You are in the panhandle of Florida and Panama City Beach. The pine trees are planted and harvested for wood and the pine needles are harvested for landscaping. Boiled peanuts are good and salty. If you eat too many, your lips will swell. You put it in your mouth to open it and then the salty brine goes down with the peanut but spit the shell out. Lots of pickled items in the south. Pickled eggs are a big thing too. More to the east of Panama City is the area that was hit by a hurricane last year so they are still recovering. The lobbed off trees you see are crape myrtles and they are trimmed back every year to keep from growing too tall. They flower most of the summer and are beautiful.

The Locked off trees are Crepe Myrtles. They cut them down in the late Fall and they grow back and flower in Spring/Summer. Beautiful Trees!!! Prayers for you family!!!

@jdiane53

2 ай бұрын

When the crepe Myrtle’s are cup like that we call it “crepe murder”, not a good idea, just trim crossed branches is best. I’m a southern gal

The rolled up pine needles are used for mulching. Most wood chips will attract termites and are not used in the south. Florida pan handle has had a lot of forest fires but also grows trees for lumber. Looks like a lumber grove. The trees lopped off are Crepe Myrtle and are cut back to keep their natural form and produce strong branches. They will have beautiful upright blooms in late May or early June. Most people down south love boiled peanuts but not me.

@user-oi9ym7te1w

2 ай бұрын

Actually, the crepe myrtles should absolutely positively NOT be topped off. To keep their natural shape you prune them differently. They are prettier when done properly

@deborahcutler519

2 ай бұрын

Not me. I do not like boiled peanuts. Roasted is my favorite.

If you stop at a gas station or convenience store, they usually sell the boiled peanuts, they will be in a crockpot, they are better than the canned ones

@saraht.8270

2 ай бұрын

That's what I was coming to say!

We've lived in Florida for 50+ years. This year we've had a rainy winter which we are thankful for - replenishes the water table, lessens the chance of a bad fire season and keeps my water bill lower. Lots of those pine trees were planted in burned areas or areas where a hurricane wiped out existing trees. They serve multiple construction purposes. Removing the needles on the ground lessens the chance of fire and insects and is sold as mulch. The lopped off trees are crepe myrtle - I call it crepe myrtle murder. They can get big but there are varieties for smaller yards. I hate seeing them all chopped off! Boiled peanuts aren't my favorite but sooo much better from a place where they sell them fresh (not canned).

You can buy fresh hot boild peanuts in the gas stations in the back. They are in crock pots. You can also buy them on the side of the road. Very tasty. I hope your family is ok.

Hopefully someone told you to heat up the boiled peanuts before eating. They're better warm. Also, if you get them from a roadside truck they are so much better and fresher.

Those rolls of pine needles are sold as mulch. I am in South Carolina in a townhome community and we use them here instead of wood chip mulch due to termites.

I’m so sorry to hear about your family emergency. I’m grateful to see your beautiful faces. Praying for a smooth trip home 🙏🏻

No sun….what a bummer! We buy pine needles to mulch our blueberry bushes in NC. The Crepe Myrtles are the trees, but you really shouldn’t prune them like that. We have several. They are beautiful when they flower. Safe travels home!

Crepe myrtle are the loped off trees. Many people cut them back too much, but it's common practice.

@Morjana52

2 ай бұрын

My husband calls it Crepe Murders

@Melanie220

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, they used to cut them that far back up here in VA, but the trend is going away from that. Yes, trim them; no, don't maim them! LOL

@penelopeprimrose90

2 ай бұрын

We have 4 crepe myrtles that we never cut back at all. They are beautiful when they are allowed to grow normally and only trimmed up like any other tree. One of ours is at least 40 years old, and it is massive and towers over the house. It is gorgeous when in full bloom.

So sorry Twara. I dont know what happened, but glad you are OK!! Praying for you.

We have crepe Myrtle here in Arkansas. Yes. They are cut back like that every winter.

Sounds like a death in your family. I’m so sorry, and 🙏🙏 for a safe trip back home.

💐‼️The lopped off trees are CREPE MYRTLE TREES. We call it crepe myrtle massacre. The trees get pruned ever so often, but some tend to cut them back too far. Trimming them makes more branches and blooms. The massacre only makes them take longer to grow new branches and longer to bloom again

The chopped off trees are Crepe Myrtles. They will bloom and look absolutely beautiful during the spring and summer.

