Yearly Archives: 2017
Geckos: unwelcome intruders at our Florida cottage
Geckos were displaced in Florida from more equatorial regions by hitch-hiking on ships that traded in the region.
When they grow up
Kymberly Foster Seabolt is making plans for what she will do when her children grow up and have their own places.
$600,000 in grants for American chestnut
Asheville-based conservation nonprofit, The American Chestnut Foundation, has received $600,000 in grants from the Colcom Foundation.
Huge potential of natural gas
Shale gas plays are large enough to replace all U.S. oil imports.
Understand hardiness zones before planting
One of the more important steps gardeners can take before spring arrives is to educate themselves about plant hardiness zones.
Food safety critical to small business success
An introduction to the basics of Hazard Analysis and Preventive Controls as a method of identifying and preventing hazards will be included.
Steering toward grazing fields
Study finds no ill effects from grazing cattle on crop residue.
Wheel bug: Assassin bug in the garden
The assassin bug known as the wheel bug is one of the largest terrestrial true bugs in North America.
Roundup of FFA news for April 6, 2017
The Southeast FFA chapter held its 65th annual parent-member banquet March 30. State degree recipients are Michael Kline, Olivia Shaulis, and Kelsea Ebie.
Blood for bats
Blood-sucking bats, mythical or real-life? Penn State animal science students collect bovine blood for Philadelphia Zoo's colony of vampire bats.
