Hot Topics
Agriculture
Current Stories
Growing Shiitake
You can grow these mushrooms as part of an agroforestry system or on their own for an alternative farm income. More...
Vegetable Irrigation Scheduler
FAWN has a tool for determining an irrigation schedule for summer squash, watermelon, and tomato crops. More...
Alternative Nursery Containers
Plastic containers create waste and usually aren't recycled. Try these pots made from natural materials. More...
Asian Citrus Psyllid Parasitoid
D. aligarhensis is a biological control agent for citrus psyllids, but populations haven't established in Florida. More...
Forage Planting & Establishment
Establishing a uniform forage stand in a short amount of time prevents loss of land use and money. More...
Peach & Nectarine Production
Low-chill varieties and Florida's mild climate offer growers the chance to sell in the early-season market. More...
Vertical Hydroponic Production
Avoid soil pests and diseases and grow more in small spaces with this design for soilless crop production. More...
All Stories
- Africanized Honey Bees
- Agroforestry: Options for Landowners
- Annosum Root Rot
- Avoiding West Nile Virus
- Alternative Farm Enterprises
- Alternative Farm Enterprises for You
- Backyard Chickens
- Backyard Egg Production
- Beekeeping Management Calendar
- Bees & Pesticides
- Beginning Farmers
- Bird Flu Facts
- Blueberry Freeze Protection
- BMPs: The Wave of the Future
- BMPs for Honeybee Colonies
- Caring for Older Horses
- Child Safety on Farms
- Chilli Thrips
- Chilli Thrips: Bio Control Method
- Citrus & Cold
- Citrus Blackspot ID
- Citrus Canker Guidelines
- Citrus Canker News (written Jan. 2006)
- Citrus Greening Disease
- Citrus Greening, Managing
- Citrus Greening, Scouting for
- Citrus Psyllids, Sampling for
- Cogongrass: An Invasive Plant
- Cold Protection of Foliage Plants
- Colony Collapse Disorder
- Control of Tropical Soda Apple
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Conservation Tillage
- Coping with Drought in the Landscape
- Cover Crops
- Creep Grazing
- Cultivar Selection in Tomato & Pepper Production
- Designer & Specialty Eggs
- Developing a Risk-free Peanut (written Dec. 2006)
- Developing Agritourism
- Dogfennel
- Early Weaning of Beef Calves
- El Niño is Back! (written Sept. 2006)
- Exclusion Methods for Greenhouse Vegetable Pests
- FAWN at Your Fingertips
- Farm Ponds in Florida Irrigation Systems
- Farming Shiitake
- Fence Brace Assemblies
- Fencerows
- Fencing Costs
- Fencing Water Sources
- Five Ways to Improve Profitability
- Florida Beekeeping Calendar
- Florida Cracker Cattle
- Florida's Venomous Snakes
- Food Safety on the Farm
- Food Safety: Transportation
- Forage for Horses
- Forage Legume Guide, Winter
- Forages, Warm-Season
- Forages, Cool-Season
- Forest Certification
- Forest Inventory
- Good Agricultural Practices
- Good Agricultural Practices, Overview
- Grass Tetany
- Grazing Leases
- Greenhouse Pest Exclusion: Resistant Cultivars
- Gummy Stem Blight
- Heat Stress
- Honeybees & Pollen
- Hoof Care for Horses
- Horse Nutrition: How to Feed a Horse
- Horses, Protecting from Mosquitoes
- Hurricane Preparation for Farmers & Ranchers
- Identification Resources: Bugs, Plants, & Diseases
- La Niña
- Laurel Wilt
- Layout & Design for a Wholesale Container Nursery
- Livestock, Heritage Breeds
- Maintenance Safety
- Managing Florida Ponds for Fishing
- Managing a Dairy Cow
- Managing Pastures for Dairy Cows
- Manure Matters
- Microgreens: A Specialty Crop
- New Website for the Ruskin Lab
- Niche Meat Marketing
