If you haven't figured it out, a Florida Yard Dog is another name for alligator. Well, it's also a catchy name for the blog about Florida. But I did run across this little item today - a realistic yard alligator for YOU! So now you can get your own Florida Yard Dog. I just thought these looked pretty cool. Also good for that Gator fan in the family!

Now this alligator fountain might be a good spring update for your yard, but I think it's a bit cheesy! But I did like the swimming alligator - go figure! Now, this Yard Alligator is very much more to my taste! I like more ecclectic items for my garden, how about y'all?

In Florida, we shouldn't have to be worrying about frost in mid-April...but we are. This weird weather of the year continues and tonight it may dip to freezing in many areas of north Florida and definitely it will in the immediate lower south.

I found this cool product that I wish I knew about earlier in the cold season, but it's never too late to find a good product tip. Check out Frost Protek, a lightweight easy-to-use plant cover. I'm pretty sick of using my good and not-so-good sheets to help my plants. I really like this easy to store plant cover.

In the meantime, I'm going to cover our newly sprouted tomatoes with some newspaper and hope for the best. I'm going to have to use some sheets too for now.