I use white pine needles for mulch, keeps the kitties out of my flower beds they don't use it for a cat pan. I know they use it a lot in the south.

I was born in Central Florida and grew up down there in Lakeland. I'm sure the trees are trimmed way back due to hurricane damage. I personally like the boiled peanuts but not everyone does. They do get a lot of sunshine but also quite a bit of rain and storms. You will see people in jackets when it's under 80°. Most of the year is so hot and humid that locals get very thin blood. I hope everything is improving in regard to the emergency. Miss your live steams. Trusting the Lord for traveling mercies and His ever present help in the days of trouble.

I'm sorry about your family emergency. I just recently got back from FL panhandle and it was beautiful the whole week. I think it was just a gift from God because the rain started afterwards.

In the south, they use pine needles as mulch. I've been told less chance of fire starting 🤷‍♀️ Them trees look like crape myrtle's to me. I know it's controversial, some people do what's called a Topping where they take the top branches off to keep it short. I just moved to the south 6 months ago and I'm still learning a lot myself. Boild peanuts are a no thank you for my family! 😂 we like them crunchy and roasted. It's just a how you been raised kind of thing. Sending you love and prayers for whatever you and your family are facing right now. Love this Chanel. I learn a lot, thank you! ❤🙏

@Me-tv5mw

2 ай бұрын

yup..looks like crape myrtles.. i do mine that way when they get too big.

@mmkat1578

2 ай бұрын

We cut back crepe myrtles here in GA too. I don't like boiled peanuts either but they are a big thing here.

@user-oi9ym7te1w

2 ай бұрын

No no no do not top crepe myrtles. Choose the proper variety when you plant then prune them to grow in their natural form and they are gorgeous. Topping is just bizarre.

I used to live in Jacksonville Florida…. When it rained it was like a monsoon

Glad you guys are okay. Many prayers. No sun but at least there isn't snow. I heard Wyoming got a bit.

Whatever challenges you are facing, may Heavenly Father bless you and keep you safe ❤❤❤❤

Boiled peanuts is a southern thing😊

@JNoMooreNumbers

2 ай бұрын

Seen them and the sausage in Michigan too. Reminds me I have a can. This area has a lot of southern transplants.

@jdiane53

2 ай бұрын

Better to get them from a boiled peanut stand if you see one

@SimpleLife365

2 ай бұрын

@@jdiane53They are also often sold in gas stations. They are slow cooked in crock pots and sometimes have different seasonings. I don’t care for them, but family members who do know which places have the best tasting ones. They also make their own, also using crockpots.

Looks like your are in my old stomping grounds…yes, they plant/farm those pines for wood. Pine needles are for mulch. The lopped off trees… crêpe myrtles and they regrow every year… They trimmed them back to keep them from getting out of hand and keep the tree limb stronger. They are very pretty, beautiful flowers, but messy. Hope you purchased the Tupelo Honey…the very best of all honey!!!

I was in Tallahassee in the 70s and it just started to rain around noon each day after a sunny morning, i was told it was liquid sunshine. Walmart here in Arkansas is selling pine needles as mulch.

The trees cut look like crepe Myrtle’s, the pine needles are bundled to be sold, you caught Florida while it gets rain, sun shines after sll that rain.

I'm in SWFL, the tree farms appear to be for utility poles. The lopped off trees might be for utility line clearance or hurricane damaged trees. The fish here is delicious, and not sure what the pickled sausage is made of. This has not been a good winter for Florida. It has unseasonably cold and far grayer than normal. Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay, prayers for you all, and travel safe.

Sorry about your emergency. And on a lesser note - sorry you drove the whole way to FL and didn't see any sunshine.

Prayers for you and your family. Lord, be with you all in the midst of whatever's going on. We stand in prayer. My mom used to go to nearby areas. That would have pineapples, and she would rake them up and bring them home and use them for mulch. When we lived out in the country pine needles was amazing. It lasted a long time.

Thank you so much for the update. Sorry to hear about your family. Glad to see you and Mike are ok. Hope you have safe travels back home.

