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Old 07-01-2020, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by TimeForChange View Post
Are you kidding? Back in the 60's when you drove South on what is now just the Turnpike (Sunshine State Parkway then) South of 44 and you reached a few miles below Leesburg there were nothing but orange groves on both sides for miles and miles.
Considering how the ground was dug up around here is the soil in the TV still conducive to growing oranges?