Don’t you just wish you could arrive on the island and, by some magic, arrive to a house stocked with the first night’s meal, breakfast, and lunch?  That way, you could settle in to the island, arriving on the first ferry you could catch?

Well, NOW YOU CAN!!!

Call Becky at 843-628-9755

Introducing Becky’s grocery delivery.  Becky, a long-time member of our island community, is willing to stock your kitchen with some basics for you.  The prices include delivery, and you can arrange for things you don’t see listed– just ask her!

Dewees Island Food Delivery for Weekly Rentals –

Package A:  Conventional Option:  $80 Organic Option:  $90

1 dozen Eggland’s Best eggs

1 loaf Pepperidge Farm bread*

12 oz HT Traders Ground Coffee

Land O Lakes Butter – Spreadable w/ Canola Oil**

1 qt Land O Lakes Half & Half

16 oz container Assorted Precut Fruit (Add $3 for 32oz container) ***

½ Gallon Milk (add $1.50 for 1 gal and 2.50 for 1 gal Organic)

½ Gallon Simply Orange Original, Pulp Free Orange Juice****

Package B:  Conventional Option:  $140 

Same as above with the addition of:

6 ct Lender’s Pre-sliced “Bagel Shop” Bagels:  Plain or Blueberry   

Philadelphia Plain or Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese Spread (Reduced Fat Options Available)

1 lb Boars Head Deli Sliced choice of Honey Maple Turkey, Black Forest Ham or Roast Beef (add $3)

½ lb Boars Head Deli Sliced choice of Vermont Yellow Cheddar, Baby Swiss or White American

16 oz pkg Cape Cod Potato Chips of Choice or Rold Gold Tiny Twists Pretzels

10oz Sabra Classic or Roasted Red Pepper Hummus and Stacy’s Multigrain or Simply Naked Pita Chips

Peter Pan Peanut Butter

5 lb bag Red Delicious or Gala Apples

Smucker’s Grape or Strawberry Jelly

12 pack Coke or Diet Coke

Package B:  Natural / Organic Option:  $150

Same as Package A “Organic Option” with the addition of:

Harris Teeter Naturals Organic Plain or Ancient Grain Bagels

Organic Valley Plain Cream Cheese

7 oz Applegate Farms Pre-sliced Organic Roasted Turkey Breast or Organic Uncured Ham (add $7 per addl pkg)

14 oz pkg Harris Teeter Organic Blue or White Tortilla Chips

5 lb Organic Red Delicious or Gala Apples

Harris Teeter Naturals Organic Peanut Butter

Harris Teeter Naturals Organic Grape or Strawberry Jelly

The following items are all natural but not organic:

Mrs. Renfro’s All Natural Mango Habanero Med. Salsa or Wholly Guacamole All Natural Guacamole

12 Pack La Croix Natural Lime, Cran-Raspberry or Original

Package C:  $195

Same as Conventional Package “B” with the addition of:

Small Vegetable Tray (Large Tray add $7)

6 oz can Planters Mixed Nuts

1 DiGiorno Rising Crust Four Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza

2 Bottles Rayun (Rapel Valley, Chile) Choice of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Cabernet or Merlot

12 pack Bud Light, Michelob Ultra, Heineken or Yeungling Bottled Beer

*Sourdough, Whole Wheat or Multigrain.  Organic Option:  20oz La Brea Organic Wheat Loaf or 16oz Harris Teeter Naturals Organic Wholegrain Bread.

**Organic Option:  16 oz Harris Teeter Naturals Organic Salted or Unsalted

** *Pre-sliced organic fruit not available.  Organic whole fruit options vary in price and by season. Please inquire.

*** *Organic orange juice not available.

Special Requests / Additional Items priced accordingly.   

We have a guideline here on Dewees which is part of our community ethos to keep our beaches pristine.  The guideline (it is part of our community constitution) is that beachcombers should only take three shells home with them.  There are three reasons for this:

• shells eventually replenish and renourish our sand
• limiting our shell collection leaves more for the next beachcomber
• a wide variety of animals make their home in and on shells.

The first two reasons are pretty self explanatory, but this week we found several shells demonstrating just how significant a role they serve as habitat for other animals. Hermit crabs are the most common live inhabitant of univalve shells, trading up in size as they grow and outgrow their shells.  In addition, a variety of other creatures may build homes on shells– anemones, barnacles, limpets, even corals.  In the first photo, an old whelk shell provides a home for a flat-clawed hermit crab, limpets, barnacles, coral, and an anemone on the back.  Sponges have bored into the shell, leaving those characteristic honeycomb holes.

There are several types of coral in our waters–including sea whip, star coral, and sea pansies.  The first two will grow on abandoned shells, and you can often find very old shells which have supported a variety of sea life.  This shell has been engulfed in coral and sea whip, which has also eventually died off.

It’s hard sometimes, to have to leave treasures on the beach… but it is part of our community ethic, in order for there to be enough habitat (and treasures) for everyone.