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For Jeb at Palm Beach Gardens Golf Course

During a recent visit to go wack out some range balls, I noticed that the leaning pine had been recently struck by lightning and is now browned out and on its way to becoming lighter knot. I had mentioned to Jeb that I think I may have a pic pre lightening strike and with a [...]
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Interview: w/My Daughter on the Bluegill Trail – Palm Beach Gardens Florida

The 5.4-mile Bluegill Trail is the first in Palm Beach County to be opened inside the footprint of the Northeast Everglades Natural Area program(NENA). It is a collection of about 165,000 protected acres – about 260 square miles – in northern Palm Beach County and southern Martin County. The Bluegill Trail, now recently [...]
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Dead Christmas Trees are suddenly appearing

Dead Christmas Trees are suddenly appearing in waterways. Throughout Florida as many as ten, or even thousands of Christmas Trees have been found floating in canals. In one case a Christmas Tree had no time to react as lights and stand were still found attached to the misdirected tree. Now it just floats awkwardly sideways depleting [...]
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Barley Barber Swamp: South Florida’s Greatest Legacy

Bart Colucci Barley Barber Swamp, which was closed to the public after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is now open for guided tours. Put politics and big business aside and get out and see the swamp. This is South Florida’s Greatest Legacy. I have waited about 4 years to get a glimpse of Barley Barber Swamp , [...]
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Largest Live Oak Tree…Reaching for the Sky

This by far is one of the largest Live Oak Trees I have ever seen. According to satellite images this massive Oak is 120 feet across. If you walk the outer edges of it’s 60 foot plus high canopy you would easily walk a 330 foot circle. I came across this Live [...]
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