Aline Clement

Aline Clement is a master gardener with the Duval County Extension Service and the University of Florida/IFAS.

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Grow Your Own: Succulents

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December 6, 2013
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Succulents have become my latest “favorite” plants. I started collecting new and different varieties a few years ago, and have enjoyed discovering new ones when I visit plant nurseries or friends’ gardens. Succulents come in many shapes, colors, and sizes, will grow indoors or out, and require little attention once established in the right environment. You can group different varieties
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Grow Your Own – July 2014

Many of us feel a sense of serenity and a connection with nature when we’re around a body of water. Florida has more than 10,000 miles of rivers and streams, nearly 8,000 lakes, over 700 freshwater springs, and the second longest coastline in the United States. With all the news
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Grown Your Own – April 2013

April 8, 2013
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by ALINE CLEMENT Spring has finally sprung, and some of us are just itching to add some new, colorful plants to our gardens. With local water and fertilizer restrictions, it makes sense to look for varieties that don’t require much care once they’re established. I’ve assembled my personal “Top Ten”
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grow your own

March 6, 2013
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by ALINE CLEMENT After reading my November column about Florida-Friendly Landscaping, a friend asked me how he could implement the practices in his neighborhood, which was restricted by Homeowners’ Association (HOA) covenants. He had read about a law that he thought allowed him to do anything he wanted in his
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grow your own – february

February 4, 2013
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by ALINE CLEMENT Over the past several years I have begun to collect some of the most beautiful foliage plants we can find in our neck of the woods. The family of bromeliads includes some plants you probably know, like pineapple and Spanish moss. It also includes ball moss, often
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grow your own

January 8, 2013
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by ALINE CLEMENT Just in case you weren’t aware, we gardeners absolutely love receiving plants as gifts. Last month I received the trifecta of holiday gift plants – some amaryllis bulbs, a lovely red poinsettia, and a Norfolk Island pine. Now that we’re into January, it’s time to decide what
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December 4, 2012
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by ALINE CLEMENT Citrus Season Do you have any citrus in your yard? If you’re a citrus lover like me you already have, or would like to have, some trees, especially at this time of year when the fruit is at its peak. Even if you don’t have a particularly
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September 6, 2012
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by ALINE CLEMENT “Hot and humid, with frequent afternoon thunderstorms.” This describes, in a nutshell, the “dog days of summer” here in Northeast Florida. The past three months certainly lived up to those expectations, but September and October should offer us gardeners some welcome and favorable changes in the weather.
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grow your own

July 9, 2012
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Gateway Health Services – Adolescent Males Reflect on Gratitude Home is where the heart is… by ALINE CLEMENT Like most gardeners, I love the rain, especially when it allows me to turn off those sprinklers and save on my water bill. Did all that precipitation last month give you a
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grow your own – june 2012

June 7, 2012
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by ALINE CLEMENT Here we are at the end of another busy school year wondering what to do with the kiddies during the summer break. Why not make use of the free time and their boredom to introduce them to butterfly gardening? A butterfly garden can be as small as
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grow your own

April 3, 2012
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by ALINE CLEMENT My daddy’s beefsteak tomatoes were the talk of the neighborhood in my hometown of Danville, Virginia. They were huge, red, meaty globes so juicy I had to eat my BLT over the kitchen sink. Each bite made me wince as the acidic juices flowed onto my tongue,
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grow your own

March 1, 2012
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by Aline Clement Picture this: Fresh cucumbers, string beans, tomatoes and collard greens harvested this morning and on your table only hours later. Spring is almost here; time to get out and enjoy the fresh air and exercise that gardening provides. Could this picture include you? If this is your
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