When my ancestors, the Kushmer’s and Adams’ migrated to Florida, they settled on the Eastern Shore of Tampa Bay. The settlers of the time called this area the “Kitchen” because of its very productive Estuary. Most, if not all of the residents survived on fish and shell fish from this Read more…
Field to Fork, A Conversation <strong>I grew up farming tropical fish in the tomato capital of Florida – Hillsborough County. I am part of the Baby-Boomer Generation, actually, I am at the tail-end of this generation and while I identify with some Boomer characteristics, I like to think I am Read more…
As a child growing up in South Hillsborough County, I remember people not having much, but they took pride in what they had and maintained a clean community. A lot has changed over the years. The Giant’s Camp Restaurant and Marina are gone, the local grocery store and pharmacy no Read more…
Yes, that is how Ripley’s Believe it or Not described the (then) Four-Headed Florida Cabbage Palm that sits in my front yard. In 1988, botanists believed a tree like this could only come around one in a hundred million trees. That was then, this is now. 31 years later, the Read more…