Shopping bags and grocery carts will decide the fate of Sowal

[GoodWitch58]

I knew about it; but forgot...I just loved Perpetual Imagination!

 

[Teresa]

wish I had known about learning express! Since perpetual imagination closed I went to target for elf ride toys

oh no! we need to do a whole thread on those guys.

 

[Susan Horn]

My dinner tonight included the following from last Saturday's Farmer's Market at Seaside: Roasted zucchini, yellow squash, onions, bell pepper. Salad was all from Farmer's market: sprouts, fall mix greens, tomatoes that were yummy. Cheese from the Ochessee Dairy stuffed into peppers from Dragonfly Farms.

Every morning I have a duck egg from Twin Oak Farms, duck eggs( 50% of you daily B12 requirement) are nutritionally superior to a chicken egg and taste so much better in my opinion.

Oh man, I had one of Renee's duck eggs this morning -- scrambled with a little olive oil and fresh spinach, just a dab of salt, yummola. They really are tasty, even richer flavor than her chicken eggs.

 

[Chandra]

Ditto, thanks Scooterbug for starting this thread and thanks to all the farmer's market supporters. With your continued support, we are able to attract more vendors. It's sort of a chicken and egg thing.

Moonlight Micro-Farm offers great stocking stuffer gifts for gardeners and the health conscious, including heirloom garden seeds, gift seed tins, organic sprout seeds, and sprout jar kits. Individual seed packets are $2 and gift jars and tins are $10.

We also have handmade hoola hoops. I'm taking custom holiday orders until Dec. 21. Kids hoops are $10-15 and adult hoops are $25-35.

Nice article by Walton Outdoors about local farms:
Buying locally grown produce a winner for consumer and farmer | Welcome to Walton Outdoors

Handmade sparkly hoola hoops - 2lb and 42" diameter. You won't find these at Wal-Mart or Target.

 

[Susan Horn]

Those hula hoops are the BEST. The have just the right weight to work well, and Chandra can help you choose the size best for your height and wiggle. ;-)

 

[Beach Runner]

You won't find us at Subway on 30A. Yes, we are guilty of going to Publix on CR395. I still feel guilty about supporting it when it's not much farther to the Winn-Dixie at Inlet Beach where we used to shop.

Honestly, the invasion of chains on 30A really scares the $hit out of us. We decided to invest on 30A because of the non-existence of chains on 30A. That's what makes the area so special and different in our opinion. If it's gonna become chain city, we'll just put in a pool in our GA home, project photos of the Gulf as a background, and not put so many miles on our vehicles. There are a lot of really great non-chain restaurants that we can support in the ATL.

EDIT: The movie "Jaws" has left an indelible scar on my life with regard to large bodies of water and the creatures therein.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Duck eggs, eh? Who would have thunk it? I will have to try some. Thanks for the tip.

 

[miznotebook]

Re post No. 16, It may be worth noting that the Winn-Dixie east of Inlet Beach is actually in Bay County.

 

[Beach Runner]

Re post No. 16, It may be worth noting that the Winn-Dixie east of Inlet Beach is actually in Bay County.

True.dat. But supporting it means less support for chains in SoWal land.

That being said, I'm not gonna lie. I like the convenience of Publix on 395. But it has always bothered me in that it is an opening of a floodgate to more chains. I don't like the idea of Walmart on 98 in SoWal. But jeez, let's at least try to keep them off 30A.

 

[scooterbug44]

I do buy my groceries at publix and a few clothing items or household items at target but other than that I shop and eat at locally owned businesses. Better amd umique products better overall experience and once you factor in my time, how long things last, and local/frequent discount - better prices. Have to still shop for scooterbro but therest of my Xmas shopping is all done and at local places!