Beach Wildlife Walk – Late Winter
Though this is titled late winter, it did not feel like winter on this walk. The air temperature was 75°F. There was a blanket of fog over the beach, and it felt slightly humid and sticky, but with a cooler feel than we have in summer. It is true...
Test Your Well Water Once a Year to Help Ensure It’s Safe to Drink
Private well system in Florida. Image: UF/IFAS, C. Wofford About 2.5 million Floridians rely on private wells for home consumption, which includes water for drinking, cooking, and personal hygiene. Private wells are not regulated by the EPA Clean Water Act, and well...
Private Well and Water Quality Workshop
Join us for our upcoming multi-county private well and water quality workshop. As a private well user, you are responsible for ensuring that your water is safe to drink. We will cover how private wells and septic systems work, proper maintenance, steps to help ensure...
Tis the Season…
It is March and spring is in the air. Since we were kids, we all knew that spring was the time of flowers, nests, and new birth. And now it is here. Our first experience with the season was the pollen. Many plants mass broadcast pollen across...
Panhandle Outdoors Live: Woodlot Management
Live From Oyster South Pt. 2
Day 2 of the Oyster South Symposium was the final day of presentations and the trade show, but it is also the day of the Shuck and Tell closing ceremonies. Another grey sky day greeted us, but the symposium was still full of oyster enthusiasts and farmers. Day 2’s...
NISAW 2024 – Wrap Up
National Invasive Species Awareness Week With our articles this week we hoped to make you more aware of what an invasive species is, why they need to be managed, and some of the threats that exist in the Florida panhandle. We highlighted several species but...
Live From Oyster South Symposium Pt. 1
This year, the non-profit organization Oyster South held their annual Oyster South Symposium in the Big Easy, aka New Orleans. First stop was the Director’s Welcome at Sidecar Patio and Oyster Bar Thursday night. Oyster farmers, researchers, distributors, educators,...
Using Fish to Grow Food in Aquaponics
I felt it this morning. That first bit of humidity in the air. That sign that it might indeed be time to move my tropical plants back outside and consider digging in my raised beds this weekend. My seed catalogs are dog-eared, and my local garden store is flush...
NISAW 2024 – Giant Salvinia
National Invasive Species Awareness Week ARE YOU AWARE THAT GIANT SALVINIA HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE? Most likely not. The number of reports in the entire of Florida are very few. So, unless you live near one of the infested areas you are...