STUART — My husband and I left south Florida in 1987 and never planned to return, but a trip to visit family in 2009 accidentally brought us to the Treasure Coast, and we fell in love with the area. In 2010, we came down to find a home. After two weeks of looking and...
By Michael Chaplinksy, Turf Feeding Systems Plants need less water than you think when they live in harmony with soil biology. Here is an example of a tree growing out of a rock using moss, lichen and biology to build a suitable root system in the cracks of the rock....
BROOKSVILLE — Swimming across a page of the May issue of National Geographic is a Weeki Wachee mermaid in a bright pink swimsuit. Great public relations for Hernando County’s premier attraction, right? Wrong. It’s an illustration for a story about how the...
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...
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...