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The Green Life

Home & Garden

“Come clean” this Earth Day with these simple guidelines to make your life more eco-friendly and tips on how to start living the green life. Cool and heat your home efficiently 1. Cool your home at 78 F or warmer…

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Nurture with Nature

Travel & Outdoors

Nurture with nature Escape reality with a space designed with you in mind By Tammy Roberts   Imagine lying in a bamboo lounge chair, a canopy of oak tree branches shading the warm sun. Birds chirp blissfully in the distance,…

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Let It Grow

Home & Garden

Young gardeners are blooming at many Brevard County schools. In addition to the obvious lessons children can learn from planting and tending to a garden, many teachers and administrators sing the praises of other benefits such as developing the future…

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What’s In A Name?

Home & Garden

Elbow Creek Garden & Gift in downtown Eau Gallie History buffs will know that Elbow Creek is the former name of the Eau Gallie River, a tributary of the Indian River. Shelly McKinney considers herself a history buff and selected…

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Zinnias

Home & Garden

They say April showers bring May flowers, and if that is the case, then we hope Zinnias make a grand appearance. Zinnias, which are native to Mexico, can tolerate most of Florida’s summer sun, until about August. Zinnias also are…

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Garden in Harmony with Nature: Go Native.

Arts & Community

If you aren’t blessed with a green thumb but want a sustainable yard or garden, I suggest you contact Sally Scalera (sscalera@ifas.ufl.edu) at the Brevard County branch of University of Florida Extension Service in Cocoa.  In a short time, you…

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