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    Why Does Everything Here Turn a Little Green? Mildew and the Florida Maintenance Calendar

    Did your white fence just change color overnight? You wander out one afternoon in your second spring, coffee in hand, and stop at the end of the driveway. Something is different. The concrete that looked clean and pale when you moved in has a faint, shadowy bloom along the edges, and the north side

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