Watching the expression on a child the first time he or she sees a potato being unearthed is priceless! It makes you wish that you planted more in February, just to keep the fun going. With every push of the pitch fork, the anticipation of what may be there, keeps them excited and involved. This [...]
Earth Day’s founder, Gaylord Nelson (U.S. Senator from Wisconsin), proposed the first nationwide environmental protest “to shake up the political establishment and force this issue onto the national agenda. “It was a gamble,” he recalls, “but it worked.”
Remember Earth Day April 22, 1970? That year in the United States was remembered for a number of [...]
Dear Grace,
I am that person who desires a nice yard, but I don’t want to spend a whole lot of time maintaining it. I want the nice plush green grass that feels cool and damp when you walk across it in the hot summer sun, I want the flowers that seem to reappear as the [...]
With the going green initiative people all over the country are lining up to recycle their paper and plastic. Larry and Amy Peraldo have introduced Richmond Hill and Savannah with something new to recycle: sports and fitness equipment! Play It Again Sports is a chain of 425 locally owned franchises striving to educate the public [...]
The title to the great song by Jimmy Buffett pretty well sums it up, Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season… only a fool would try to do so. The mere mention of the word “hurricane” brings fear to all who live on or near the coast. It comes from the word Hurican, the Carib god [...]
With the New Year here and a fresh spring season just around the corner, it is time to get your gardening on! I would like to help you make sense of what gardening means in our area—I’ll help you save your cents and have wonderful floral scents in your own backyard. Don’t hesitate to write [...]
The transformation of the orchard, once laden with grapes and blueberries, behind Mrs. Margaret Davis Fennell Judy’s home—into her son’s residence—brought an eccentricity to the street. One could compare Bob Fennell’s life to the definition of a theatrical comedy: one tied up in rebirth and renewal. While encompassing an extraordinary storyline, Bob’s life has not [...]
For some, work is just a way to pass time and earn a wage. For others, it’s their passion; almost food for their soul. It is no secret that the construction industry was hit with an intense blow when our country slid into the current economic recession. Many of our local companies associated with this [...]
I’ve been working the Richmond Hill market since 1985 as a realtor. Over the years, I’ve been asked, “how’s business?” or “how are home sales?” In the past, people were just being polite and making conversation, but in this day and time, they are sincere when they ask about our housing market. The following statistics [...]
Gary and Becky Patrick have made the inland marshes of the Jerico River their home for the past thirty-one years. Minutes away from the bustling traffic of I-95, off Coastal Highway 17, there’s a magical island perhaps once part of an antebellum rice plantation, known as the community of Twin Rivers. Here, the Jerico and [...]
