Tag: gardening

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Bonnie Marcus, Community Administrator It’s that time of year again, January-February, when we begin to prepare for the upcoming weeds. It is much easier to fight weeds with prevention and to stay on top of your weed situation before they get out of hand. Preventing the weeds from emerging in the first place will not…

Garden Club news

Sue McCutcheon The Garden Club’s first meeting of the 2015-2016 year was held on November 13 in the Ballroom. This has been a challenging beginning for Jean Mrugala, the current President. She lost three of the people in key positions due to health issues, the Vice President, historian and home tour organizer. However, the membership…

Weeds

Bonnie Marcus (Weed Witch), Community Administrator We are now officially in monsoon season. This time of year we can expect warmer temperatures, heavy winds, thunderstorms, dust storms, rain and weeds. Please check your property for weeds on a regular basis; they do pop up overnight. It is much easier to fight weeds with prevention and…

It’s time to trim your palm trees

Bonnie Marcus, Community Administrator Just a friendly reminder that as summer is approaching us it is time to have your palm trees trimmed. Pruning should be performed no more than once a year if done, preferably at the end of June or July. Please determine if it is time for you to prune your palm…

Weeds

Bonnie Marcus (Weed Witch), Community Administrator We are now officially in monsoon season. This time of year we can expect warmer temperatures, heavy winds, thunderstorms, dust storms, rain and weeds. The winds can cause breakage of limbs and trees that have not been maintained. Trees and limbs can fall and cause property damage to your…

Agave plant

Close-up of the agave death stalk.

Barb Valentine I know it’s common to see all the “death stalks” on the agave, but this plant is monstrous! It’s located on the corner of Sawgrass and Doral in the SunBird Golf Resort.

It’s time to trim your palm trees

Bonnie Marcus, Community Administrator Just a friendly reminder that as summer is approaching us it is time to have your palm trees trimmed. Pruning should be performed no more than once a year if done, preferably at the end of June or July. Please determine if it is time for you to prune your palm…