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Yellowtops, with flattish clusters of flowers, were forming a little colony, while the black-eyed Susans and the red-yellow Indian blankets formed sweeps of color in the wildflower beds at Broward College's north campus in Coconut Creek. http://www.miamiherald.com/1219/story/698473.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1219/story/698473.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:06 EDT Ask Georgia a gardening question http://www.miamiherald.com/1219/story/699522.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1219/story/699522.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:06 EDT Your guide to an environmentally friendly home and garden http://www.miamiherald.com/1219/story/699528.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1219/story/699528.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:06 EDT A year-round guide to gardening in South Florida http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/834430.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/834430.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Seventeen years ago, Eddie and Anna Fuentes opened Victoria's Armoire in the Coral Gables building that house his father's printing business with a self-serving motive: Newly married, they wanted good furniture but couldn't afford the antiques they liked. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/834435.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/834435.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Q: Our dog, an old Doberman named Pansy, has lumps all over her body. The vet has checked every one of them with a needle and keeps a chart in her file so she can add any new ones and keep track of the old ones. Luckily, they're all benign fatty tumors that don't need to be surgically removed. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/834437.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/834437.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:01 EST I've opened Pandora's box on my home computer and laptop. An extensive catalog of free music is available for dinner parties, yoga classes and personal happy hours at my home thanks to recommendation from my friend, Leah. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/834439.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/834439.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Q: Our condominium documents clearly state that no pickup trucks or motorcycles are allowed. Our board recently added to the rules that pickup trucks and motorcycles are allowed. When asked if they would be allowing the members to vote to change our documents, they said that the association attorney said it was not needed. What goes here? Why have condominium documents? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826640.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826640.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST You know you have a problem with clutter when your new 52-inch flat screen TV looks more like an old 19-inch, dwarfed by all that junk piled high around it. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826650.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826650.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Admit it: After all that shopping, tree trimming and ''Secret Santa'' skulking, you were almost over Christmas before it even arrived. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826648.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826648.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST A botanical refuge in the Miami Design District will offer a green oasis in an urban core, next to the Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH). http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826637.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826637.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Two Miami shopkeepers hunt and gather wares with far-flung flair. Their shop, Inzamia (pronounced in-zá-mia), is as striking a mixture of syllables as it is an exotic assortment of furnishings from three continents. The name, which was coined by the owners, brothers Sachin and Bhavin Dhupelia, pays homage to the places they have called home -- India, South Africa and Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826647.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: My dog Brutus is a 150-pound Rottweiler. He's a gorgeous dog but he can be a bit of a bully when my female Rottweiler is in heat. I want to breed her to a dog with a better temperament so it's important that Brutus not mate with her. Unfortunately, it's hard to keep them apart -- Brutus will jump fences to get to her. I don't want to neuter him but I was considering a vasectomy. Our vet says he doesn't do this procedure but I read about it on your blog. Is Brutus a good candidate? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826643.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826643.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Whether you are moving across town or across the country, relocating can be expensive and stressful, according to Myscha Theriault of Wise Bread, one of the top-ranked personal finance blogs. Surrounded by boxes and packing peanuts, Theriault speaks from experience. She and her husband recently moved to Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826652.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/826652.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: My coconut palm tree is about 30 feet tall. It lost all its coconuts while they were small and the fronds have started turning brown and falling off. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/834440.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/834440.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Bright red spikes of salvia flowers swayed in the winter breeze next to blue-flowering porterweed. Yellowtops, with flattish clusters of flowers, were forming a little colony, while the black-eyed Susans and the red-yellow Indian blankets formed sweeps of color in the wildflower beds at Broward College's north campus in Coconut Creek. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/826648.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/826648.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST A botanical refuge in the Miami Design District will offer a green oasis in an urban core, next to the Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH). http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/826639.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/826639.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Name: White angel's trumpet Botanical name: Brugmansia suaveolens Description: An evergreen and fast-growing small tree or large shrub from Brazil that produces large, lovely white trumpet-shaped flowers periodically throughout the year. In light shade, it tends to sprawl. But the show is incomparable and the flowers are nicely fragrant (and said to be hallucinogenic). Don't eat any part, as the plant is toxic. Brugmansia can be propagated from a branch cutting. