Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Starting in October, the grass probably won’t be greener in West Palm Beach. That’s when a proposed ordinance restricting fertilizer use will take effect. Among other restrictions under the law, grass clippings can’t be blown or swept into...
In: Member Broadcasts Updated 11 Jun 2012 How we live is a big part of the problem. It can also be a big part of the solution, if we adopt more environmentally sustainable lifestyles. That means exercising more care, or stewardship in our use of Earth’s finite...
TALLAHASSEE — Good news for Pinellas County: Its summer sales ban on nitrogen-based fertilizers can remain in place. A push by lawmakers to prevent local regulation of residential fertilizer use from going further than a state model moved forward Thursday, but with an...
CLEARWATER — Pinellas County Commissioners late Tuesday night voted 6-1 in favor of a landmark ban on fertilizer use during the summer rainy season, a move that rebuffed the lawn care industry. Sales of fertilizer with nitrogen or phosphates will be banned starting...