While our articles are usually centered on the home gardener, I thought it would be fun to explore gardening on a BIG scale – the agricultural industry in Florida. As you consider agriculture, you probably picture citrus groves or cattle grazing in open spaces. But in Florida, agriculture is ...
Dear Mr. Feichthaler, I think I have found a great deal on a house, but there are questions regarding hurricane damage, insurance claims and other issues. The seller says I need to sign today or he is going to sell to someone else. With a $10,000 escrow deposit required, I am really worried ...
Tuesday of this week, the Consumer Price Index numbers for January came in hotter than expected at 6.4 percent, and while inflation on the consumer level remains well below the peak rate of 9.1 percent from back in June 2022, it continues to remain “sticky” at an alarmingly high level. ...
During the most recent UF/IFAS Extension Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Training Conference, Madeline Hooper and fitness trainer Jeff Hughes, the hosts of the PBS series “GardenFit,” offered a number of useful and safe approaches to staying healthy and aligned. Following are a few of ...
Currently, the generally accepted broad view of the U.S. housing market is that it has been forced into a recession caused by the actions of the Jerome Powell-led Federal Reserve, and his predecessors. Following the last lengthy bear market in real estate, which was caused by the massive ...
Mr. Feichthaler: We visited with an attorney in Fort Myers in 2018 for an estate plan. We didn’t get a good feeling about the attorney when we met, but we wanted to make sure our house wouldn’t go through probate if we died. So, the attorney suggested that we form a “Living Trust” ...
