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    May 30, 2010 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  1. Plant profile: Mexican sage

    &#8226;<b>Scientific name:</b> <i>Salvia leucantha</i>
    •Scientific name: Salvia leucantha •Growth habit: A rounded evergreen perennial with many arching branches producing plants 4 feet tall and wide. The leaves are lance-like, dark green and growing to 4 inches long and an inch wide. •...

    Tags: Home and Garden Products, Florida, Mexico, Fertilizer, Gardening

    2. Jun 6, 2010 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Plant profile: Elderberry

    &#8226;<b>Scientific name:</b> <i>Sambucus simpsonii</i>
    •Scientific name: Sambucus simpsonii •Growth habit: An evergreen to deciduous, upright to rounded shrub with many arching branches producing plants that grow to 12 feet tall and wide. The leaves are medium green, feather-like, consisting of...

    Tags: Home and Garden Products, Florida, Fertilizer, Gardening

    3. Dec 23, 2009 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  3. Agency staff recommend smaller rate boost for FPL

    Public Service Commission staffers recommended the regulatory agency approve a dramatically lower rate increase for Florida Power & Light on Wednesday &#8211; less than one-third of what the utiltiy has proposed.
    Public Service Commission staffers recommended the regulatory agency approve a dramatically lower rate increase for Florida Power & Light on Wednesday – less than one-third of what the utiltiy has proposed. FPL customers would pay $357 million more...

    Tags: Tampa Electric Company, CEO Pay, Progress Energy Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance, Charlie Crist

    4. Aug 8, 2010 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  4. Plant profile: Flamingo plant

    &#8226;<b>Scientific name:</b> <i>Justicia carnea</i>
    •Scientific name: Justicia carnea •Growth habit: An upright to rounded evergreen shrub, growing to 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide. The leaves are elliptic in shape, dark green and grow to 10 inches long and about half as wide. •Light:...

    Tags: Home and Garden Products, Florida, Gardening

    5. Jun 30, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  5. Almost Gone Gardens

    Tom's Digs - Orlando Sentinel
    What do you expect,  it is summer? Spring gardens don’t last forever and my plantings are beginning to decline. Actually the plants look a bit worst than the pictures and most tomatoes have stopped producing – some are declining. The pepper...
    6. Aug 5, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Goji taunts North American farmers

    Can it be that <i>goji</i>, the supposed legendary miracle fruit of ancient Tibet, is being grown in Dinuba? Nothing is surprising when it comes to this tiny orange berry. Virtually unknown in the United States five years ago, it is now seemingly everywhere, in martinis, granolas, nutritional supplements and even Lindsay Lohan's tanning spray.
    Can it be that goji, the supposed legendary miracle fruit of ancient Tibet, is being grown in Dinuba? Nothing is surprising when it comes to this tiny orange berry. Virtually unknown in the United States five years ago, it is now seemingly everywhere,...

    Tags: Immune System, Montana, Marketing, Farms, Iowa

    7. Jul 29, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 'Organic' debate goes on, naturally

    When I wrote a <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-calcook1-2009jul01%2C0%2C2885942.story">column</a> recently about my questions about organic produce, I expected that I'd get a lot of mail. Especially after I started with the statement: "I don't believe in organics."
    When I wrote a column recently about my questions about organic produce, I expected that I'd get a lot of mail. Especially after I started with the statement: "I don't believe in organics." Organics is an article of faith for a lot of people and what I...

    Tags: California, Agriculture, Washington (U.S. state), Home and Garden Products, Arable Farming

    8. Jun 19, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Battling cutworms in the veggie garden

    Q: I planted a few tomato transplants recently and found the stems eaten off at the ground a few days later. What could have caused this? A: Sounds like cutworms. Cutworms are the larvae (caterpillars) of several species of night-flying moths in the...

    Tags: Home and Garden Products, Tomatoes, Death, Gardening

    9. Apr 11, 2010 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  9. Plant profile: Garden geranium

    •Scientific name: Pelargonium x hortorum •Growth habit: Upright to rounded evergreen perennials growing to 2 feet tall and wide. The leaves are medium to dark green, rounded in shape often with wavy margins and a fragrance, some with colorful...

    Tags: Home and Garden Products, Florida, Fertilizer, Gardening

    10. May 29, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Sharing plants, safely

    Many plants are easy to share -- maybe too easy. A friend may have mint, lily-of-the-valley or violets to spare because they are aggressive spreaders. Such plants can cause headaches and backaches unless you place them where they can't crowd out...

    Tags: Garfield Park Conservatory, Hospitals and Clinics, Lisle, Glencoe, Chicago Botanic Garden

    11. Aug 15, 2010 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  11. Plant profile: Achimenes

    &#8226;<b>Scientific name:</b> <i>Achimenes hybrids</i>
    •Scientific name: Achimenes hybrids •Growth habit: A rounded to sprawling perennial growing to 18 inches tall and twice as wide. The leaves are variable being light to dark green, ovate to obovate in shape and growing to 6 inches long and...

    Tags: Home and Garden Products, Florida, Gardening

    12. Jun 13, 2010 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Wasp sting is penalty for impulsive gardening

    Every summer I manage to get stung by a wasp. This summer is no exception.
    Every summer I manage to get stung by a wasp. This summer is no exception. On a recent Sunday, I was sitting on the porch reading. On the other side of the porch is a garden bed in which a rambling rosemary bush had sprawled over the walkway and grown...

    Tags: Home and Garden Products, Bee (insect), Death, Gardening

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