Imagine a self-seeding bush that produces tiny, sweet tomatoes all year long. Now imagine this bush is disease and pest resistant, requires little care and thrives in our hot, humid climate. If this sounds too good to be true, you haven’t discovered the wild Everglades tomato. This ...
Dear Mr. Feichthaler: I have lived in my home in Cape Coral for 15 years. I am considering renting out a room to a friend of mine, but I don’t want to lose my homestead protections and exemptions. Will renting out a room in my house cause a problem? — Andrew B. Dear Andrew: Our real ...
It’s hard for us to believe, but we have now lived here for 42 years, with the winter of 1978 being the primary driving force behind moving to Cape Coral from the northeast back in 1979. Having had a front row seat from which to watch the blossoming of Cape Coral and all of Southwest Florida ...
Are you a gardener who is intimidated by the thought of growing orchids? If so, I have a beautiful suggestion for your gardens -- ground, or terrestrial orchids. While they don’t closely resemble the typical orchids you are accustomed to seeing, they flower more frequently and are easy to ...
Through the month of July, the Cape Coral condo market remained deeply entrenched in a low inventory seller’s market, with median sales prices and closed condo sales up huge amounts through the first seven months of this year versus a year ago. We did, however, see a dip in median sales ...
When I came to Southwest Florida, I couldn’t wait to plant flowers year-round. The Northeast only had 2 1/2 seasons to plant … summer, spring and early fall because there would be early freezes or snow. To my delight, I found my favorite perennials that require little maintenance here in ...
