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A Little Dirt Under the Fingernails and Loving It! BRUNO LANDSCAPE AND NURSERY
What better place to be in the business of landscaping than Hilton Head Island, a place that puts a premium on the design, creation and maintenance of all things natural and green? That’s not to say that creating or maintaining a landscaping company on Hilton…
Amazing Species: Loggerhead sea turtles return to local beaches
The loggerhead sea turtle has been in existence for millions of years. These gentle giants thrived until the last century, when interactions with humans began taking a toll. Now, habitat destruction, poaching and the unintentional but widespread drowning of turtles by commercial fishing fleets of…
Beware Of Alligator
With the island bursting at the seams with tourists this time of year, we thought it was high time for a brush-up course on our favorite lagoon loungers: gators. Yes, we think they’re pretty special too, but common sense tells us to admire them from…
CH2’s Top 10 List! • Things to do on Hilton Head Island
David Letterman said he didn’t feel qualified. David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace (The Book of Lists authors) complained about the pay. And Russell Kick (how much would you pay for a last name like that?), author of The Disinformation Book of Lists (A must summer…
Gorgeous Gardens and Pristine Pools : Landscaping - Proper Landscaping Increases Home Values
A recent landscaping study examined the effect of three components of a landscape design on the perceived value of a home. Over 1,300 volunteers participated in seven states by viewing 16 photographs of landscapes using various levels of three attributes: plant material type, design sophistication,…
Hooked on Plein Air • Area artists capture the moment on canvas
En plein air: a French expression which means “in the open air,” used to describe the act of painting outdoors. What could possibly possess an artist to don snake boots and wade out into a Lowcountry marsh, schlepping a paint box and portable easel, only to…
Live Oac: The Lowcountry’s Outdoor Adventure Company
What is it that brought you here?” asked our captain and tour guide toward the end of a late morning cruise up Skull Creek. The question alluded to the fact that so many of us Hilton Head Island “locals” are transplants from elsewhere around the…
Looking For An Excellent Adventure? Find It ON THE WATER
Hilton Head Island is paradise, and opportunities for fun abound on our beaches and beyond. Think miniature golf, face painting, psychics, surf shops, bars, clubs, shopping centers, and movies. But why not make use of the immaculate water right at our doorsteps and try an…
Our Friend, the Bottlenose Dolphin
In November, 2004, 47 year-old Rob Howes was in the ocean, overseeing a lifeguard training exercise a hundred meters off the New Zealand shoreline. The water was clear and the sun was out. For all intents and purposes, it was a beautiful day for a…
Outside Hilton Head • Your guide to the ultimate island adventure.
“We protect only those things we love, We love only those things we understand, We understand only those things we are taught.”—Indian Proverb How can one truly understand an adventure that he or she has not experienced? It is impossible. We can only see imagine it…
Protect Your Skin! DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF THE LOWCOUNTRY
EAU D’ WHAT? Not all things French are sexy and sophisticated. Take the term “p’eau d’orange,” for instance. P’eau d’orange means “like the skin of an orange,” which is basically what your face looks like with sun damage—raised, bumpy, tough, less than attractive. Sun damage is…
Survivor: Chelsea Meissner
The Americanized version of the Swedish Expedition Robinson reality TV game show first aired in the United States in May 2000. After months of relentless promotion, fans were hooked before the first episode even aired. They tuned in week after week to watch the experiment…
The Care and Feeding of Lowcountry Wildlife
The Sandbar • Where summer begins and ends
Spring in the Lowcountry seems to last for about 15 minutes, but summer is endless. And in Bluffton, summer begins and ends at the Sandbar. To put it in perspective for you, less than a week after our first trip to the Sandbar with friends, my…
To Bee or Not To Bee
Vigilant Guard: Daufuskie Island is in Good Hands
On April 20, at approximately 1 p.m., Beaufort County suffered a 7.3-scale earthquake. On April 21, over 2,000 SC National Guard, their compatriots from neighboring states, Beaufort County’s Emergency Management Department, and first responders went into action. You didn’t feel it? Not to worry. The above…
Want to be a Palmettovore?
