Cover crops are off-season crops that you grow between the harvest and the planting season of your cash crop. They offer a great many benefits, including preventing soil erosion, managing soil fertility, managing soil quality and water retention, and suppressing weeds, pests and diseases in your fields. They can also create forage for your livestock. […]
Preventing Erosion and Managing Fertility on Your North Florida Farm
Cover crops are off-season crops that you grow between the harvest and the planting season of your cash crop. They offer a great many benefits, including preventing soil erosion, managing soil fertility, quality, and water, and suppressing weeds, pests and diseases in your fields. They also create forage for your livestock. If you’re leery of […]
Which STD Test Is Best for Your Cattle?
Which STD Test Is Best for Your Cattle? Trichomoniasis, or “trich,” is a sexually-transmitted disease that can cause an increase in infertility among your cows due to early embryonic death. The long-term effects of a spread within your herd can result in major economic losses for your ranch. Testing is vitally important, but which test […]
3 Big Weed-Killing Mistakes Most People Make
If you’re like most people, you hate seeing weeds on your lawn – but you also don’t want to stay out there and pick them every weekend. That means using weed-killer… but most people make these three big mistakes when applying weed-killer in North Florida. 3 Big Weed-Killing Mistakes Most People Make You can save […]
How Much Do You Know About Watering Plants?
The newly-designed landscape of your home is everything you’ve always wanted, and you plan to take good care of your outdoor investment. But as you tend to your landscape be aware that there are certain watering concepts for plants, trees and shrubs that are based on fallacies, while there are others that are based on […]
Honing Your Negotiation Skills
Buying or selling a house frequently involves something a lot of people really hate to do – negotiate. They worry about coming off as too pushy or too weak, fear they’ll get the short end of the stick, or think that somehow the whole deal will fall through if they don’t do everything “right.” Fortunately, […]
Why You Should Buy a Winter Home in Lake City, FL in 2020
Are you tired of dealing with snow every year? Is the cold weather hard on your joints and limiting valuable outdoor time? It sounds like you could use a winter home. A winter home will allow you to still live at your place of residence during the spring and summer. Then, when the bitterly cold […]
Want to Buy Timberland to Convert to a Farm? 3 Things to Remember
Before you purchase your timberland be specific about your vision for it and make sure that the property suits your goals, whether they be to convert it to pasture land for cows, goats, or horses, or to modify it to support crops. Here are three things to remember as you conduct your search. Make sure […]
Sold Your Home in 2019? Check Out These Potential Tax Deductions
If you sold your home in 2019, you might be able to snag a few tax benefits – but as always, you should talk to a tax professional to be sure. Sold Your Home in 2019? Check Out These Potential Tax Deductions Selling costs Home improvements and repairs Property taxes Mortgage interest Here’s a closer […]
How Long Can a Seller Wait Before Responding to an Offer?
Let’s say you fall in love with a home and rush to the real estate office to make an offer. And then you wait. And wait. And wait. It can be pretty frustrating – and it might make you want to pick up the phone and call the seller to see what’s up. So just […]