New CEU Core Article Now Available

The second article is now available on the Industry Sponsored Hillsborough County Extension Pesticide CEU Webpage. This is the second article of a series of free web CEU credits available to those who will need core CEUs to maintain their spray licenses.  The article is entitled "When Pesticides Fail to Work Properly. "  Just follow the link below, read the article, take and pass the short quiz, and get your CEU.  Couldn't be much simpler.  Thanks to Diamond R Fertilizer and Winfield Solutions for their sponsorship. Here is the link to the web page.  www.tiny.cc/ceus    

Realtors Optimistic on Home Sales Outlook

While homebuilders may be in the dumps, realtors are very optimistic about the housing recovery here in Florida.  According to the latest report of home sales in the US, investors have been purchasing homes and sales are up 3.9%.  The even better news is that Florida home sales are up 36% from February to March and they are up 15.8% from a year ago.  That sounds great.  The first thing that usually happens when a home is purchased is a complete makeover...translation...landscape upgrade and purchasing of enviromental horticulture products.  For more information about this topic please click on the link from the St. Pete Times.
http://tiny.cc/96x2o  Maybe the tide has finally turned for plant sales!