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Steven McBride

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Community Garden Needs Volunteers

Please help the community garden receive a donation of $2,000 worth of tools.

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizer at Home

Money doesn't grow on trees, but at least fertilizer does.

Food Security

Grocery store shelves will always be well stocked with food. Or will they?

Volunteer Plants

My garden has lots of herbs and vegetables that I never planted. Neither did anyone else.

The Psychology of Litter

A brief look at the mindset behind littering and ways to prevent it.

Spiderwort

This beautiful wildflower can serve either as food or as a radiation detector!

Take Back Your Landscape

All too often landscape is designed to benefit the developer and lawn maintenance companies more than the homeowner. You should design your landscape to serve your own goals.

Small Scale Solar Energy

Solar energy systems aren’t necessarily large or expensive.

Saw Yourself a Serving of Saw Palmetto

You won’t have to travel very far to find this wild edible plant.

Why Buy Locally Grown Produce?

Our locally grown food choices go far beyond Plant City strawberries and Ruskin tomatoes.

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