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April Birding Update

Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:April 11, 2012
Post category:Birds and Birding / Island Living / Spring
Post comments:4 Comments

One great thing about our big year birding contest is that it has forced me to be more specific in my birding. No more glancing at a bird and assuming…

Time to Winterize your Golf Carts

Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:December 19, 2011
Post category:Island Living / Winter
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Bobby Postlethwaite of Best Golf Carts suggests the following strategies for winterizing your golf cart, or for when it will be sitting for an extended period of time. Most of…

Screen door catch a huge help

Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:December 14, 2011
Post category:Island Living
Post comments:2 Comments

This little piece of hardware is one of my new favorite things! As the springs on our screen door age and weather with the salt air, finding a way to…

Fruit Fly Solutions: Build your own cheap traps

Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:November 16, 2011
Post category:Island Living
Post comments:2 Comments

One of the dangers of being an avid composter is that, if you forget to take out the compost before leaving your house for a few weeks, you will have…

Butterfly Tagging

Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:October 30, 2011
Post category:Fall / Featured Creature / Island Living / Uncategorized
Post comments:1 Comment

On Friday, the Dewees Island Conservancy sponsored a butterfly tagging program on Dewees Island with long-time island friend and fantastic Naturalist Billy McCord. Everyone I told about this responded with…

SCDNR seeking information on Sheepshead fishery

Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:October 13, 2011
Post category:Island Living / News
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If you hold a recreational salt water fishing license in the state of SC, you should have been invited to participate in a survey about managing the sheepshead fishery. Dewees…

More about Bottled Water

Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:September 11, 2011
Post category:ForDeweesRentals / Island Living
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The EPB has been encouraging us to cut our carbon footprint. We've talked about bottled water before; now the folks from The Story of Stuff have produced a video about bottled…

Labor Day means Dammit!ball

Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:September 2, 2011
Post category:Fall / Island Living
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Yes, it's that time of year again. We're sorry to miss the action, but if you are on the island this weekend, the annual tournament will be Sunday the 4th…

Curt Salisbury, deckhand and photographer

Post author:Judy Drew Fairchild
Post published:August 20, 2011
Post category:Island Living
Post comments:2 Comments

Check out this fantastic photo! Curt managed to capture a pelican playing with a shrimp. It looks worthy of winning some great photocontests to me! (I have included a small,…

Trash and Recycling Center Reorganized

Post author:reggiefairchild
Post published:August 18, 2011
Post category:Island Living / News
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The Dewees Utility staff has reorganized the trash and recycling center to try to make it easier for people to know where to put what. They've also added clear labels…