Prayers for your family you're in the sunshine state in the wintertime.

Boiled peanuts a southern thang.

People use pine neeedles in their flower beds. Those rolls are apparently going to be sold. Take care

@jdiane53

2 ай бұрын

Gotta watch out for copperhead snakes, they blend in the straw

The pine needles are used as mulch in Myrtle Beach and in SC in general. The lopped off trees are Crepe Myrtle. They do that here in Maryland also. My mother always said it rained nearly every day in Florida and then the humidity was twice as bad as before it rained.

Tallahassee resident here. Native floridian too. Pine needs are sold by bales as mulch as they do not rot easily. Pine tree farms are a huge thing, and they log in the national forest too. They mill for lumber and wood pulp. Hurricane Idalia wiped a lot out near Perry and they lost a lumber business right after that too. The trees that were "topped" off are crepe myrtle. They do that on the fall so the new growth comes and forms a canopy and the new growth blooms, nsny different colors depending on the variety. We have had a lot of rain but will not get more until Saturday. Boiled peanuts are a southern thing. Along with pickled sausage, and no I don't eat that. So are pickled okra, pickled eggs, and pickled pig feet, I don't eat any of that either. Sorry you missed the sunshine, but grateful you are safe and got to see the beach. Prayers fir your family and for a safe return. Finally native floridians do get cold very easily, probably felt like late spring to you all.

I live in Alabama. Guessing the answers to your questions: 1. Could be reclaimed forestry. 2. Rolling the pine needles for mulch. 3. Look up Crepe Myrtles. (Or crepe Murders) They are beautiful when they put out the flowering branches for spring and summer. 4. Stay away from the boiled peanuts!!! LoL. Prayers for you and your family.

@arleneporter2317

2 ай бұрын

You must try the boiled peanuts??

@chughes-lv3oe

2 ай бұрын

Prayers for your family.. Boiled peanuts are delicious but not out of a can, stop at a roadside market and buy some real boiled peanuts.

@jdiane53

2 ай бұрын

They are tree farms, when you have a lot of land you do this and it’s taxed lower. Win win

The panhandle of Florida is very different than the rest of Florida. We call it LA for lower Alabama.I am a native Floridian from North Central Florida. The trees are grown for paper towels and toilet paper. Many paper mills in the south. Fresh boiled peanuts are much better than the canned. It is an acquired taste. Those are crape myrtle trees. Most people trim them back to get better growth and blooms. Sorry to hear about your family emergency. Prayers for your family.

Praying for Gods protection and blessings as you travel

Praying for the well being of you and your family. ❤

So sorry to hear you have a family emergency, prayers for you all 🙏❤️

The lopped off trees are probably crepe myrtles that have been pruned before their spring time flush of leaves & flower bloom. Rolled up pine straw will be sold as mulch for flower beds - helps to hold moisture around plants in our long hot dry but humid summers - that's my 2 cents - I live in Mississippi & that's what we do up here in North Central MS. Enjoy the delish seafood & fish & oranges & veggies in Florida - yep the sun does shine there but they're also surrounded by big bodies of water. Pray all is OK for y'all & your trip turns out good - 🙏💖🙏 love y'all -

Hi Tawra- Glad to see you guys are ok. I'm on the west coast of Florida. The rain is normal it rains from spring until the end of summer in Florida. Almost every day! Then the rest of the day is incredibly sunny. The boiled peanuts are really good.

@user-oi9ym7te1w

2 ай бұрын

Oh please, we are in southeast Alabama, it rains all year down here. Not every day. I remember the first time my In-laws from CO and CA experienced their first thunderstorm when they visited us in KY. They wanted to know if they should be worried. We told them that 5” of rain in a single storm was not at all unusual. They were astounded.

Dear Mike and Tawra, You've been in my thoughts and prayers. I was about to email and let you know I'm praying; I assumed something big was going on since you hadn't posted in awhile. Praying that you will know His peace and the presence of the Holy Spirit in a powerful way. Much love. Nancy

Pine needles can be sold for mulch. I have a friend that owns a tree farm. They make big bucks on the pine needles.

