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It’s been about a year since I relocated from my proven wildlife-friendly yard in Key Biscayne to a new home in Coconut Grove. I embraced the challenge of incorporating as many of the recommendations included in my Attracting Birds to South Florida Gardens book as...

Clear skies and a low chance of rain. That’s what the weather forecast claimed. Yet even in the pre-dawn, there was no denying the thick blanket of clouds enveloping Miami. We entered the channel and sped past Cape Florida, aiming our bow toward Fowey Rocks...

Pineapple envy started my pineapple patch. A friend’s homegrown fruit captivated my taste buds with the sweetest juice I’d ever encountered and I vowed to wean myself from the hit-or-miss grocery store offerings. I sawed a scraggly top from a store-bought pineapple and shoved my...