Tiny white blooms appear on Spanish stoppers, a native species of small tree, around this time of year.
In many places, Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, or at least a strong indication that the warm season is winding down.
Posted - Friday, August 29, 2008 07:00 AM EDT
Tony and Cyndi Chatman (Photo by BERT BUDDE)
A couple featured in September’s Architectural Digest for the redo of their Georgia home are already deep into the redo of their next project, their new home on Georgia Street in Key West.
Posted - Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:28 AM EDT
Angela Byarlay, Tim May and Griffyn May at a community garden workday. Contributed photo
A new word entered the language a few years ago. It struck such a chord that it became word of the year in 2007 in the Oxford American Dictionary. The word? Locavore. It means eating local food.
Posted - Monday, August 11, 2008 09:32 PM EDT
A cluster of bright red berries catch the sunlight on a blolly tree in Tavernier. Blolly is a native, medium-sized tree.
Summer is here. If you’ve been in the Keys a long time, you probably realize that there really are seasons here. There really is a fall. It just happens to come in summer — which here looks a lot like spring.
Posted - Monday, July 21, 2008 06:54 PM EDT
Rich Jones doesn't feel like he's missing anything by living in a small, energy-efficient home.
The 2007 GLEE Expo followed its well-attended festival with a tour of homes that incorporate energy-saving measures ranging from arrays of electricity producing panels to water systems that reuse waste water.
Posted - Monday, June 30, 2008 11:19 PM EDT
Posted - Thursday, June 26, 2008 08:30 PM EDT
Container gardening works just about anywhere, as this Boot Key Harbor boat slip shows.
When we bought our first Keys home – a condo that was part seasonal rental, part weekend getaway — gardening was out of the question. A few years later, our first Keys house came with a yard full of limestone cap rock and very little topsoil.
Posted - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:45 AM EDT
OK, I’m guilty as charged. Yes, I’m one of those Fresh Air Fiends who leaves the windows open until the temperature and humidity both approach 90. I love working at my desk next to a sliding door that is open most of the time, allowing gentle tropical breezes to blow across my keyboard and display screen. My ceiling fan helps out on the worst days and my low electrical bill is a source of pride and joy.
Posted - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:45 AM EDT
Winning fruit at the 2007 Tropical Fruit Fiesta.
The warm ocean currents surrounding the southern tip of Florida create a climate ideal for growing nutritious, delicious tropical fruits. Many of these fruits cannot be grown anywhere else in the continental United States.
Posted - Monday, May 26, 2008 04:12 PM EDT
It may surprise you to know that your yard is the first line of defense for the Florida’s Keys’ fragile environment.
Posted - Monday, May 26, 2008 04:12 PM EDT
