In most parts of the country, cool-season flowering annuals provide late spring to midsummer color. But here in the Tampa Bay area, we can often enjoy these plants from late fall to early spring. ...more

November 8, 2009

They say they're starting a new wave. Claiming to be "shining the light on more responsible ways for controlling pests," Nature's Best Organic Pest Control officially opens for business this week. The owners say their focus is on educating residential and commercial property owners on more eco-friendly pest control methods. ...more

November 4, 2009

Mark Wheeler of Lake Placid has been elected as a southern area vice president at the Florida Citrus Industry Annual Conference. ...more

June 29, 2009

If homeowners and their homeowners associations cannot bear the thought of a brown spot on a lawn during the summer, I wonder what they must be thinking now when there is scarcely a green blade of grass to be found, except maybe under some trees. It cannot have escaped anyone's notice that we had a hard freeze recently. That doesn't happen every year, any more than hurricanes or droughts are necessarily annual events. It is at times like these when we find out how well or poorly our landscapes have been designed, installed and maintained. ...more

March 22, 2009

More than 100 people filled the auditorium at the Bert J. Harris Jr. Agricultural Center on Thursday for a six-hour symposium that featured seven scientific experts speaking on growing fuels for conversion into biofuels. ...more

March 6, 2009

A frost or freeze is perhaps God's way of teaching us detachment, and helping with the pruning. The frost takes out much growth and motivates us to shape up the rest. ...more

February 25, 2009

It is curtains for termites munching their way through Hillsborough High School. ...more

December 25, 2008

It is curtains for termites munching their way through Hillsborough High School. That really huge, tent covering the historical school, at 5000 N. Central Ave., will be filled with gas to terminate the destructive insects. The building's last termite tenting was nearly nine years ago. With school closed for winter break, now seemed the perfect time to tackle what is a weeklong project, school officials said. ...more

December 23, 2008

Janice Vogt has a little bit of everything in her Seminole Heights gardens, but the front yard is devoted to roses. ...more

August 28, 2008

QUESTION: "Following some recent heavy rain, I noticed a LOT of tiny bright green weeds suddenly sprouting up through the mulched beds in front of our house. I mean there are hundreds of them. ...more

July 20, 2008