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Report: Florida has highest number of heat-related illnesses in nation
Florida’s record hot summers can be dangerous for some people and a new study puts numbers to just how dangerous those soaring temperatures can be. The Sunshine State leads the country in the number of emergency room and hospital visits from heat illness and has nearly six million at-risk residents and outdoor workers, according to a report released this week by the Florida Policy Institute.
Get ready now for fall vegetable gardening. Here's how.
In Florida, we are fortunate to have two growing seasons for growing vegetables. In the spring (actually late winter), we can plant warm-season crops like beans, tomatoes, squash, peppers, and cucumber. If you had a spring garden that has succumbed to the heat and humidity, take heart, all is not over. In the fall, as the days get shorter and the temperatures start cooling down, we are able to plant vegetables that do well in our...
STEAMY TEMPS THEN STORMY AFTERNOON
Hopefully everyone had a great start to the weekend. South Florida has been experiencing high heat recently as South Florida has been under a heat advisory through much of the month of July. Saturday we saw a heat advisory issued once again as our feels-like temperatures were well into the triple digits for extended periods of time. This morning South Florida woke up to temperatures widespread in the 80s and feels-like temperatures in the 90s. It was quite humid to start the day. A heat advisory has once again been issued for Miami and Broward county until 6pm as feels-like temperatures could reach as high as 105° to 109° for an extended period of time.
Northeast Florida realtors clean up local waterways, collect thousands of pounds in trash
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Northeast Florida Association of Realtors held its annual Clean-Up Florida Waterways event Saturday morning. The goal was to collect as much trash that feeds into Northeast Florida’s waterways. Saturday’s event followed Putnam County’s which was two weeks ago, where NEFAR said realtors in that area...
Will a tropical storm head for the U.S. late this week?
There could be a new tropical depression or storm to watch later this week — and there’s a chance it could eventually head toward the United States. The National Hurricane Center on Sunday said a tropical depression could form by the middle of this week near the northern Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. As of Sunday morning, however, it was just an unorganized disturbance in the central Atlantic.
UF/IFAS aims to increase South Florida farm success with new programs
Ninety percent of Florida’s agricultural operations are small farms with gross sales under $250,000, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In South Florida, small farmers benefit from an ideal subtropical climate but need more options for high-value fruit and vegetable crops to grow profitably and meet demands. “Farmland...
This Brazilian native has blossoms like old-timey portraits
Long before the dawn of photography, European gentry away from home used miniature portraits to gaze upon images of their loved ones. The best of these vest-pocket renderings were detailed and exquisite works of art. To me, those tiny paintings bring to mind the gemlike blossoms of apostle plant (Trimezia caerulea), a...
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