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/826652.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/826652.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: My coconut palm tree is about 30 feet tall. It lost all its coconuts while they were small and the fronds have started turning brown and falling off. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/826638.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/826638.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Coral bean, locustberry, kapok, Spanish bayonet, yesterday-today-tomorrow and roses. Cold weather: Protect orchids sensitive to cold when temperatures drop below 50 degrees. An extra spray of magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt) and potassium nitrate (1 tablespoon each in a gallon of water) will help protect against stress. Watch for spider mites; use hard spray from hose or Avid, Kelthane. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/821951.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/821951.html Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:01 EST As the newly named director of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Carl Lewis wants to lead expeditions to the tropics, increase the visibility of science and conservation, attract more graduate students to work in science -- and have a good time. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/818123.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/818123.html Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Not once in 32 years have Terry and Barbara Glancy stopped caring for their 15 acres of endangered pine rockland. They saved it from Brazilian pepper, replanted it after Hurricane Andrew and watched it smolder for three months after a wildfire swept through. And still it gives them delight. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/818529.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/818529.html Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: I recently started collecting hibiscus plants for my backyard. I get many buds but before they open, they fall off. A: Hibiscus plants don't like change and will drop their flowers for a number of reasons, including stress: too much or too little water, excess fertilizer and heat. The double flower varieties tend to drop more readily. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/818534.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/818534.html Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Botanical name: Coccothrinax miraguama Description: A wonderful palm from Cuba that has trunk fibers so elegant they could have been woven on a loom. How do plants do things like that, anyway? The palmate leaves are round, with a hint of silver on the undersides. Slow-growing, this one is nonetheless said to be faster than other species in the genus. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/808469.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/808469.html Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Barton the schnauzer would get stuck in the thick tangle of vines. The yard was so overgrown his owners couldn't see the property line. But Kevin and Blake Goldstein, both 31, said they bought the house because they saw its potential. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/808477.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/808477.html Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:01 EST If you give or receive holiday plants, you'll make their season last longer with a small amount of care. Among the seasonal favorites are bulbs that bring the promise of flowering within a few weeks -- which is really a nice way of extending a remembrance of holiday giving into the post-holiday ho-hums. Long after the tree has gone to the recycle heap, you'll have flowers and fragrance. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/834435.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/834435.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Q: Our dog, an old Doberman named Pansy, has lumps all over her body. The vet has checked every one of them with a needle and keeps a chart in her file so she can add any new ones and keep track of the old ones. Luckily, they're all benign fatty tumors that don't need to be surgically removed. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/826647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/826647.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: My dog Brutus is a 150-pound Rottweiler. He's a gorgeous dog but he can be a bit of a bully when my female Rottweiler is in heat. I want to breed her to a dog with a better temperament so it's important that Brutus not mate with her. Unfortunately, it's hard to keep them apart -- Brutus will jump fences to get to her. I don't want to neuter him but I was considering a vasectomy. Our vet says he doesn't do this procedure but I read about it on your blog. Is Brutus a good candidate? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/808475.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/808475.html Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: My vet messed up. He tied the wrong tubes when he spayed my cat Missy and she died several days later due to surgical complications related to the loss of her kidneys. He says it was a common complication of this kind of surgery but what I've read on the Internet leads me to believe this isn't true. I can't forgive him but I also don't have the money for a lawyer to help me sue him to get justice on Missy's behalf. What can people in my situation do to deal with this kind of senseless loss? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/798434.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/798434.html Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: I have a question about cat ownership. My neighbor feeds a group of neighborhood strays. But whenever they get sick, they hide in my yard. She says that means that I have to care for their illness. But I suspect that when they're sick in her yard she doesn't take care of them. So who's right? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/789926.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/789926.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Q: I need to spay my dog, a 3-year-old mix named Holly. The trouble is, I'm so scared of anesthesia I can't bring myself to have it done. I'm a responsible dog owner and I would never let her breed another dog but I know she'll live longer if she's fixed. What should I do? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/779676.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/779676.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST At this time of year, veterinarians are especially concerned about what their patients may be eating. Every year we see pets brought in with very preventable illnesses caused by improper feeding or a lack of proper safeguards for the garbage can. