Gretchen, okra, caterpillar:
Caterpillar in the okra:
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Okra in the basket with Gretchen
The next Valdosta Farm Days is 17 August 2013:
Our okra is available at Carter’s, and we’ve been known to deliver. Purple and green okra:
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Okra with dew:
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2013-07-06.
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Swamp water
Clothes Pin eggs
The bag of clothes pins hanging on the line is inhabited:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2013-07-06.
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Spiderweb in the morning
Morning spiderweb:
The spider, a Golden Silk Orbweaver, Golden Silk Spider, Banana Spider, Nephila clavipes:
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Dogs and moccasin
Okra and pumpkin
Purple okra, orange okra, and pumpkin:
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 19 July 2013.
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Blue corn and Terry Davis
Terry Davis points out the bonnets (angled leaves on the corn ear) are a sign of Indian corn, with video:
This is blue corn because Gretchen spent a lot of time last year selecting the blue kernels. Terry indicates which ears to save for seed corn (chest high, two ears per stalk, robust stalks, good condition), with video:
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