Greetings from southern FL! 1. We’re in a drought, and welcome all the rain we can get. They did say it would be a cooler and wetter winter. 2. Pine straw - we use it here. 3. Crepe Myrtle’s - you chop the tops off so they bloom again. 4. I’m guessing you’re in the panhandle where you get a lot of southern foods. You don’t see things like boiled peanuts in southern FL. So sorry to hear about your family emergency.

Definitely a tree farm. Some for lumber, some for the paper companies to make paper and toilet tissue. They take the pine needles to use as landscaping materials as you would use mulch, and the cut off trees are crepe myrtles. They cut them to keep them short. If left alone they will get 30 feet tall. Either way they are beautiful in bloom. Lots of pickled food. If you can pickle it, the South will do so. Where you are is still mainly original Floridians.

So sorry to hear about the family emergency and am sending prayers. Have a safe trip home. Also, while I’m not sure the route you’ll be taking home, you should stop at a Buc-ees if you want your mind blown. They’re a gas station/convenience store/Cracker Barrel on steroids. (Plus, they have super clean bathrooms!)

You got your questions answered (I am in the camp that lopping off the crepe myrtles like that is poor practice and pine needle mulch very common in the south up through the Carolinas at least), but mostly want to add my prayers for safe travels and comfort and peace for what ever troubling times you are confronting.

I usually watch your KZread videos on my smart TV, but I'm from Ohio and I had to come here to see the answers to your questions! Love this! Praying for your family and for your safe return to home.

I love the pelicans they sit atop of the poles on bridges. Sending prayers your way ❤

Thanks so much for checking in. I was wondering if everything was ok. Don't blame ya a bit for keeping "family stuff" off this thing. You guys have become a part of my life.I look forward to your live shows and love the comparison videos.It's refreshing to see people who love God and family and are just living life. I will keep you and the fam in my prayers. As for the "cut off" trees, the last hurricane really messed up trees,etc. I know they cut some clean to let them come back. As for the boiled peanuts, I will wait for you to let us know what those are! Take care of yourselves and we'll be here when ya get back!

Plenty of sun today in Orlando. Yesterday was cloudy and rainy.

Sending prayers your way. Please stay safe and come home intact and healthy. The food will spoil you in Florida. Love it! Hurry back!

My thoughts and prayers are with you all. You are like friends to me even though we've never met. I hope you are enjoying the trip despite the emergency situation.

Too funny. That wet stuff on your windshield was liquid sunshine. lol. We have had a lot of rain lately. So glad you got to visit. Hope you did get some sun at some point. Keeping your family in my prayers.

I’m so glad to see you and know that you are safe. I’m so sorry about whatever is going on with your family and pray that things will be better soon

Continue Prayers for you and your family. 🙏

Sorry to hear about family emergency. Praying for you to have a safe trip home!!

Rolled pine straw to use as mulch to smother out grass. We use it on our property.

Warm those boiled peanuts in microwave for best experience. In the south you will see roadside produce stand often selling fresh boiled peanuts during the season. Mmmm soooo goood. Fresh out of the pot.

Praying for you and your family. Miss you. Stay safe.

I will be praying for your situation. God is with you.

Just got back from Florida. We had beautiful weather, we went to the beach 4 days

Praying for all of you.

Prayers still for the family!!! 💗

Still praying for you and your family. Safe travels headed home. We're having a 2/5 chance of bad weather this Friday. Hope you can stay away from that upcoming front. .. As someone said, the cut off trees are crepe myrtles. I have a few next to a fence in our yard. They're beautiful once they leaf and flower out when the weather warms up & they are very hardy once they're established. As the other person said, pickled food is popular to a lot of people in the south. I don't like it due to too much salt. My brother used to eat a lot of pickled pigs feet, pickled eggs, and other pickled items.

Sending prayers!!!

🙏🏼 Praying for you and your family!

When you see a lot of little trees growing close together it is an attempt at reforestation; after a fire, hurricane or logging an employee of one entity or another tosses out a bunch of seed. When you see little trees growing in an offset grid it’s usually a tree farm, but could also be an attempt at reforestation on private property. The pine straw is raked up and sold at garden centers across the south east; a lot of suburban yards have “pine islands,” named for the pine straw mulch rather than what grown in them. I don’t know whether to pity you for never having had a boiled peanut, or envy you for getting to try them for the first time. I haven’t seen pickled sausages in years, but I lived them as a child. We pickle, fry and/ or wrap bacon around everything down here.

