Extension Fact Sheets ...
The below fact sheets are published and distributed by Charlotte County UF/IFAS Extension Service.
4-H/Youth Development
4-H and American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen Program -added 10/24/2008
4-H Parents -added 10/24/2008
A Bicycle Is Not A Toy; It Is A Child's First Vehicle -added 10/24/2008
Camp is More Than S'mores -added 06/30/2009
Citizen Washington Focus - Ultimate 4-H Adventure -added 08/28/2008
Container Gardening with Children -added 10/30/2009
Eating Well in the Morning -added 10/24/2008
Food Safety When Cooking Outdoors -added 10/24/2008
Living Without Electricity -added 10/24/2008
Sea Grant
Tour De Clam
Common Florida Fish Life Histories
Marine Boating Access 2010 - 2050
Microalgae of Charlotte Harbor
The Charlotte Harbor Watershed
Sea-Level Rise and Charlotte County
Summertime Fish Kills
2012 Bay Scallop Summery
Boating and Angling Guide to Charlotte Harbor
Commercial Fishing in Southwest Florida -added 07/06/2012
Coriolis Effect-added 06/30/2011
Cold Weather Impacts on Marine Life
Cold Weather & Stressed Marine Life Reminder
Things That Glow in the Water at Night -added 01/04/2012
Red Tide 101 -added 01/04/2012
Marinating Your Fish Vocabulary -added 05/17/2011
Bay Scallop -added 08/17/2009
Great Bay and Sound Search Results -added 04/13/2010
Bay Scallops Having a Great Year -added 10/27/2008
Bay Scallops: A Protected Species in SWFL
Best Management Practices for Marine Interests -added 06/29/2009
Biotech - Science From The Sea -added 10/24/2008
Dehooking Tools -added 06/17/2009
The Elusive Bay Scallop
Goliath Grouper Biology -added 06/29/2009
Langmuir Circulation - Foamy Streaks on the Water -added 10/24/2008
Marine Recreational and Commercial Industries and Activities
Monofilament Recovery -added 06/29/2009
Mangrove Restoration (Post Hurricane) -added 06/30/2009
Mangrove Story -added 10/24/2008
Protecting Yourself When You Sell, Donate, or Dispose of Your Vessel -added 11/20/09
Public to Private Loss of the Waterfront -added 10/24/2008
Recreational Boating in Florida -added 01/12/10
Recreational Boating For The Greater Charlotte Harbor -added 10/24/2008
Recreational Shellfish Harvesting in Southwest Florida
Red Grouper -added 04/22/2010
Rip Currents - Don't Let Them Catch You! -added 10/24/2008
Seafood Safety; Ciguatera Fish Poisoning -added 12/17/2008
Seagrasses of Charlotte Harbor -added 10/24/2008
Smalltooth Sawfish Research in the Charlotte Harbor Estuary -added 10/24/2008
Tarpon DNA -added 04/22/2010
The Value of Recreational Boating in Florida
Who's Sampling Our Water and Where? -added 10/24/2008
Horticulture
2008 Plants of the Year - added 08/04/08
A Chinch Bug's Favorite Food
A Trio of Native Plants to Try
Acid-Loving Plants is an Alkaline World - added 07/28/08
Africanized Honeybees & European Honeybees (difference between) -added 01/15/2010
An Array of Sprayers for Pesticides -added 05/20/2010
Angelonia -- "Summer Snapdragon"
Annual Gold In The Garden
Armadillos in Your Yard? -added 05/21/2009
Asian Ambrosia Beetle - added 03/04/09
Assisting Pollination in the Garden - added 02/25/09
Avoid Snakes in Residential Areas
Backyard Cole Crops for This Time of Year
Basil - That Indispensable Herb - added 08/28/09
Beach Morning Glory/Railroad Vine - added 11/16/09
Beetles
The Blackberry-Lily - A Great Perennial - added 11/17/09
Blossom End Rot of Tomatoes - added 01/16/09
Brighten Up Your Landscape With Impatiens
Can You Grow A Canna?
Can You Grow a Peach in Charlotte County?
Cannas can be candidates for color
Carambolas are a delicious fruit for the backyard
Chinch Bugs in St. Augustine Grass Lawns - added 07/01/09
Citrus Canker in the Backyard - added 09/24/08
Citrus Tree Disorders
Cold Weather - Plants and The Deep Freeze
Cole Crops - added 10/30/08
Consider Cosmos In Your Flower Universe - added 10/17/08
Crabgrass - (The Mystery of) - added 08/28/08
Create Your Own Mini Meadow - added 07/28/08
Crown-of-Thorns: A Popular Prickly Spurge Family Relative - added 08/20/09
Cucumbers in your Backyard Garden - added 11/0509
Deep Freeze 2008 - added 01/10/08
Deep Freeze 2009 - added 02/25/09
Dish Gardens
Do You Own A Lemon?
Dodder Vine - Vampire Plant - added 06/18/09
Don't Throw That Pineapple Top Away! - added 04/22/08
European Honeybees & Africanized Honeybees (difference between) -added 01/15/2010
Fertilizer Basics - added 06/16/09
Fertilizing Palms
First Peaches, Now Cherries?