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/768635.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/768635.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Q: One of my dogs eats a special prescription diet because of his allergies. My cat is on another because of her failing kidneys. And they're really expensive! I don't know if I can continue to afford this. Do you have any suggestions? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/758925.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/758925.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Q: I have a young, healthy male cat named Mink. He lives indoors and gets the best food, toys and veterinary care available. The problem is that I'm a vegan. I have a hard time knowing even the high-quality foods he's eaten all his life come from animals raised on inhumane factory farms. Recently I've been transitioning him to a commercial vegan feline diet but Mink hasn't been taking well to it. My vet thinks I'm crazy to try this, by the way. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/748600.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/748600.html Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Q: I just moved from Canada to Miami Beach and I'm confused about how I'm supposed to get a license for my pets. I have four cats and a dog. Where I come from we are not required to keep licenses for animals. Could you explain how and why this is done? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/737841.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/737841.html Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Halloween is near and there's no better time to review the pet safety issues you'll likely confront. Here's my rundown, with a few bells and whistles thrown in just for fun. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/728036.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/pets/story/728036.html Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Q: I'm shopping for a puppy but I can't seem to find the right breed for my family. Recently I came across some hybrid breeds I thought might work out, but the Labradoodle is too big and the Puggle sheds too much. Can you help us with a smallish breed that doesn't shed much? My son is allergic to dogs, so this is crucial. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/818124.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/818124.html Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Timothy Busfield is one of those ensemble-cast actors whose characters stick in the public's consciousness long after the series ends. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/808505.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/808505.html Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez has listed her French farmhouse estate in Bel-Air at $8.5 million. J.Lo, her singer husband, Marc Anthony, and their 9-month-old fraternal twins have been the subject of ongoing sightings in the Long Island community of Brookville, fueling speculation that they have relocated to New York. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/798441.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/798441.html Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Leonardo DiCaprio has listed one of his Malibu properties for sale at $8,999,000. The 34-year-old actor has listed a contemporary home that sits on the bluffs above the Pacific. A stairway leads to the private beach cove below. The main house has two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 2,374 square feet. The master bathroom has marble fixtures and a steam shower. A separate guesthouse has two one-bedroom suites. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/789922.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/789922.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Actress Meg Ryan's Bel-Air house is listed for sale at $19.5 million. It was a pocket listing -- never in the Multiple Listing Service but known to be for sale for the right price -- for the past few years, having been shown to Galaxy soccer star David Beckham and wife Victoria-the-Posh and, more recently, to Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner, who apparently fall in and out of escrow with the frequency that Paris Hilton falls in and out of love. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/789920.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/789920.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST In jail and owing millions, former quarterback Michael Vick has cut the price of his luxury Atlanta home to $4.1 million, from $4.5 million, after a year on the market. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/779699.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/779699.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST As far as his country music fans are concerned, Tim McGraw could sing the yellow pages and it would still sound mighty purdy. And the fact that he's mad at his record label for putting out another greatest-hits package of his songs instead of new tunes, well, it just makes those fans happier than bugs who missed the windshield to know that he cares. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/779698.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/779698.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST In New York's Harlem neighborhood, a largely intact Romanesque Revival house built by circus co-founder James Bailey is on the market for the first time since 1951, with an asking price of $10 million. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/768633.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/768633.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST My all-time favorite award-show moment came in 1998 when best-actor winner Ving Rhames gave his Golden Globe to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon, saying: ''I feel that being an artist is about giving, and I'd like to give this to you.'' There was nary a dry eye in the house, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association later made a duplicate award for Rhames. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/758927.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/758927.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:01 EST If Hollywood had true royalty, Tori Spelling -- the daughter of Candy Spelling and the late Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling -- would be its reigning princess. And the princess is switching castles. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/737835.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/737835.html Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT In the Hamptons, the former home of Truman Capote recently went on the market for $14.6 million. The seller, noted abstract-expressionist painter Ross Bleckner, purchased the midcentury saltbox house for $800,000 in 1993 from the Nature Conservancy. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/737837.