Category: Farm & Outdoors

A kiss under the mistletoe…a holiday tradition that we’ve all heard of. If you look around, you’ll be sure to find some growing on the branches of several different species of hardwood…

Story Submitted The Boyd Family has decided to pivot its traditional cattle operation and is now selling its beef directly to consumers in a new farm-to-table venture called Boyd Farms Fresh. The…

  The week leading up to Thanksgiving is proclaimed by the President as being National Farm-City Week. This week is set aside each year to celebrate and recognize the beneficial partnerships between…

  Peanuts, also known as groundnuts, earthnuts or goobers have a long history of cultivation. Unlike other nuts, peanuts are grown underground and not on a tree (hence the nickname groundnut or…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. As we go through the pandemic, many aspects of our daily lives have changed. Despite the changes and the “new normal” that has been inflicted on us,…

“The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven,” so wrote the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare in his classic play the Merchant of Venice. The…

Hitchhiking was once a common means of low-cost transportation for people unable to afford other mean. A person would walk to the nearest road and hold out their clinched fist with the…

Story Submitted by FWC The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announces a fall red snapper season for private recreational anglers and state for-hire operations in the Gulf of Mexico to…

Danielle Sprague Jefferson County Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent (850) 342-0187 • dsprague@ufl.edu Typically, the UF/IFAS Extension Food Safety Team provides Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Trainings throughout the state in…

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. The Annual Richardson Pond Fishing Tournament returned for 2020, after a two-year hiatus. Thomas Richardson hosted the event on Saturday, Sept. 26th, in the stocked pond on…

Alyssa Ridenour ECB Publishing, Inc. The Florida Farm Bureau recently hired their new district agent, Hannah Love. Currently a resident of Alachua, Love intends to move to Suwannee County soon. Love says…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Danielle Sprague, local Agricultural and Natural Resources Agent at the Jefferson County Farm Bureau Extension Office, was recently awarded the Florida Farm Bureau Federation’s 2020 Extension Professional…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. For many people, getting up and speaking in front of others is quite a task, it can be hard to muster up the courage and express your…

It’s officially fall and peanut harvest is here which means that it’s time to spread the cheer (and protein) with the annual UF/IFAS Peanut Butter Challenge! The annual challenge runs from Oct….

Steve Cordle ECB Publishing, Inc. The Annual Richardson Pond Fishing Tournament is returning for 2020, after a two year hiatus. Thomas Richardson will host the event on September 26th in a stocked…

The temperatures have dropped slightly this week and fall is on the horizon! This is my favorite time of year to plant a garden and now is the time to start thinking…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. David Harvey loves bamboo, that’s why he’s dedicated about 10 years to growing, selling and educating everyone he can about it. Harvey, now 69, started growing bamboo…

The current potential for extreme foul weather has many residents of Jefferson County concerned about the safety of the trees near their homes. While it is almost inconceivable to imagine the area…