The city spent more money to water the Durrah Martin Complex than many people would spend on a new car, and it could end up spending even more next year just to keep the grass green. ...more

July 21, 2008

It's a marriage made in plumbing heaven. Officials with the Bloomingdale Oaks Dependant Tax District wanted a way to water landscaping in front of their subdivision. ...more

July 5, 2008

A county program aims to save water by offering residents a free checkup of their sprinkler systems. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA Enterprising thieves have found new venues from which to pilfer: fields of strawberries and groves of oranges. They're not stealing produce, but diesel fuel out of tanks, copper and aluminum wiring out of pump houses and sprinkler heads amid the strawberry plants. ...more

June 3, 2008

SEBRING — Trees will soon sprout on the U.S. 27 median, starting at the Sebring Parkway and continuing north for 2,800 feet. Five wild date palms and ornamental peanut sod will cover the median, which serves as a gateway to Sebring. Until last week, the median was covered with patches of brown grass. Sod Services, of Okeechobee, started work on Thursday. David Eng works for Sod Services and expected to plant trees within three weeks, followed by the plating of ground cover vegetation. A $175,000 highway beautification grant from the Florida Depart of Transportation will pay for the improvements. ...more

June 1, 2008

It is a sight familiar to East Hillsborough early birds who rise in time to see strawberry fields and orange groves transformed on some winter days into sparkling ice sculptures. ...more

January 9, 2008

There are only a couple of sprinkler heads on the irrigation system at a U.S. 19 carwash next to Wal-Mart, enough to water several small patches of grass. ...more

November 15, 2007