Hugh Weathers, Commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, was on Hilton Head Island for the Wine and Food Festival 2009 to help promote new programs for South Carolina’s food industry. CH2 had a chance to catch up with the commissioner for the latest…
What You Need To Know About South Carolina’s Snakes
If you’ve ever been surprised by a snake, you can relate to that electric tingle of adrenaline that hums through your body with, what feels like, the speed of light. There’s something primeval about the critter. Something instinctively unsettling. Something that makes you move from…
What better place to be in the business of landscaping than Hilton Head Island, a place that puts a premium on the design, creation and maintenance of all things natural and green? That’s not to say that creating or maintaining a landscaping company on Hilton…
Amazing Species: Loggerhead sea turtles return to local beaches
The loggerhead sea turtle has been in existence for millions of years. These gentle giants thrived until the last century, when interactions with humans began taking a toll. Now, habitat destruction, poaching and the unintentional but widespread drowning of turtles by commercial fishing fleets of…
Beware Of Alligator
With the island bursting at the seams with tourists this time of year, we thought it was high time for a brush-up course on our favorite lagoon loungers: gators. Yes, we think they’re pretty special too, but common sense tells us to admire them from…
CH2’s Top 10 List! • Things to do on Hilton Head Island
David Letterman said he didn’t feel qualified. David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace (The Book of Lists authors) complained about the pay. And Russell Kick (how much would you pay for a last name like that?), author of The Disinformation Book of Lists (A must summer…
Gorgeous Gardens and Pristine Pools : Landscaping - Proper Landscaping Increases Home Values
A recent landscaping study examined the effect of three components of a landscape design on the perceived value of a home. Over 1,300 volunteers participated in seven states by viewing 16 photographs of landscapes using various levels of three attributes: plant material type, design sophistication,…
Hooked on Plein Air • Area artists capture the moment on canvas
En plein air: a French expression which means “in the open air,” used to describe the act of painting outdoors. What could possibly possess an artist to don snake boots and wade out into a Lowcountry marsh, schlepping a paint box and portable easel, only to…
Live Oac: The Lowcountry’s Outdoor Adventure Company
What is it that brought you here?” asked our captain and tour guide toward the end of a late morning cruise up Skull Creek. The question alluded to the fact that so many of us Hilton Head Island “locals” are transplants from elsewhere around the…
Looking For An Excellent Adventure? Find It ON THE WATER
Hilton Head Island is paradise, and opportunities for fun abound on our beaches and beyond. Think miniature golf, face painting, psychics, surf shops, bars, clubs, shopping centers, and movies. But why not make use of the immaculate water right at our doorsteps and try an…
Our Friend, the Bottlenose Dolphin
In November, 2004, 47 year-old Rob Howes was in the ocean, overseeing a lifeguard training exercise a hundred meters off the New Zealand shoreline. The water was clear and the sun was out. For all intents and purposes, it was a beautiful day for a…
Outside Hilton Head • Your guide to the ultimate island adventure.
“We protect only those things we love, We love only those things we understand, We understand only those things we are taught.”—Indian Proverb How can one truly understand an adventure that he or she has not experienced? It is impossible. We can only see imagine it…
Protect Your Skin! DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF THE LOWCOUNTRY
EAU D’ WHAT? Not all things French are sexy and sophisticated. Take the term “p’eau d’orange,” for instance. P’eau d’orange means “like the skin of an orange,” which is basically what your face looks like with sun damage—raised, bumpy, tough, less than attractive. Sun damage is…
Survivor: Chelsea Meissner
The Americanized version of the Swedish Expedition Robinson reality TV game show first aired in the United States in May 2000. After months of relentless promotion, fans were hooked before the first episode even aired. They tuned in week after week to watch the experiment…
The Care and Feeding of Lowcountry Wildlife
Helpful hints about how to handle wild alligators, wild raccoons, wild snakes, and wild older gentlemen in a bar full of 20-somethings: The operative word here is “wild.”
The Sandbar • Where summer begins and ends
Spring in the Lowcountry seems to last for about 15 minutes, but summer is endless. And in Bluffton, summer begins and ends at the Sandbar. To put it in perspective for you, less than a week after our first trip to the Sandbar with friends, my…
To Bee or Not To Bee
Larry is the keeper of about 60,000 bees per hive, and has six hives here. In any given spring, those hives can produce from 400 to 600 pounds of honey.
Vigilant Guard: Daufuskie Island is in Good Hands
On April 20, at approximately 1 p.m., Beaufort County suffered a 7.3-scale earthquake. On April 21, over 2,000 SC National Guard, their compatriots from neighboring states, Beaufort County’s Emergency Management Department, and first responders went into action. You didn’t feel it? Not to worry. The above…
Want to be a Palmettovore?
Hugh Weathers, Commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, was on Hilton Head Island for the Wine and Food Festival 2009 to help promote new programs for South Carolina’s food industry. CH2 had a chance to catch up with the commissioner for the latest…
What You Need To Know About South Carolina’s Snakes
If you’ve ever been surprised by a snake, you can relate to that electric tingle of adrenaline that hums through your body with, what feels like, the speed of light. There’s something primeval about the critter. Something instinctively unsettling. Something that makes you move from…
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