Lawn-loving Tampa residents fear there's heartbreak ahead when tough new watering restrictions take effect April 3. ...more

March 21, 2009

Laurel oaks are starting to drop their leaves and live oaks won't be far behind. During the next few weeks, it will be fall in the Bay area, as leaves come down by the bucketfuls. ...more

February 22, 2009

Homeowners should leave fallen leaves be when their trees go through their seasonal shed. ...more

February 19, 2009

Florida growers know how difficult it is to keep optimum soil moisture levels throughout the day, let alone throughout a week between permitted watering during dry times. ...more

January 14, 2009

Information from a confidential source led to the Sunday arrest of two neighbors charged with growing marijuana. ...more

January 7, 2009

The drying room at the Highlands County Sheriff's Office is filled with 62 seven-foot tall marijuana plants with an estimated weight of 550 pounds and a value of $420,000. ...more

October 10, 2008

Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate change and the impact of a longer, harsher wildfire season. ...more

September 6, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A Hialeah man was free Thursday on $5,500 bail after he was arrested and charged with operating a marijuana grow house operation at 320 Guymon Ave. N.W., in Placid Lakes. Raul Alain Santos-Gonzalez, 28, was booked into jail May 22 on charges of conspiracy to produce marijuana production and conspiracy to traffic in excess of 25 pounds of marijuana or 300 or more plants. "He was linked to numerous grow houses," said Sheriff's Capt. Randy LaBelle on Thursday. "The investigation is on-going." LaBelle declined to say how Santos-Gonzalez was linked to the Guymon Avenue grow house. The investigation began back on Nov. 28, 2006, when a Florida Fish and Wildlife officer, Robert O'Horo, came upon an illegal dump site about two miles away from Guymon Avenue. The site reportedly consisted of a large number of plastic bags containing items belonging with an indoor marijuana grow house operation; plants, cuttings, fertilizer, PVC pipe, etc. ...more

May 31, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A Hialeah man was free Thursday on $5,500 bail after he was arrested and charged with operating a marijuana grow house operation at 320 Guymon Ave. N.W., in Placid Lakes. Raul Alain Santos-Gonzalez, 28, was booked into jail May 22, on charges of conspiracy to produce marijuana production and conspiracy to traffick in excess of 25 pounds of marijuana or 300 or more plants. "He was linked to numerous grow houses," said Sheriff's Capt. Randy LaBelle on Thursday. "The investigation is on-going." ...more

May 30, 2008

Walking my wife's puppy upward of 50 miles a week affords me a unique view of several nearby neighborhoods. ...more

May 21, 2008