How to plant, harvest, and enjoy summer’s sweet rewards
  
  
          
  
           
                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          And how not to get it confused with dolphin
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The SEWE artist wows arts lovers with his gravity-defying works inspired by the Lowcountry
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          This is Lowcountry cooking: a simple, yet flavorful, one-pot meal that combines fresh local shrimp, corn on the cob,...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Ghost crabs scuttle across the sand faster than you can say Ocypode quadrata, the scientific name for this sand crab...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Crepe myrtles save the day, just in bloomin’ time
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          From Edisto and Beaufort to McClellanville and Georgetown, each morning during shrimp season the air fills with the...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Tia Clark’s utterly unexpected ascension to AirBnB royalty
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Charlestonians were passionate about crisp cakes long before the famous Southern diner arrived in the Lowcountry
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Take a closer look at some of the threatened and endangered species that call the South Carolina Lowcountry home
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          The indoctrination of a Lowcountry voluptuary
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Paying attention to the rise and fall, and to what the water brings
  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          
Named for its unusual shape, the American horseshoe crab has been called a “living fossil,” as it has been on Earth...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Despite their great size, long lifespan (50-plus years), and an armor-like shell that helps protect them from natural...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          What will you be giving your true loves this holiday season? We used the old English carol as inspiration for a variety...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
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          In Mount Pleasant’s RiverTowne neighborhood, a Brazil-born builder and his design-driven wife relish life indoors and...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Casting about the Carolina coastal flats, outdoorsman Douglas Cutting ponders life, love, and the legacies we leave...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          “When you steps in it, you sticks,” say the Gullah people of the gooey marsh mud that lines Lowcountry creeks. “Smells...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Savannah has a familiar old-meets-new mix, but Charleston’s sister city 100 miles southward always feels like a true...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Marsh grass, oyster beds, and pluff mud at every turn—just 70 miles down the coast in Beaufort
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Washed up jellies, scampering crustaceans, tiny shells bound mysteriously into chains: all are common finds on South...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Confessions of a shark’s-teeth hunter
  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Chef Craig Deihl serves up a feast at his family’s rustic island retreat, cooking most every dish over fire  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Finding natural beauty and winged wonders on Little St. Simons, a hunting lodge-turned-eco-minded getaway  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          This graceful member of the heron family (Egretta thula) is distinguished from other tall white wading birds by its...  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Shem Creek’s natural tidal flow and marshlands have long provided a habitat for an array of marine plants, fish,...  
  
          
  
           
                                                              
                                                        
                                                      
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Our taste-and-tell guide to some of the latest food and beverage openings in Charleston  
  
          
  
           
                                                                                                                
              
    
    
    
    
    
    
          Feeling the pull of a childhood spent on the water and the knowledge that this is where you belong