Taste of Old Florida Campground

10/05/2025

SUPPOSEDLY WE WILL BE IN THE 60'S NEXT WEEK!

06/11/2024

He would rather hang by the pool.

05/17/2024

With Sebastian Maniscalco – I just got recognized as one of their rising fans! 🎉

05/13/2024

Planting more native fruit trees this summer. Lots of avocados on the way.

05/12/2024

The possum can withstand up to 80 Rattlesnake or Coral bites and will eat ticks as if they were French fries. Thanks to them, there is an antidote for the bite of poisonous snakes.
Please don't kill them!

02/25/2024

Cool idea campers

02/20/2024

Staying at another amazing Hipcamp spot. Arabia Mountain Farm if your ever near Atlanta!

02/02/2024

Sunset, sunset, sunset, little campfire, going on, and some rest and relaxation. 

02/02/2024

Let’s stop this sprawl from happening in Martin county. Your voice matters!

If you've been hearing politicians, environmentalists, or the press talk about Florida growing at 1,000 new residents per day, you might think that's an exaggeration. But the U.S. Census Bureau backs it up. See below. For an organization that seeks to protect habitat for our state's dwindling populations of wildlife, that number is an unmitigated disaster. And the response from those in charge is usually something like, "People are coming! We've got to be ready for them!" And then proceed to greenlight whatever new road or development is requested.

But where is it written that Florida's communities are obligated to trade away their natural resources and beauty for the sake of development just because people want to move to Florida (and someone wants to make money off them)? Those same communities that are being rapidly converted to sprawl today have zoning regulations that were written by local governments to determine where dense development can and cannot take place. Those decisions were sound when they were made - and should remain in place today. If we want any of natural Florida for the future, the constant rezoning of rural, agricultural, and natural land in Florida has got to stop.

"Texas experienced the largest numeric change in the nation, adding 473,453 people, followed by Florida, which added 365,205 residents. South Carolina and Florida were the two fastest-growing states in the nation, growing by 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively, in 2023."

Photo of the Island Walk community in Naples (near core panther habitat) by Christoph Gielen. Christoph specializes in photographing sprawl (more to come). December 2023 Census article on U.S. growth can be found below.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/population-trends-return-to-pre-pandemic-norms.html

02/02/2024

What can we do as Florida citizens to stop the spread of rural sprawl