Gretchen finished weeding the tomatoes.
![[Weeded tomatoes]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-06-03--garden-weeding-tomatoes-finished/20200603_125604.jpg)
Well, those tomatoes. She already weeded the other ones.
And I found those cucumbers in the okra.
-jsq
Category Archives: Agriculture
Swamp burn 2020-03-01
When you live in a fire forest, you must burn every few years. We caught up on about 23 acres of burning of piney woods, seepage slope, and swamp. All this was inside concentric rings of firebreaks, with no danger of it escaping off our property.
Don’t worry, for the wildlife there are plenty of brambles and woods and swamp unburned this year. More next year. And quail, gopher tortoises, and other wildlife don’t like the woods too thick anyway.
![[Gretchen spreading fire with a rake]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-03-01--burn/20200301_121754.jpg)
Gretchen spreading fire with a rake
For why we burn, see Continue reading
Okra, cucumber, yellow squash, and more at Barnes Drugs in Valdosta today
Farmacy is today. 1:30-3:30 at Barnes Drugs. Corner of Savannah and Patterson in Valdosta. I will have okra and grits and lots of other delicious stuff. So will Thelma. Don’t miss out.
Okra Paradise Farms
Price List — June 21, 2017 Continue reading
67th Ham and Eggs show, Lowndes County only one left in U.S. 2017-02-14
The last of a century-old tradition: local ham and eggs, right here in Lowndes County.
When:
10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017
1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017
Where:
Lowndes County Extension Office
2102 E. Hill Ave., Valdosta, GA
Photo: Michael Rivera, Wikimedia Commons,
Creative Commons share, remix, attribution, share alike.
Daniel DeMersseman, VDT, 2017-02-10, Ham and Egg Show tradition returns,
Lowndes County’s annual Ham and Egg Show returns for its 67th year Feb. 14, 15.
The show once spread across every county in Georgia, said Velma Miles, chairman of the Lowndes Improvement Association. “We’re the only one left.”
Miles said the Continue reading
Bees and Wildlife Gardens –Student Track @ SOGALO17 2017-01-21
The students like the bees.
South Georgia Growing Local is inside a new venue with cooking facilities!
When: 9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017 today, right now!
Where: Continue reading
Backyard Hens –Claudia Dunkley @ SOGALO17 2017-01-21
A popular class, Backyard Hens, and Claudia Dunkley of UGA is the expert all around.
South Georgia Growing Local is inside a new venue with cooking facilities!
When: 9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017 today, right now!
Where: Continue reading
Today! A good day for growing things and learning about them inside @ SOGALO17 2017-01-21
Come on down this morning to PineVale Elementary and learn about growing things in our south Georgia subtropical climate! It’s rainy this morning and afternoon, and breezy all day; a great day for growing, and South Georgia Growing Local will be inside a new venue with cooking facilities!
When:
9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017
Where: Pinevale Elementary School, 930 Lake Park Road, Valdosta GA.
Web: page with schedule.
If you’re still not convinced, watch Gretchen explain it on the radio with Continue reading
Growing Backyard Chickens –Claudia Dunkley @ SOGALO17 2017-01-21
Dr. Claudia Dunkley, Extension Poultry Scientist,
will speak about Growing Backyard Chickens
at
South Georgia Growing Local 2017, January 21, 2017 in Valdosta, Georgia:
Basic information for beginning a backyard flock including: breeds, housing, nutrition, egg production and biosecurity.
Her conference bio: Continue reading
Tomorrow! and inside out of the rain @ SOGALO17 2017-01-21
It may rain Saturday (tomorrow!),
but
South Georgia Growing Local will be inside at
a new venue with cooking facilities!
Watch Gretchen explain it on the radio with Chris Beckham
and
Scott James.
When: 9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017
Where: Pinevale Elementary School, 930 Lake Park Road, Valdosta GA.
Web: page with schedule.
-jsq
Videos: Gretchen Quarterman on Scott James Talk 92.1 Radio about South Georgia Growing Local 2017-01-17
South Georgia Growing Local is tomorrow Saturday!
Two days ago, Gretchen Quarterman talked about it on the
Scott James Morning Show on TALK 92.1 FM radio (WDDQ).
With credit to the late James Wright “who was a real advocate for
people who live in the city, and don’t have access to fresh foods”.
SOGALO17 will be at a new venue with cooking facilities!
When: 9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017
Where: Pinevale Elementary School, 930 Lake Park Road, Valdosta GA.
Web: page