Written by: Ray SarracinoTALENT BEHIND COUNTRY'S BIGGEST HITS, RUNS SEPT. 16-25Fort Myers’ Islands, Beaches and Neighborhoods annual Island Hopper Songwriter Fest returnsSept. 16-25. The award-winning festival, which over 10 days highlights the creative talent behindsome of...
Written by: Kym Rouse Holzwart NET EFFECTS OF WARM WATER: FLORIDA SNOOK NUMBERS UP Recreational anglers in the northern regions of the Florida peninsula may already know the secret: Common snook have been expanding...
Written by: Ben KnowlesREADY FOR ALL THE SURPRISES IT OFFERSI rolled down my window as I turned at the Cotton Landing sign. It was an early May morning and the distinctive bobwhite quail could...
Written by: Katey JohnsonCOWBOY IN HIS BLOOD, ‘DON’T KNOW NOTHIN’ ELSE’With a thick north Florida drawl that sounds like home, Jim Farley instantly seems like someone you could sit on a front porch with,...
Written by: Bill LaPlanteFLORIDA CHARTERING ROYALTY, ‘FOLKS KEEP COMING BACK’“I enjoyed today on the water!”That’s what Capt. Jimmy Burnsed Jr. needs to hear returning his fishing friends to the dock at ‘Tween Waters Marina...
Written by: Bill LaPlanteSTARS ALIGN FOR LABELLE GROWERS, ‘TRULY A FAMILY AFFAIR’The stars must align perfectly for a Florida family to earn a farm-produced livable paycheck. Wind,rain, heat, cold, foreign markets, insect pests, harvesters and the...
Written by: Ava GraceFAMILY FISHING ADVENTURES, COME READY FOR FUNNothing like dropping a baited hook, kicking back and waiting. That is until you reel one in!Catching fish is what Steve’s Farm is all about,...
Written by: Dr. Chris DeCubellisPREPARING 4-H KIDS FOR AG CAREERSFlorida is a major agricultural state each year producing billions of dollars of fruits, vegetables, agronomic crops, livestock, ornamentals and forestry...
Written by: Scarlett RedeniusFLORIDA BUILDER’S AMAZING STORY, DOCKS, DECKS AND DADSummers for most eighth graders was having as much fun as they could before school started.But not for Greg Orick II, who was lugging...
Written by: Kym Rouse HolzwartBETTER PLACE FOR HORSES AND THEIR OWNERSA visit to Washington County in Florida's Panhandle is a great way to get in touch...
Written by: Kathleen Walls Real Florida, Learning Something New Everywhere You Go A visit to Washington County in Florida's Panhandle is a great way to get in touch...
Written by: Dave KellyFLORIDA KEYS ADVENTURES UNQUESTIONABLY BEST IN THE WORLDFlorida is a paradise known for a myriad of outdoor activities. And while boating, huntingand hiking are often the finest in the U.S., did...
Written by: Chris DeCubellisCOOLER TEMP GROWING TIPS, MAKE HOLIDAYS MORE SPECIALAs the days grow shorter and a little cooler, we enter a wonderful time for the Florida vegetable gardener.
Written by: Ava GraceTWO TAILS RANCH, FLORIDA’S HOME TO THESE AMAZING GIANTSSome 200 African and Asian elephants since 1984 have stayed at Two Tails Ranch in Williston, Florida, a place most of these amazing...
Written by: Kathy Ann GreggSANDERS AND CLEMONS 2021 CHAMPS, OTHERS COMPETE IN NEBRASKAThe Sunshine State has a pair of National High School Finals Rodeo champions.Ava Grayce Sanders of Vero Beach is the country’s top...
Written by: Katey JohnsonSIXTH-GENERATION RANCHER, ‘PULL YOUR OWN WEIGHT. AND NEVER GIVE UP’Across the nation women have long been the backbone of the cattle industry.From wrangling kids and calves, cooking meals for the cow...
Written by: Katey JohnsonSIXTH-GENERATION RANCHER, ‘PULL YOUR OWN WEIGHT. AND NEVER GIVE UP’Across the nation women have long been the backbone of the cattle industry.From wrangling kids and calves, cooking meals for the cow...
Written by: Dale CoxJACKSON CO. STORY BRINGS OCTOBER CHILLS!The story of the ghost of Bellamy Bridge is perhaps Florida’s best known spooky tale. Residents of Jackson County have long held that a restless and...
Written by: Brenda Eubanks BurnetteTHANKSGIVING RECIPE TIPS WITH A FLORIDA TWISTCovid has put a definite hole in family reunions and holiday gatherings around tables loaded with Thanksgiving meals made from recipes handed down over...
Written by: Kym Rouse Holzwart TREASURED OLD SOUTH ‘MCCURDY LICK’ TROTTER The McCurdy Plantation Horse was developed in the late 19th century by the McCurdy family in Lowndesboro, Alabama. Like other popular gaited horse...