- Open-Field Soilless Culture of Vegetables
- Organic Nematode Management
- Organic Produce, Marketing
- Organic System Plan
- Organic Vegetable Seeds
- Papayas for Tomato IPM
- Pasture for Dairy Cows
- Pasture Weeds
- Perennial Peanut & Citrus
- Permits for Biomass Crops
- Pesticide CEUs Available Online
- Pesticide Effects on Nontarget Organisms
- Pesticide Licensing (Pesticide Information Office)
- Pines & Wildlife
- Pomegranates as a Cash Crop
- Poultry, Araucana Chickens
- Poultry Diseases
- Poultry Foraging
- Poultry, Pastured
- Predation on Livestock
- Psyllids in Abandoned Groves
- Range Sites of Florida
- Road Safety for Tractors
- Row Covers for Crop Protection During Cold Weather
- Selling Farm Fresh Eggs
- Silvopasture
- Silvopasture with Goats
- Small Farms Conference
- Small Farms on the Web
- Small Farms: Direct Marketing
- Small Farms: Getting Started
- Soil Solarization
- Soil Testing
- Starting a Farmers' Market
- Strawberry Disorders
- Stone Fruit Harvest
- Sunbelt Ag Expo
- Toxic Plants
- Tractor Safety
- Value Added Agriculture
- Vegetable Fertilization Principles
- Vegetable Production Handbook
- Vertical Vegetable Gardening
- Virtual Field Days
- Weather Resources
- Weed Management in Pastures
- Whiteflies
- White Mold and Vegetables
- Windbreaks
- Windbreaks, Management of
- Worker Protection Standards
- Worker Safety Training
Bug Bytes
All Stories
- Africanized Honey Bees
- Bed Bugs
- Biting & Stinging Insects
- Chilli Thrips
- Colony Collapse Disorder
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
- Featured Creatures
- Fire Ants
- Fire Ant Management, Sustainable
- Fleas, Getting Rid of
- Fleas & Ticks
- Lawn Caterpillars
- Lovebugs
- Mole Crickets
- Mosquitoes: How to Avoid Their Bites
- Pesticide CEUs Available Online
- Pesticide Licensing (Pesticide Information Office)
- Scentless Plant Bugs
- Sod Webworms
- Termites in Mulch?
- Ticks
- Ticks & Disease in Florida
- West Nile Virus
- Whiteflies
Environment
Current Stories
Ambrosia Beetles & Wood Chips
How do you dispose of dead trees infected with ambrosia beetles and laurel wilt? Chipping may be best. More...
Bird Houses for Cavity-Nesters
Birds can be very specific in the sites they choose for their homes. Here are tips for setting up nesting sites. More...
FloraGator Plant Identification
Try this online key for identifying flowering plant families. Knowing the family makes plant ID easier. More...
Native Bromeliads
We all recognize Spanish moss, but what are some of the other plants you see living and growing on trees? More...
Goliath Grouper
Goliath grouper management is a debated topic. Here's the latest on their biology and ecology. More...
Bat Houses
Bats can be a helpful wildlife addition to your property. Provide nesting sites or build your own bat house. More...
Snake Identification Key
If you spy a snake this month, use this website to identify it based on the color of its scales and belly. More...
All Stories
- Africanized Honey Bees
- Air Potato
- Alligator Safety
- American Crocodile
- Artificial Reefs, Economic Benefits
- Barn Owls
- Barred Owl
- Bat Conservation
- Bats
- Bats in Buildings
- Bats of Florida
- Beach Mice
- Bees in Nesting Boxes
- Bird Feeders, How to Choose
- Biting & Stinging Insects
- Black Snakes
- Boating Safety
- Bottomland Forests & Wildlife
- Canals & the Everglades
- Cavity Nesting Birds
- Cicadas
- Climate Change & Sea-Level Rise in Florida
- Cogongrass
- Common Florida Spiders
- Conservation Easements
- Coral Reefs
- Cuban Treefrogs
- Cypress
- Deadwood & Forest Wildlife Diversity
- Did I See a Panther?
