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The End of an Era

For more than 100 years, the Kushmers have lived on Adamsville Road in South Hillsborough County. Originally founded by Earl and Rose Adams, Adamsville grew into the Northern Boundary for the Ruskin Tomato and was the birthplace of the tropical fish industry in America. As one could imagine, it was Read more

By Danny Kushmer, 5 monthsSeptember 23, 2025 ago

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Mutant Cabbage Palm

Yes, that is how Ripley’s Believe it or Not described the (then) Four-Headed Florida Cabbage Palm that sits in my front yard. In 1988, botanists believed a tree like this could only come around one in a hundred million trees. That was then, this is now. 31 years later, the Read more

By Danny Kushmer, 7 yearsAugust 4, 2019 ago