Golfers are seeing a new shade of green at the Westchase Golf Club, thanks to completed renovations. ...more

September 11, 2008

Golfers are seeing a new shade of green at the Westchase Golf Club, thanks to the completed renovations. ...more

September 10, 2008

Golfers are seeing a new shade of green at the Westchase Golf Club, thanks to the completed renovations. ...more

September 10, 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

Like a chronic disease spreading through the body, "dead zones" with too little oxygen for life are expanding in the world's oceans. ...more

August 15, 2008

or they shrug, buy some blue chemical and apply it lavishly without really knowing why. ...more

August 14, 2008

Mini pineapple Is it a fruit or a faux? This itty-bitty pineapple, a member of the bromeliad family, is actually edible, according to Nature's Pride, a Dutch company that imports and distributes exotic fruits. The mini pineapple plant likes filtered light and will grow to about 2 feet tall. Its tiny fruit gets about 4 inches tall, and has a sweet, tender core. ...more

August 14, 2008

The Tropical Plant Fair at the University of South Florida is a great place to find truly exotic plants, along with classic solid performers for Central Florida. I found plenty of both at last month's event. ...more

August 14, 2008

Organizers of the 10th annual Alafia Challenge - a recreational canoe and kayak race - are working feverishly to line up volunteers, something they are finding in short supply. ...more

August 6, 2008

Franca Tantillo puts rising fuel prices in the same category as the springtime hailstorm that wiped out part of her strawberry crop. Both cut into the profit she can make at the farmers markets she sells at in New York City, about 135 miles south of her farm. ...more

July 31, 2008