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/hot-property/story/737837.html Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Actor Mark Wahlberg -- a.k.a. Marky Mark (the guy whose trademark was stripping down to his whitey-whites during concerts) -- has listed his house in Beverly Hills at $15.9 million. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/834439.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/834439.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:01 EST Q: Our condominium documents clearly state that no pickup trucks or motorcycles are allowed. Our board recently added to the rules that pickup trucks and motorcycles are allowed. When asked if they would be allowing the members to vote to change our documents, they said that the association attorney said it was not needed. What goes here? Why have condominium documents? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/826651.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/826651.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: While I was away for the summer, my air conditioner condenser's drain blocked and water flooded my unit and ruined my walls and carpet. There is mold on the baseboards, walls and carpeting. I was informed by the board that it was my fault because I did not maintain the drain. I thought this was a common area drain and the association's responsibility. I filed a claim with my insurance company and the unit is being repaired. I had no idea the air conditioner drain has to be cleaned on a regular... http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/818132.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/818132.html Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: I am on a board of directors for a condominium association and I would like to know what the association would do if someone moves out and lets their unit go into foreclosure? It is my understanding that the lending institute that has the mortgage will take it over. But what happens to the monthly assessments and future assessment to be incurred while the property is vacant? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/808466.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/808466.html Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: We are researching ways to better invest our association reserve funds since CDs and money market funds are paying so little. One option would be an index annuity for two of our long-term reserves, roofing and building painting, not due for five to 15 years. Would this option meet the safety requirements for association-invested reserve funds? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/798425.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/798425.html Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:01 EST Q: What is the change in state law that requires each owner to have insurance on our property? A: State Rep. Julio Robaina has informed me of the change in wording to HB 601, which stated that all owners were required to have property insurance (HO-6 policy) on their unit and the association would be named on the loss assessment coverage. He said state legislators would correct the wording and that owners would not be required to carry insurance if they wanted to self-insure. He also said that one... http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/789931.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/789931.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Q: Currently, my association has two vacant houses, one with a pool. Two owners are mowing the vacant properties. You have said that the fact that the landscaper is an owner creates no exemption if an injury or accident occurs. The association will have to pay, and the association's insurance will not cover the loss. Further, the board is discussing having volunteer owners mulch the common areas. They are aware of the insurance requirement, but are trying to save some dollars. I have strongly advised... http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/779673.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/779673.html Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Q: We are considering purchasing a townhome in a community and would like to obtain the minutes from past meetings as well as financial information, such as the funds they have in reserve for building maintenance and repairs. Are we entitled to this information before we make an offer and if so, can you tell us how to go about obtaining it? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/768637.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/768637.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Q: I own a condominium with garden-style buildings. The board decided we needed to replace the roof on one of the buildings and created a special assessment of $40,000. Instead of replacing the roof they ended up only doing a patch job for much less, less than $3,000. I was outraged that we would have to pay for such a large assessment when not needed. I think the overage of the assessment should be returned to the owners. The president says they will keep the funds in an account. I do not trust... http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/758907.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/758907.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Q: Our association has many foreign owners and has also had a high number of owners in arrears on their maintenance fees. The management has decided to raise our fees to cover this income loss. Is it legal for them to make us pay for those who do not pay? I would not mind if we got credit when they eventually collect, but that is probably not going to happen. All they ever do is raise our fees. Should not this come out of our reserve? It is getting almost too expensive to live in our association... http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/748596.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/748596.html Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Q: We now have a policy in effect forbidding an owner from renting their condominium unit until the arrears are paid in full. If a delinquent owner sneaks in a renter, how can they be denied occupancy? Can we deny the renter access to the pool area and other amenities? Can we turn off the electricity and water during eviction action? http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/737848.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home-garden/condos/story/737848.html Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:01 EDT Q: I live in a retirement condominium that is about 40 years old. Our county notified us that we must be inspected by an engineer to determine if we have construction deficiencies. The report indicated that our main problem was the roof. We recently started a fund to replace the roof but we do not have enough and our board is discussing borrowing the money. The added expense to replace the roof is far beyond some of our residents to pay. Why can't there be some kind of compromise for seniors?