist of three parts: …
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Kudzu Bug Makes First Appearance in Wakulla County
Kudzu bugs, with a taste for legumes, cotton and citrus, have made their first appearance in Wakulla County. The Kudzu Bug also known as the bean plataspid (Megacopta cribraria, Fabricius), was discovered in the Sopchoppy area of western Wakulla County last week populating a citrus tree. Kudzu bugs are native to East Asia and were …
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