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At Okatie Farm Club’s West Gardens, John Yannet, left, listens as Glen Carnrick shares some gardening ideas.
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“I like to grow food, and I like to give food away,” said Jim Urbanic at the Okatie Farm Club’s West Gardens in Sun City, where he is a relative newcomer. He is in his third year as a farmer (their preferred moniker) and his peppers are flourishing.GlenCarnrick, the club’s president, described the history. The East Gardens, across Sun City Boulevard from the West Gardens, were started in 1999. The first 54 gardens were 20 feet by 25 feet each.
One can’t help but notice that they are under power lines. The land is owned by Dominion Energy, which defines the construction parameters, including height restrictions (there can be no trees planted). Sun City is granted an ease ment.With the rapid development of Sun City, demand for the gardens increased dramatically. In 2007, the West Gardens
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Popularity of Okatie Farm Club grows with each season
There are now 306 gardens, and 563 members. Some members share plots. There is a waiting list of 31 residents awaiting a garden space.
Five club plots are designated as Community Gardens. Volunteers care for these, harvest them weekly, and donate the produce to Bluffton Self Help. Thou sands of pounds of veggies are given each year from the Community Gardens and people’s own gardens.
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“We like to have people start with the smaller gardens while they learn the challenges,” Carnrick said. “There is a learning curve. Members help each other know what to plant when. There are lots of master gardeners in our club.”
Carnrick and John Yannet moved to
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In 2013, 26 additional 10-foot by 20foot gardens were created to make the Andover Gardens.
Mike Kirwan, known as the “club schmoozer,” has been gardening in Sun City for 18 years.
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were created with 226 new 10-foot by 20-foot plots.
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The Okatie Farmers are inspiring, productive and fun to be with. To join the club and get on the waiting list for a garden, email okatiefarmclub@hotmail. com.
Sun City at the same time in 2007 and have been dedicated to the Okatie Gar dens ever since. They both have always gardened. Carnrick said he grew toma toes and went door-to-door to sell them as a kid. Yannet said he grew cucumbers in his front yard in the 1940s. He would come home from school to work in the garden.TheOkatie Farm Club members collaborate and cooperate. Carnrick and Yannet explained the processes that are comprehensive and very supportive of thePilesmembers.offree mulch (from tree compa nies that work in Sun City) line the fence row, along with club-owned wheelbar rows, rakes and shovels. The farmers have access to water that is from the same system used by the ballfield and golf
Urbanic is excited about the coming season. “I’m going to plant Vidalia on ions, cabbage and maybe some radishes,” he said. “I took the master gardening class, but mostly we learn from each other … and we teach ourselves.”
Carnrick said currently, the club’s farmers are preparing for cooler weather. “We’re about to plant winter crops,” he said. “People are now making repairs and recovering their gardens.”
Thecourses.clubprovides bulk ordering of straw, Black Kow manure, and even lumber, so that it can be delivered. They have twice yearly plant sales for mem bers
Then, there are the bees for pollina tion! The club has an active beehive and three experienced beekeepers to tend it.
Jennifer and John Duhamel moved here from Rhode Island where they had a couple of hives in their yard. They alter nate weekly hive-care with Sheryl Cress, who was a beekeeper in Ohio.
Brand new farmer Tom Moseley just got his garden and is busy refurbishing it. He plans to plant spinach, bok choy, cauliflower, broccoli and tomatoes. “It isn’t about the food,” he said. “It’s about creating something.”
aroundUnlikeme.”conditions up north, there is a year-round growing season in the Low country, and there are always farmers in the gardens. According to Carnrick, “The summer months – July and August – are the most challenging here.”
Katherine Mace is a writer who lives in Sun City.
The official club schmoozer, according to Carnrick, is Mike Kirwan, a gent from Ireland via Pueblo, Colorado. He has been gardening in Sun City for 18 years. He was checking on his tomato crop.
Thereonly.also is a monthly inspection of the gardens to see if any of the farmers are in need of help.
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Todd Wilson was a tobacco farmer from Boone County, Kentucky. He’s try ing his hand with hydroponic gardening.
Early in the morning, late in the evening, under the blistering sun and even in the pouring rain, there are happy, enthusiastic and dedicated farmers, who are eager to talk about their gardens.
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They all said that keeping bees is dif ferent everywhere you go. The weather is different and the dangers to the hives are different, the plants from which they get nectar are different. One constant, how ever, is varroa mites, which are perennial pests.Cress described part of the process bees use to care for their hives. “They are pristinely clean. They clean all the time. They even clean each other off,” she said. “And, they make propolis (mixing bee saliva, bee’s wax, and com pounds from various plants and trees) to help protect the hive. It is antibacterial, antiviral and Additionally,antifungal!”“Beesknow their bee keeper,” Cress said. “Mine used to find me on the property, and just buzz
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tion water. The stormwater lagoons provide some of the water to the three golf cours es. BJSWA also manages the community’s wastewater.BJSWAprovides these services for many other neighboring communities and has re cently asked for everyone’s help in managing our water. This request comes as the tourist and growing seasons put higher demands on the water supply during peak hours. High demands can cause reduced water pres sure and low levels in storage tanks, which can affect not only our homes but also fire hydrantBJWSAfunction.asksall its customers to adhere to the following irrigation schedule:
For more ideas on conserving water, get the BJWSA Eye On Water app to monitor your usage and possible leaks.
