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Patch's House & Home
Lost Pet? Key Tips to Finding Your Animal
The telephone pole at the entrance to our neighborhood has a large red sign, ‘Thank you! We found our lost cat.’ What relief the owners must have felt. How many lost animals find the...
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Patch's House & Home
A City Losing Its Identity
Now that Mayor Foster has singlehandedly saved the City from slipping into the abyss of no postmark, maybe we can breathe easier knowing that St. Pete will not become another Tampa suburb...
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Patch's House & Home
How Often Do You Check The Local Real Estate Market?
During the height of the real estate boom in the area, it seemed like homeowners were always talking about how high the value of their property had risen. Are you still frequently checkin...
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Patch's House & Home
Dr. Hort's Citrus Lecture Proves Fruitful – and Fun
Greg “Dr. Hort” Charles shared his citrus secrets Feb. 23 with a group of more than 70 homeowners and seasoned gardeners eager to learn from the expert. This presentation was secon...
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Patch's House & Home
Old Northeast Named Best Neighborhood in Florida
Editors of This Old House have named St. Pete's Old Northeast as the "best old-house neighborhood" in Florida, one of the sixth best in the country, and the best neighborhood for gardenin...
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Patch's House & Home
Do You “Pre-Cycle”?
“Waste not, want not,” our elders used to tell us, and as it turns out, they were right. By reducing the amount of waste we generate and reusing or recycling what we no longer need, we s...
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Business
Herman Home Makes St. Pete Its Own
December 2011 marked Herman Home’s two-year anniversary as a St. Pete based business. Back in 2009, local design genius Ed Biggs teamed up with New York-based developer Steve Herman to la...
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Holiday Guide
Photos: The Best Holiday Lights in Tampa Bay
We asked, and Patch readers answered: Seven Florida homes have been honored as town winners in Patch's Deck The House holiday lights contest. The winning entries came from Patch read...