- Ducks in Florida
- Earth Day (Written April 2007, Updated April 2010)
- Encountering Sea Turtles
- Endangered Species
- Federal & State Agencies
- Fire and Habitat
- Five Invasive Plants to Know
- Fleas
- Florida Bird Monitoring Program
- Florida Butterflies Sheet
- Florida Master Naturalist Program
- Florida’s Environment
- Florida’s Frogs
- Florida's Invasive Species
- Florida Scrub Jay
- Florida Torreya
- Florida's Venomous Snakes
- Florida's Water Resources
- Florida Wildlife FAQs
- Free Ranging Pets
- Giant African Land Snails
- Giants Salamanders
- Golden Silk Spider
- Gulf Oil Spill: What You Can Do
- Helping Wildlife FAQs
- Hummingbirds of Florida
- Identification Resources: Insects, Plants, & Diseases
- Identification Resources: Reptiles & Frogs
- Identifying a Tree
- Identifying Poisonous Plants
- Invader Updater
- Invasive Plants: What You Can Do
- Large Lizards in Florida
- Laurel Wilt
- Laws that Protect Wildlife
- Lightning Safety
- Lionfish
- Living Shorelines
- Living with Alligators
- Living with Black Bears
- Lovebugs
- Luna Moths
- Moccasin or Watersnake?
- Monarch Butterflies
- Making a Treefrog House
- Marine Toads (aka Cane Toads, Giant Toads)
- Mosquitoes: How to Avoid Their Bites
- Oil Spill: What You Can Do
- Outdoor Recreation
- Native Habitats for Monarch Butterflies in South Florida
- Native Plant Resources
- Nuisance Wildlife
- Oaks of Florida
- Poisonous & Stinging Plants
- Protecting Water Birds
- REDDy (recognize and report invasive reptiles)
- Rip Currents: Don’t Panic!
- Scientific Names
- Shark Attacks: Reducing the Risk
- Shorebirds & Storms
- Snakebites
- Snakes in Residential Areas
- Soil Insects
- Spanish Moss
- Spined Soldier Bug
- Ticks & Disease in Florida
- Ticks & Tick-borne Diseases
- Trail Hiking
- Upland Forest Ecosystems
- UF Water Institute
- Venomous Spiders in Florida
- Value of Oak Trees to Wildlife
- Wading Birds
- Weeds: Mile-a-Minute
- Wetland Plants for Habitat
- What to Do About Injured Wildlife
- Wild Hogs in Florida
- Wildfire FAQ
- Wildflowers of Florida
- Wildlife Calendar (Activities by Month)
Families & Consumers
Current Stories
Heart Health
Show your love for your family and protect your heart this month and all year long with healthy eating and living. More...
2012 Elections: Policies & Issues
Presidential, federal, state, county, and local elections all occur this year. Here are issues facing Florida. More...
Home Canning
Try home canning as a way to preserve produce from your garden. Many county offices are offering classes. More...
Young Investor Program
Waiting to start saving until later in your life can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest earnings. More...
Pesticide Safety
Many household products are pesticides--more than you may realize. Be sure you use them safely. More...
Hand Washing
Is washing your hands a regular habit? Soap, water, and hand scrubbing go a long way to protect your health. More...
Fat in Your Diet
Magazines, friends, the news--all seem to have something to say about fat. Here's what you need to know. More...
All Stories
- Back-to-School Shopping
- Barriers to Physical Activity
- Bed Bugs
- Being an Involved Father: What Does It Mean?
- Better Breakfast Month
- Breakfast on the Go
- Bullying
- Buying Insurance
- Caribbean Crazy Ants
- Children and Sleep
- Christmas Trees
- Cleaning Your Home
- Cooking with Herbs
- Credit Scores & Reports
- Diabetes Resources
- Disaster Food & Water Safety
- Disaster Planning for Older Adults
- Disaster Planning: Important Papers & Documents
- E. coli Infections
- Easing Pregnancy Discomforts
- Eating for Healthy Eyes
- Emergency Water Supplies
- Emerging Pathogens Institute
- Encouraging Positive Youth Video Game Activities
- Energy Conservation in the Home
- Facing Foreclosure
- Facts About Sodium
- Family Dinner
- Family Time
- Fat in Your Diet
- Fiber Facts
- Fighting the Holiday Blues
- Filing an Insurance Claim
- Fire Safety: Holidays & Winter
- Fireworks Safety
- Fleas, Getting Rid of
- Fleas & Ticks
- Florida Produce
- Folate Facts
- Food Allergies
- Food & Medicine
- Food Preservation: Freezing
- Food Safety
- Food Safety: Does Your Kitchen Pass the Test?
