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ARE THEY ALIEN CROP CIRCLES OR JUST ANNOYING BROWN SPOTS?

We knew the homeowner was joking when he called the brown spots on his lawn “crop circles caused by aliens." But he did have a point. Brown spots do seem to come out of nowhere and seemingly overnight.  But there’s really no mystery to them, and with all this rain…

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IS YOUR LANDSCAPE COMPANY IN A RUT?

The rain started pouring and I had a decision to make: either tell our landscape-maintenance crew to finish mowing as fast as it could, or just call it a day and come back the next morning. The showers slowed for a bit, but the skies didn’t look good and I…

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WHEN YOU’RE IN A BIG STORM, LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT.

When Tropical Storm Debby blew through, one Sarasota couple was relieved that their neighborhood didn’t get flooded. But their beautiful Glaucous cassia -- aka scrambled egg tree -- was not so lucky. Within minutes it seemed to faint to the ground, its long brilliant clusters of flowers fanned out like…

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