Head on over to Hillcrest Farm, grab a pail and start filling it with plump, organic blueberries. You might want to go for two buckets, so you have one left after the one you eat on the ride home. We recently loaded up the car and headed to Hillcrest Farm […]
Backyard
In and Off the Grill- Backyard Carolina Wrens
Carolina wrens nested in our grill and hatched five healthy, little babies. The parents flew back and forth for over a week with worms and insects for them. Yesterday (June 6), they all hopped out of their nest, off the grill and around our yard. By the end […]
Team Depot at Tryon Branch Library
Thank you to our local Team Depot for the playground and landscaping at the Tryon Branch Library on Langley Avenue in Pensacola. Team Depot is Home Depot’s associate-led volunteer program that works on community projects across the country.
Earth Day Pensacola 2011
Earth Day Pensacola will be held at Bayview Park in the East Hill district of Pensacola. It’s goal is to “help educate and inspire the community to take responsibility for making the world a better place.” This year, there is a no corporate, no political policy. There will be vendors, […]
Tick Trouble
Ticks are out in the woods and tall grasses all year long on the Gulf Coast. A tick is a small bloodsucking parasitic arachnid that may transmit diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease. Even if they do not carry disease, they can be tricky to remove. […]