Welcome to Florida. Praying for your emergency. Florida winter this year has been very wet.

🙏🏼sending prayers, light, & positivity

We call it Crepe Murder when people lop off the tops of Crepe Myrtle trees. There really isn't a need to do that except to keep them short, and many people erroneously think they are supposed to cut them back. Crepe Myrtles aren't supposed to look like stubs. We have 4 crepe myrtles in our yard, and they are big beautiful trees that we never cut. One is probably 40 years old and it is huge and tall over the whole yard and house. It is gorgeous in the summer in full bloom.

@nance8885

2 ай бұрын

Crepe Murder is what our ag agent also calls it. We don't trim ours, but our neighbor does. The trunks of their crepe myrtles are wider, but our crepe myrtles are taller.

So happy to see you both. Praying for you and your family each day. Safe travels.

Sure do miss you Hope all is safe with you and your family. Prayers being sent. Looking good there . Hello to the family be safe be careful. Love from NH

😮sending prayers

Rainy season, also unless you are going to Miami or further south then the panhandle mid state or more you are going to have winter weather. I live in GA and usually don't think about going to FL until April and stop going Oct or Nov. It is a 7 hour drive from the top to the tip (key even further) so, yes the weather is going to be different depending on where you go. They sell the pine needles as pine straw (get it together, it is PINE STRAW). Trees are loped off because the power company came through and cut them to make sure they don't grow to the point of hitting the power lines. Also they are crape myrtle and get pruned back in the winter.

When you are by the beach, the weather is often overcast. It's the same in California where I live. I lived in Santa Cruz, California for 10 years and it was often overcast until 2pm in the afternoon especially in Spring and Summer. The best time of the year was fall in Santa Cruz..

Sending prayers and hugs your way

So sorry that your family is going through an emergency. Prayers for all of you. Safe travels.

Praying all goes well with you and your family!

I’ve been thinking of you guys so much and checking your channel every day!!! So glad to see you! ❤

The woods have been logged out. The pine needles are probably for mulch. Those trees are crepe myrtle trees. And they are cut back every year as a way to prune them for new growth. The pickled sausage is just another thing to pickle like eggs, green beans, or beets. It's just a matter of what you like to eat that can be pickled.

Sending prayers…. Hope all will be ok

🙏 from Middle Tennessee. I love you guys! Be safe!

I hope that you and Mike are okay. Safe travels back home for you. Safe driving tooo. God Bless you and your whole family.

Sending prayers for your family! The seafood is fresh there!

Safe travels, keeping you all in my prayers ❤️

Prayers, thoughts & love to you all. Be careful & have a safe trip - 🙏💖🙏

Your in our thoughts and prayers,Miss you guys

I’m glad you All are safe! Remain safe going home. Sounds like a great road trip though! Continued prayers!! 🙏🏻💗

Prayers for your family thank you for checking in glad your family is ok .

Praying for Y''all ! Have a Safe trip home. Glad to see your smiling face.

Thoughts & prayers to you and your family! Take care!

Adding my prayers. Hope all is well again soon. Safe travels.

I keep boiled peanuts on my shelf. They're pricy here. My husband loved the pickled meat. Have a safe trip home.

Hope this issue turns into an okay deal. My prayers are with you and be safe coming home. Bless you a bunch!

Praying for your family❤

Welcome to Florida! Praying for your family and a safe trip back home🙏💖🙏

Hi Tara......first let me say that I'm sorry for your family emergency and we're lifting y'all up in prayer. Secondly, we're from FL so here are the answers to your questions: 1.) Even though we're the sunshine state, we have our fair share of rain! 2.) In northern FL, we have a large forestry industry with products ranging from lumber to paper (Rayonier and GP are big companies). 3.) Those lopted off trees are crepe myrtles and they are pruned in the spring to produce beautiful trees with flowers which can be white, pink, purple, salmon colors and such. 4.) The rolled up pine straw is another big industry as people use it for mulching around trees and flower beds. Hope you enjoyed your visit and maybe the next time we'll have some sunshine for y'all!! Blessings ❤