Category: my martin county
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Water Farming, Alico, Martin County
Legislative money could flow into Treasure Coast water farms “The Caulkins Citrus Co. water farm, a 413-acre reservoir between Palm City and Indiantown, stores excess water from the C-44 Canal, where it evaporates and percolates into the ground instead of reaching the St. Lucie River. The former citrus grove has kept nearly 6 billion gallons…
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What will Martin County Become?
I moved here to Martin County six years ago. I literally was running away from Palm Beach County. The whole place was closing in on me. The people, the traffic, the constant building way, way out to the Everglades, the traffic. I had driven up here for years for work. I even came up after…
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Gathering Weekly Photo
Gathering May 4th,2014 We had a funeral for the St Lucie River and the Indian River Lagoon which had been devastated by discharges from Lake Okeechobee. Both turned green with poisonous green toxic algae. Our lives would never be the same again. As a way to protest we held this funeral at Phipps Park which…
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My Martin County: Ground Floor Farm
My Martin County: Ground Floor Farm This is where I went on my Black Friday. Ground Floor Farm is our local urban farm. In 2014 they raised over 20,000 with a kick starter campaign with 144 backers. This is the Martin County I love. People with wonderful ideas interact with the community. Together the community…
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In the Hood: Wanted sex offender in Martin County John Michael Janaskas turns himself in, Someone please let the Sunshine In.
So according the news John Michael Janaskas, who was court ordered to drug rehab in Jensen beach, was dropped off at a Walmart because the rehab center “didn’t want the heat.” The news reported that “Martin County sex offender” was taken to another rehab in Miramar. We still have lots of questions. I want to…
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WordPress Weekly Photo Challange: “Ornate” The Solidarity FIsh Project
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Ornate.” Here is a video of Janeen talking about the project. “The Solidarity Fish Project This simple wooden fish is splashed in vivid colors on one side, but when flipped over it reveals in stark contrast skeletal remains on a black background. Viewed individually each…
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In the Hood: Motels turn into rehabs for people out of state.
In the Hood: Motels turn into rehabs for people out of state. So this morning I saw this email from a friend of mine. “JUST SAYING- Monterrey Inn and Marina closed now too. It has become a half way house with the same owner from my understanding. It seems like a number of motels have…
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Keep calm and put your thinking cap on: Septic Tank Eve. Let’s be environmentally creative.
So maybe while we’re waiting to hash all this out this answer to the question is not lawsuits to inspect but actually voluntarily helping the citizens of Martin County maintain their septics. Why does everything have to end up in court? This will just create more angst for our citizens who have enough angst already.…
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Weekly Photo Challange: Treat
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Treat.”Driving Martin Grade Highway early in the morning.
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On the Snout : Septic Tanks , Martin County, Stupid Headlines.
On the Snout: Septic Tanks and Martin County When I first moved here I lived in my house for about nine months before I bought it. I love my house. I wanted to live in an older house near the Indian River Lagoon on the same land the AIS Indians lived on thousand of years…
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