- Food Safety: Egg Recall
- Food Safety: Restaurant and Take-out Foods
- Food Safety, Summertime
- Food Safety, Brown Bag
- Formosan Termites
- Free Ranging Pets
- Freezing Fruit
- Gas Prices & Saving Money
- Grill Safety
- Grocery Lists
- Halloween Safety
- Hand Washing and County Fairs
- Handling Money: Credit Use
- Happy Helpful Holiday
- Health Benefits of Volunteering
- Healthy Holiday Food
- Heart Health: Show Your Love
- Heat Stress
- Heat Tips for Older Adults
- Holiday Shopping
- Holidays & Relationships
- Home Repair: Clogged Drains
- Home Safety: Fire & Electrical
- Homework Help
- How to Make a Spending Plan
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Housing As We Grow Older
- Hurricane Preparation for Families
- Importance of Family Dinner
- Indoor Air Quality
- Iron in Your Diet
- Is Your House a Sick House?
- JobStart Series
- Job Loss: Coping with Stress
- Leaks in Spending
- Lightning Safety: Don't Be a Victim
- Linking Generations
- Listening Effectively
- Living Actively
- Living with Diabetes
- Making Ends Meet
- Managing in Tough Times
- Marine Toads: A Danger to Your Pets
- Media Literacy
- Mold & Mildew
- Money & Children Moving Home
- Mosquitoes: How to Avoid Their Bites
- Mother’s Day Flowers: Keep Them Alive Longer
- MyPlate: Vegetable Choices
- MyPyramid, Messages of
- Native Bromeliads
- No-Cook Recipes
- Nutrition & Oral Health
- Nutritious School Lunches
- Parent-Teacher Communication
- Pet Reptiles, Buyer's Guide
- Portion Sizes
- Potluck Food Safety
- Preparing Blue Crab
- Preventing Foreclosure
- Prioritizing Bill Payments
- Protect Your Money & Credit
- Protecting Pets from Pesticides
- Protection from Rabies
- Public Speaking
- Raising Healthy Children: Begin with Breakfast
- Reading Food Labels
- Reducing Backpack Weight
- Replacing Important Documents
- Salad Variety
- Salmonella Infections
- Save Money by Saving Energy
- Saving Money
- Savory Snacks
- School Gardens
- Selecting Turfgrass
- Sixty-six Ways to Save Money
- Snack Attacks: Be Prepared
- Sodium in Your Diet
- Space Heater Safety
- Special Diets & Holidays
- Stocking Your Pantry
- Storing Produce
- Summer Tips for Newlyweds
- Sun Safety
- Tailgate Food Safety
- Tax Filing
- Teens & Dating
- Teens & Internet Use
- Teens: Keep Teens Out of Summer Trouble
- Television and Young Children's Learning
- Ticks
- Ticks & Disease in Florida
- Time Management for Kids
- Turkey Safety
- Understanding Serving Portions
- Unwanted Exotic Pets
- Vacation Planning
- Valentine's Day Flowers: Keep Them Alive Longer
- Vitamin C, Facts About
- Weight Loss & Healthy Living
- Winter & Holiday Fire Safety
Lawn & Garden
Current Stories
Valentine's Flowers
If you give or receive flowers this holiday, read here to find an easy way to keep them fresh and blooming longer. More...
Seeding the Garden
You can use transplants to start your garden, but sometimes it is better to start garden plants from seed. More...
Gardening with Perennials
Perennials require less landscape management than annuals and can give your garden year-round color. More...
The Neighborhood Gardener
Read issues of the Master Gardener Program's e-newsletter and get tips for Florida-Friendly growing. More...
Growing Potatoes at Home
It's a good time to grow potatoes. Here are some recommended varieties and a "how-to" for home gardeners. More...
Home Irrigation Systems
Wise water use means monitoring your home irrigation, which includes doing repairs and using timers. More...
Arranging Your Landscape
In landscape design, arranging the plants into various patterns makes the garden visually interesting. More...
