Category: Farm & Outdoors

The early spring weeks have been filled with nature’s heralds in Jefferson County which have announced the return of warmer weather in a nearly infinite variety of ways. Butterflies have returned, frogs…

Emerald Greene Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Farm Bureau recently awarded area school students (in the first and fifth grade) with prizes and pizza parties for their participation in the…

  If you’ve ever walked barefoot through a patch of burweed, you know this is a very unpleasant experience. Lawn burweed, also called spurweed or stickerweed, is a low growing winter annual…

  Gardening season is in full swing! Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen an increased interest in gardening and landscaping and the questions continue to flow in. With this…

Story Submitted By Ginger Gray Gray Logging, LLC, of Madison County, was recently awarded Florida Logger of the Year for 2020 by the Florida Forestry Association. The annual event was held at…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Looking for a fun, active day camp to send your kids to this summer? Well, not too far away, in Tallahassee, Generations Church will be holding their…

Contributed by Danielle Sprague Jefferson County UF/IFAS Extension dsprague@ufl.edu We know summer isn’t summer without 4-H camp so we will be offering some limited capacity in-person camps at the UF/IFAS Jefferson County…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Agriculture is something many rural Floridian towns find important, and Jefferson County is no different. Agriculture and the agriculture industry are a big part of life around…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Kings of Spring held their annual Youth Turkey Challenge (YTC) recently! This year it was done as a stand-alone event, as the turkey banquet…

How to start your fishing adventure Florida Fish and Wildlife Contributor Fishing is an enjoyable pastime, especially here in Florida. In fact, there are approximately 4 million saltwater and freshwater anglers in…

John Lilly Contributor While we at UF/IFAS strive to strengthen our commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA), Black History Month reminds us to reflect—or learn—how we got here. We do…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. There are many farming families in Jefferson County, whether large or small, and they all are a vital part of our community. One that most people know…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Everyone loves fresh produce, whether it’s fruits or vegetables. Eating something you just picked out of a field almost always tastes better than eating something you bought…

UF/IFAS Extension Jefferson County will be hosting a Private Pesticide Applicator Exam Review Class on Thursday, Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Extension Office. This class will review…

Want to learn how to saltwater fish in Florida? Join the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) for a series of free Virtual Saltwater Fishing Clinics for beginner anglers age 16…

Kathrine Alderman ECB Publishing, Inc. Most everyone has ambitions and dreams. Sometimes those ambitions and dreams can lead us to do things others might think is crazy or extreme, but that doesn’t…

The term “creeping” has many negative implications. It generally conveys sneaky behavior with potentially malevolent intent. Fairytales, from the Brothers Grimm to J.R.R. Tolkien have characters which fit the following description: to…

One is the loneliest number, at least according to the 1969 rock and roll hit by the band Three Dog Night. The tune bemoans typical teenage angst about not having that special…

  Everyone, at least those of a certain vintage, remembers Yogi Bear and Boo-boo. The mischievous pair of celluloid bruins entertained millions, if not more, with their harmless antics in the fictional…