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Creating a Raised Bed Florida Vegetable Garden
If you plan on growing vegetables in the ground in South Florida, you can run into many challenges. Soil conditions may make it difficult to dig because of limestone rock (which is used to create the land we live on since it all was originally swamp). I found this to be the case in my…
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Don’t Miss Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
If you are in the Gainseville, FL area (Maybe for a UF football game or just passing through on a road trip), make sure to put Kanapaha Botanical Gardens on your list. The Gardens are on a 68 acre non profit facility made up of 24 major collections which are all visually accessible from a…
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Looking for a Florida Gardening Professional?
If you are looking to hire a Garden or Landscape Professional you have found the place. Gardening can be a fantastic hobby, relaxation technique or even a source of food and pride for yourself. But there are times when a professional is needed. It never hurts to look for resources yourself, but if a job…
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Getting Started with a Florida Garden
Gardening in Florida is not as simple as you would think. With the warm climate, we do have year-round opportunities for growing many different types of fruits and vegetables. It can be fun, frustrating, hot, but overall very rewarding. Much of the information available about gardening on the web doesn’t always apply to a Florida…
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Visit Viscaya Museum and Gardens
The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a step back in time. Don’t miss the Gilded Age estate on Biscayne Bay surrounded by ten acres of formal gardens, a mangrove shoreline and rockland hammock. It was built in 1914 and finished in 1922 by businessman and conservationist James Deering, The mansion is set on a full 50-acre…