Saltwater makes up 97% of the Earth’s wa ter. Most of the remaining 3% that is fresh water is not available, as it is underground or in glaciers, icecaps, lakes and rivers.
• No watering Mondays (highest demand day)•No watering from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. (highest demand hours)
Growing and preparing food requires water. We depend on water for showering, laundry, cleaning, caring for pets – it’s a vital component of daily life.
• Odd-numbered addresses irrigate Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays
As I bike or walk before 9 a.m., I pass nu
By David W. Smith CONTRIBUTOR
Next to the air we breathe, water is the single most essential ingredient in our lives. All living things require it. We can survive only about three days without drinking it.
Water is a precious commodity; we all should use it wisely.
Thoughts on best practices for water conservation
Taking water for granted here in the Low country is easy because it’s all around us. But only a very small percentage of all that water is potable – safe to drink.
The Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority (BJWSA) is a critical component of Sun City life. It’s hard to imagine the SCHH lifestyle being possible without its services. It processes and supplies our homes’ drinking water and much of the community’s irriga
Our Centipede grass requires much less water than many of us are accustomed to. Adjusting watering to run longer and less often encourages root growth. Installing a rain sensor can save water and money.
David W. Smith is a member of the Environ mental Action Group of Sun City Hilton Head.
• Even-numbered addresses irrigate Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
Our automated irrigation systems make following the recommendation easy. If some one doesn’t know how to adjust their sys tem, irrigation specialists or most landscap ers can easily adjust systems to this schedule. They can also adjust the sprinklers to direct the spray onto the lawn and beds.
merous homes that haven’t yet adopted this schedule, even seeing several spraying some of their water onto driveways and streets.
Here are some other easy ways to conserve water:•Run only full loads in dish and clothes washers•Don’t run the tap while brushing teeth or •shavingUsecommercial car washes, as they recycle their water
• Shorten your shower time
The first year of my husband’s retire ment was spent with him reading the newspaper out in the courtyard. I, on the other hand, was cleaning a large home, tending to the horses, weeding, doing laundry, cooking, bathing the dogs, deco rating, and an assortment of other tasks to keep me busy during HIS retirement.
Some men even took lunch and spent five days a week playing “carpenter” while their women were home doing tasks or preparing his evening dinner. Life got even better for the man in his retirement.
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I was counting the days until our return to Southern warmth and sunshine.
I would work in the yard early to avoid the heat of the day. Hubby rose from bed about 9 a.m., retrieved his newspaper and parked his retired lark in the courtyard. Every now and then he’d ask me how my weeding was coming along, or he might even make a suggestion as to another project I might want to incorporate into my morning tasks.
By Chris Roosa CONTRIBUTOR
My husband took an early retirement. We looked forward to returning to the sunny city of Houston from the cold dreary state of Michigan. Twelve years of feeding horses on those sub-zero morn ings, with a frozen water trough and frozen horse whiskers, had done me in.
Later on, we moved to this lovely retirement community in South Caroli na. Needless to say, I was still cooking, cleaning, weeding and the like. However, there were plenty of activities I could get involved with once I got my chores done.
I didn’t leave the house much, as I felt it was my duty to be with my retired man. I had forgotten how intense the summer heat, along with 98% humidity, drained one.When we had lived there before, we
I got out my best china and placed it in front of Mr. Picky with a can of Alpo dog food centered. And, of course, a cloth napkin.
Women – we don’t retire. There will always be laundry to wash, meals to prepare, a house to clean. As we age, we’re not as efficient as we once were, but golf seems to have no limits for the aging
man.Ican only hope that when they light that fire under my coffin, the undertaker yells out, “RETIRED!”
Chris Roosa is a resident of Sun City Hilton Head.
had a pool and I had a bikini body. Some 13 years later there was no refreshing swimming hole in the backyard and certainly not that once-trim figure. It’s amazing just how hot an extra 40 pounds can feel.
If I was washing the cars, the retired man would help by pointing out a spot I might have missed. So thoughtful!
But a whole new world opened up to the retired men of Sun City. Golf three times a week, tennis, pickleball, biking, exercise at the gym, an assortment of pools and a wonderful wood shop.
Men seem to blossom in retirement, while their women age
My sweetie was a picky eater and I had established, a long time prior, that I hated cooking. Yet, one day I spent hours fussing over a new recipe. I served up the enticing meal and was immediately informed that he wasn’t going to eat it. Could I fix something else?
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Okatie Farm Club members grow their own
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