All Stories
- African Violets
- Agave and Yucca
- Azalea Zeal
- Bahiagrass
- Beneficial Insects
- Beneficial Nematodes
- Bird of Paradise
- Blackberries
- Blueberry Guide
- Brown Patch
- Building a Floating Hydroponic Garden
- Bulbs in the Florida Garden
- Butterfly Gardening
- Chinch Bugs
- Choosing a Lawngrass
- Citrus Culture at Home
- Community Gardens
- Composting: How to Choose or Make a Bin
- Chilli Thrips
- Cold Damage on Palms
- Cold Weather Plants
- Crape Myrtles, Red
- Diseases in the Florida Garden
- Dish Gardens & Terrariums
- Disinfecting Tools
- Dogs & Your Lawn
- Dooryard Citrus
- Drought in Florida: Water Your Lawn Wisely
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
- Enviroscaping
- Establishing Shrubs in Florida Landscapes
- Fairy Rings in Turf
- Fertilizing the Garden
- Fire Ants
- Five Landscaping Mistakes
- Florida Lawn, Environmental Stresses
- Florida Lawn Handbook
- Florida Master Gardener Program
- Florida-Friendly Landscaping FAQs
- Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Program
- Flowering Vines for Florida
- Ganoderma Rot in Palms
- Garden Insect Management
- Garden Structures and Forms
- Gardening in a Minute Radio Show
- Gardenias
- Good Lawn Bugs
- Gray Leaf Spot
- Green Industry is Big Business
- Growing Figs
- Growing Fruit in Containers
- Growing Mango
- Growing Potatoes at Home
- Growing Roses
- The "GrowSmart" Campaign
- Herbs for Fall
- Herbs for Spring
- Home Citrus Problems
- Home Landscape Irrigation Systems, Repairs & Maintenance
- Horticultural Therapy
- Iguanas & Your Landscape
- Is Your Grass Looking Ragged?
- Ladybugs of Florida
- Landscape Design: Aesthetics
- Landscape Design, Principles of
- Landscaping for Energy Efficiency
- Landscaping with Fire in Mind
- Landscaping with Native Plants
- Lawn Caterpillars
- Lawns & Drought
- Lawn Insect Management: Cultural Control
- Lemon Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
- Low Cost, Low Care Landscape Ideas
- Making a Potting Mix
- Mistletoe
- Mole Crickets
- Mulch: Getting It & Using It
- Nectar Plants
- Nematodes
- No-Dig Gardens
- Non-Chemical Weed Control
- Normal Palm "Abnormalities"
- Nun's Orchid
- Nutrient Deficiencies
- Organic Vegetable Gardening
- Ornamental Plants & Cold
- Ornamental Plants & Deer
- Over-mulching Trees
- Overseeding for Winter Color
- Palm Problems
- Palms for Florida
- Planting Cypress
- Poinsettias
- Pollination in the Garden
- Pollination of Squash and Corn, Hand
- Protecting Ornamental Plants from the Cold
- Pruning Landscape Trees & Shrubs
- Pruning Palms
- Pumpkins in Florida
- Railroad Vine
- Recycling Yard Waste as Mulch
- Reducing Fire Risk
- Red Crape Myrtle
- Repairing Home Irrigation
- Salt-Tolerant Plants for Florida
- School Gardens
- Scentless Plant Bugs
- Seeding the Garden
- Sensory Gardens
- Soil pH
- Soil Testing
- Square-Foot Gardening
- Steps to a Spring Vegetable Garden
- Stink Bug, Predatory
- Stop Crape Murder!
- Storm Cleanup
- Strawberries for the Garden
- Sudden Oak Death
- Summer Vegetables
- Take-All Root Rot
- Termites in Mulch?
- Tomato Varieties for Florida
- Transplanting Palms
- Valentine's Day Flowers
- Vegetable Garden Insects Sheet
- Vegetable Gardening
- Vertical Gardening
- Water Conservation: The "GrowSmart" Campaign
- Weeds
- Whiteflies
- Xeriscaping
Sustainable Living
Current Stories
Vegetable Gardening
Whether you are growing veggies in your yard, containers, or a community garden, this guide has you covered. More...
Conservation Easements
Conservation easements are an option for landowners who want to prevent development of their land. More...
Product Life Cyles
When you evaluate materials and products for their sustainability, look at their production and disposal. More...