Florida Friendly Yards are For Everyone
Florida Leads The Nation in Foliage Plant Production - added 08/04/08
Florida Urban Forests Reduce Air Pollution
Fringe Bush - A Dazzling & Colorful Shrub - added 01/13/2010
Fungus & The Plant Disease Triangle - added 09/07/08
Gardenia Flower - added 06/22/09
Gardening Tools - added 06/18/09
Gardening Resolutions For 2009 - added 01/29/09
Giant Swallowtails - added 07/02/09
Golden DewDrops - added 10/02/08
Goldenrain Trees & Jadera Bugs - added 06/16/09
Grapefruit to Know and Grow - added 12/09/08
Green and Lean, Upright Evergreens - added 08/18/08
Groundcovers - One For Shade; Two For Sun
Grow Oleanders, But Be Careful
Grow Your Own Flavor and Aroma with Herbs
Growing Waterlilies
Happy Hedges
Herb Appeal - added 10/20/08
Hiring Tree Care Professionals - added 08/28/08
Holiday Plant Purchasing Tips - added 12/16/08
Holiday Plants To Give And Receive
House Plants for Shade
How Do I Become A Master Gardener?
Invasive Tree Control Options For Home Landscapes
Is Fig In Your Future?
Is Your Lawn Stressed? - added 10/02/08
Is Your Plant Nutrient Deficient? - added 04/22/08
Ixora in your landscape
Is Your Lawn on Life Support?
Jadera -- Scentless Plant Bug - added 04/22/08
Keeping Your Real Christmas Tree Fresh & Safe - added 12/15/2009
Kill or Maim a Tree in Southwest Florida (how to) - added 06/16/09
Land Planarian Flatworm - added 11/04/09
Landscape Design - PART 1 of 3 - added 03/20/09
Landscape Design - PART 2 of 3 - added 03/30/09
Landscape Design - PART 3 of 3 - added 05/20/09
Lawn Care
Lisianthus Anyone? - added 10/20/08
Living With Lovebugs - added 05/10/10
Lychee - Great Fruit No Matter How You Spell It - added 08/04/08
Loquat: A Subtropical Relative of the Apple, Pear, and Peach
Master Gardener - How to Become - added 12/17/08
New Crop of Master Gardener Volunteer Graduates
New Years Gardening Resolutions - 2008
New Years Gardening Resolutions - 2007
North & South
Orange Blazing Vines
Ornamental Bananas - Not Edible, But Beautiful - added 11/17/09
Outdoor Containers Offer Great Gardening Opportunities - added 04/24/08
Palm Problem?
Palms Provide "Blue" Color in the Landscape - added 04/24/08
Palms - Saving Palms After The Freeze - added 02/25/2009
Paperwhite Narcissus - added 01/13/2010
Picture Perfect Paperwhites - The Easiest Bulbs to Force - added 11/18/09
Peregrina - added 09/04/09
Pesticide Safety is Fundamental
Plant Doctor
Plant Potpourri
Planting a Container-Grown Palm - added 08/11/2009
Planting a Palm
Plants for 2007
Please Plant The Daisies
Poinsettias 2006
Poinsettias 2007
Post Cold Weather Palm Problems - added 05/13/2010
Preserve and Protect the Good Bugs
Pride of Barbados - One Plant, Many Names - added 11/17/09
Proper Pruning Prevents Problems
Pruning Palms? Wait A Minute!
Pruning Primer
Purple and Golden Tabebuia - Trumpet Trees
Raised Bed Gardens - added 11/17/09
Right Roses, Right Now
Rings of Mushrooms
Rose Pests - How to Prevent - PART I - added 12/17/08
Rose Pests - How to Prevent - PART II - added 01/28/09
Rose Pests - How to Prevent - PART III - added 01/29/09
Roses
Roses of the Desert
Rotten Butt
Salt and Plants
Satisfying Salvia Works Great in Any Garden - added 06/25/08
Scoliid Wasps
Selecting and Using Ornamental Grasses
Shrub Planting (how to) - added 07/08/2009
Snake Plants in the Garden
Snapdragon - Nose of the Dragon - added 02/25/2009
Snowbush and the Spanworm - added 08/11/2009
Soil Preparation is Key to a Successful Lawn - added 06/25/09
Some Help From Marigolds - added 07/28/08
Something Different in the Vegetable Garden - added 07/31/08
Something harmless; something harmful in the garden
Sri Lanka Weevil
Stinging Caterpillars - added 08/22/08
Stinkhorn mushrooms
Sunshine Mimosa; Puffy Pink Powderpuff - added 09/04/09
Success With Succulents
Sweet Oranges - added 11/12/08
Tangerines to Know and Grow - added 11/14/08
Termites - added 05/21/2009
Termite Issues - added 06/15/2009
The Areca Palm
The Confused Flour Beetle
Transvaal Daisy (Gerbera) - added 01/30/09
Treating Cold-Damaged Palms - added 02/04/09
Tropical Plants - added 12/12/08
Troublesome tomatoes take tactful tenacity
Try These New Red Crape Myrtles
Two Different "Non-Palms" to Grow
Two Poincianas - added 10/27/08
Ultimate Purple
Variegated Plant Universe - added 09/25/08
Vegetable Garden - added 06/22/09
Water Gardens: Make water garden from variety of aquatic plants
What is the Deal With Grass and Shade?
What's Pink and Mealy? - The Pink Hibiscus Mealybug!
When You Plant A New Tree, Do It Right!
Whiteflies Spread Plant Disease - added 07/28/08
Why Would A Pesticide Not Work? - added 06/25/08
Winter Annuals for Seasonal Color
Wonderful World of Amaranth - added 08/08/08
Yellowing in the Garden
Z is for Zinnia - added 08/11/09
Zebra Longwing Butterfly/Caterpillar - added 06/16/09
