Councilman Karl Nurse put in plants native to Florida and no longer needs to water the yard at an apartment building he owns. ...more

November 25, 2008

Nature's own privacy fence isn't made of vinyl or even wood. It's grass. As in something Alice In Wonderland might have skipped through. ...more

November 7, 2008

Cruising along the streets of Westchase neighborhoods, it's easy to spot normal neighborhood activity. ...more

November 5, 2008

Cruising along the streets of Westchase neighborhoods, it's easy to spot normal neighborhood activity. ...more

November 5, 2008

As blazing summer segues into fall, some parts of the country head back outside to plant. ...more

September 11, 2008

Two years ago, local environmentalist Mariella Smith asked Hillsborough County to consider buying a piece of property to connect wetlands near the Little Manatee River with a rare scrub habitat and creek system near Manatee County. ...more

August 20, 2008

Emulate Texas Regarding "Florida's Coming Medical Disaster" (Commentary, Aug. 10): ...more

August 19, 2008

After the 2004 hurricane season, when Florida communities needed a place to dump tons of yard waste, the state agreed to let rural landowners spread up to two feet of chopped-up debris across their property without getting a permit for solid-waste disposal. ...more

August 15, 2008

Day after day for the past two years, trucks full of chopped up yard waste dumped their loads on a piece of land that included a sensitive wildlife habitat in south Hillsborough County. ...more

August 11, 2008

I itch. As I write this, I am trying mightily to keep from removing my fingers from the keyboard and raking them across the ugly, raised red patch on my shin. Or the one ringing my wrist. Or the one spread across my forearm. Or the one slightly north of my pinkie toe. Or the one shaped like a chain of Caribbean islands two inches from my belly button. ...more

July 27, 2008