Between The Beaches Podcast

This is a rebroadcast of Episode 35 with an updated intro discussing the most recent advancements for the pilot project of aquatic vegetation removal.

We begin with a look back at this duck season and conservation followed by reflections on a disastrous freeze in Feb 1958 and how it demonstrates my argument that every day is Groundhog Day in the Sunshine State. Lastly, we close out with some cowboy poetry revolving around our current cold weather.

Like most dairymen, the Butler family were versatile men of vision who saw their start in the business as they migrated to Hollywood, Florida followed by a mass exodus forced by widespread growth and development in Broward County. Join us for an episode where we discuss simpler times in Florida, elaborate on current challenges, and close out with a positive forecast for the years ahead.

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In this episode, we read, discuss, and elaborate on an article written in 1987 by professor John Solomon Otto whereby he connects historical resources and highlights the cultural identity giving rise to open-range cattle herding in Florida.

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Linda Minton recently retired as the office manager of Southeastern Aerial Crop Service after 43 years. That's an astonishingly lengthy tenure for any career, but it's a great testimony to her enduring dedication to not only Florida agricultural aviation but to agriculture in general. In this week's episode, she joins us to reflect on the advances in that field and memories of growing up in Old Florida.
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As we finish up preparations for Season 2 of Between The Beaches Podcast, we hope you'll enjoy this rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes from Season 1 where you'll learn about the history of Florida cow whips and hear some great stories of cow hunting from days gone by.

In our Christmas episode, we reflect back on Christmas memories and family traditions spanning the generations including cutting our own trees from the Florida scrub before there were nearly so many people and so much less scrub country. We sprinkle in a bit of cowboy poetry including arguably the most widely known Christmas poem in the cowboy poetry genre recited by our friend of the show, Mr. Red Steagall.

Cowboy's Christmas Prayer (poem) and A Cowboy's Special Christmas both appear on Red Steagall's album A Cow Camp Christmas 

James Johnston is a Scotsman, founding member of the band Albannach, an avid hill walker offering tours in Scotland, and like myself a bit of an amateur historian.  A commonality that we share is the fact that both our ancestors hail from the Borders of Scotland, and as many of my fellow native Floridians will soon learn they also share this in common with us.  Join the two of us for "a wee chin wag" as we explore this intriguing region, it's tumultuous past, and how its culture helped create Florida and our rich ranching culture.  Stay with us through the end of the show as we switch things up and close out with some music by Jamesie's band Albannach.

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[Closing music:  Gael by Albannach from the album Runs In The Blood]

To learn more about hiking tours in Scotland with Jamesie, visit his Facebook page Gentle James of the Glens Scottish Wilderness Walks, find him on Instagram under the same name, or visit his website www.gentlejamesoftheglens.com

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Listen to this week's episode to understand what I'm talking about when I say that both myself and Florida find ourselves behind the 8 ball as we near the end of another year.

You'd be hard pressed to find people unfamiliar with the "original thirteen colonies," but nearly everyone would be surprised to learn of the 14th & 15th colonies of East and West Florida also under British control at the time of the American Revolution. In this week's episode, we take a deeper look into the role that these overlooked colonies had on the Revolutionary War, we share an overview of certain key engagements between the Continental Army and the East Florida Rangers, and wrap up with a look at the aftermath arising from those events.