Making a Tree Frog House
Birds, butterflies—now add frogs to your yard. Give them a home, and they will eat up garden pests. More...
Vermicomposting
No yard or space for a compost bin? Composting with worms can be done indoors and in small spaces. More...
Water Conservation
Use these quick tips to save water in your home, which reduces bills and puts less pressure on water resources. More...
Fire Ant Management
"Sustainable" home remedies for fire ants abound. Find out which ones work and which are myths. More...
All Stories
- Activated Charcoal: Help for Pesticide Problems
- Appliances & Energy Use
- Carbon Footprints
- Ceiling Fans
- Certified Coffees
- City Forests & Water
- Community Development
- Community Gardening
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Conservation Assistance: Rural
- Conservation Assistance: Urban
- Conservation Easements
- Conservation Easements (Video)
- Conservation Options
- Conservation Starts at Home
- Earth Day
- Ecotourism
- Edible Landscaping
- Electronics Recycling
- Energy Conservation in the Home
- Energy Efficient Homes: The Irrigation System
- Energy Efficient Homes: Laundry Area
- Energy Efficient Homes: Water Heaters
- Energy Efficiency Incentives
- Energy Efficiency: What You Can Do
- Energy: Money Saving Tips
- Environmental Education
- Facts About Bottled Water
- Fertilizers & Pesticides
- Fire Ant Management
- Florida Fresh: Lettuce
- Florida Fresh Persimmons
- Florida Fresh: Tomatoes
- Florida Master Naturalists
- Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute
- Florida's Ranches
- Fluorescent Lighting at Home
- Gardening with Organic Soil Amendments
- Gray Water Reuse
- Green Holidays
- Green Marine Tips
- Green Office
- Green Roofs for Urban Areas
- Harvesting Rainwater
- Home Water Quality
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Human & Wildlife Conflict
- Know Your Watershed
- Land Ownership
- Landscape Checklist
- Landscape Construction Materials
- Landscaping for Wildlife
- Lawn Irrigation
- Least Toxic Cockroach Control
- Living Green Tips
- Locally Grown Food
- Low & Non-Toxic Cleaning
- Low Energy Cooking (Solar Cooking)
- Making a Treefrog Home
- Native Vegetation for Wildlife
- Natural Products for Pest Management
- No-Dig Gardens
- Organic Standards
- Paper or Plastic
- Perennial Peanut: Urban Use
- Product Life Cycles: Landscape Construction Materials
- Protecting Biodiversity
- Protecting Natural Areas
- Providing Wildlife Cover
- Reclaimed Water FAQ
- Recycling
- Recycling in the Garden
- Recycling Yard Waste as Mulch
- Release Techniques for Fish
- Renewable Energy
- Rodent Control
- Seafood's Future
- Specialty Meats
- Starting a Community Garden
- Starting a Farmers Market
- Sustainable Community Development
- Sustainable Community Development: CCRs
- Sustainable Fishing
- Sustainability & Ecotourism
- Trail Hiking
- Understanding ‘Organic’
- USDA Organic Label
- Vermicomposting
- Weed Control
- Wildlife Food Sources, Establishing & Maintaining
- Window Shades & Energy Use
Disaster Prep & Recovery
General Information
Use these general resources to be prepared for hurricanes, fire, flood, terrorism, and other disasters. More...
Hurricane Prep for Families
Hurricane season is here! Make plans now to protect your loved ones during storms and other disasters. More...
Hurricane Prep for Ag Producers
Use our tips for farmers and ranchers to protect your home, property, and business in times of disaster. More...
Hurricane Prep for Community Leaders
Communities look to their leaders for guidance during emergencies. We offer materials that can help. More...
4-H Youth Development
Current Stories
Get Involved with 4-H
Join a 4-H club, or volunteer with us! Volunteers are the key to providing 4-H programs for youth. More...
All Stories
- Celebrate National 4-H Week
Florida 4-H Legislature
4-H Camping: Lessons for Life
4-H Camps Hit the Mark!
4-H Day at the Capitol
4-H Forest Ecology Contest
4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program (WHEP)
The Gatorshade® Program
Get Involved With 4-H
Learning and Leading for Civic Engagement Initiative
YEAH! Campaign: Fresh from Florida
