Caring for more than 2,500 pepper plants takes "every waking minute" that Don Swanson is not at work. ...more

July 12, 2008

PLANT CITY About a half-dozen homeowners were allowed to return to their homes about 90 minutes after they were evacuated due to a ruptured natural gas leak off Sammonds Road. ...more

July 7, 2008

PLANT CITY - Authorities are evacuating about a half-dozen homes along Sammonds Road because of a natural gas leak. ...more

July 7, 2008

It really doesn't pay to get too cocky about your garden. Because just when you think you've got it looking right, that you wouldn't change a thing, something is bound to happen. ...more

July 3, 2008

Scott Kazmir started to get upset in the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday, when home-plate umpire Derryl Cousins called a ball on a pitch the Rays' starter was certain was a strike to give Reggie Willits a walk. ...more

June 12, 2008

NASA's Phoenix Mars lander was not the only one doing the shaking. ...more

June 12, 2008

I live on a long, long, long street in Carrollwood. Many front lawns, many approaches to watering. ...more

June 12, 2008

Gardening is a year-round hobby/passion/duty in Florida; still, we've noticed a crazy uptick in plant chatter lately. ...more

May 28, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio and other officials this morning visited Tampa Fire Rescue Station 14, at Neptune Street and Church Avenue in South Tampa, to tout the firehouse's new "Florida-friendly" landscaping. ...more

May 21, 2008

The developer of the Villages of Cypress Creek along 19th Avenue and U.S. 301 is seeking to extend an excavation permit to allow it to dig a retention lake within the development. ...more

January 30, 2008