The rice plant appears to have originated in southern India, spread to the north of the country and into China, where 8,000 year old sealed pots of rice were uncovered. It later spread from the East to the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Africa. Today rice is a staple for more than half the world’s population.

Sometime in the mid 1680’s, a ship from Madagascar carrying a cargo of rice, arrived in Charles Towne. Captain John Thurber gave, as a gift, a small amount of “Golde Seede Rice” to Dr. Henry Woodward, a local planter and one of the most notable early settlers.
 

Food and wine are intimately entwined, and ever since wine has been made it has been used in food preparation. Most people think of wine as something to drink with food; most chefs think of wine as something to put into food, an ingredient to cook with, and will use it in a broad range of dishes. Wine is a complex beverage that adds flavor, color, alcohol, and texture to a dish; it also accents and improves foods natural taste, and brings out the richness in other ingredients.

Growing greens is not a matter of growin and mowin.  We as turf grass managers have to contend with the weather, conditions, opinions, airflow, types of grass, profiles of greens (soil make-up), previous maintenance practices, fungus, weeds, too much water, not enough water, too hot, not hot enough, ball marks, new diseases which have not been properly identified, etc., etc.  This is not an excuse but a small example of reality.

This month I will try to explain the relationship of air and soil temperatures on the development and survival of bent grass roots.

SENECA SC — The quality of life in Oconee County is a secret that has been slowly leaking out since the mid-1970s, following the completion of Lake Keowee.

Recently, the secret was spilled all over North and South Carolina when a regional retirement magazine ranked Seneca, the county's largest city, as the number one small town in the two states.

   Cross Creek Plantation Club House offers facilities for your receptions, meetings and parties.  We offer a variety of menus and dining options to fit your occasion.  Also, meetings can be planned with our head chef to design the perfect menu and setting.  If you would like more information about our facilities andscheduling, please contact us.