Gretchen will show you how, and then you get to do it,
at Lowndes High School this morning, 10AM.
Contact: James Perdue
Valdosta Community Garden Group
229-251-6362
See facebook event.
-jsq
Category Archives: Plants
Memorial service for Elsie Quarterman in Nashville, TN 2014-06-21
In the Tennesseean today,
Elsie Quarterman (1910 – 2014)
ObituaryContinue readingElsie Quarterman, Nashville, TN
A Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Avenue, with a reception at the church following the service. Guestbook crawfordservices.com.
Crawford Mortuary & Crematory, 615-254-8200.
Dr. Elsie Quarterman, November 28th 1910 – June 9th 2014
Today Aunt Elsie stepped over the final fence,
dying peacefully at her home in Nashville, Tennessee,
attended by her nephew Patrick and his wife Ann,
as she had wanted.
Arrangements are still in progress. Perhaps more about the family later. For now, here is a biography with some pictures.
The Wilson Post wrote 20 April 2011,
Quarterman shares fervor for cedar glades,
…her passion for the plant life of Middle Tennessee’s cedar glades blooms ever strong through the generations of students she inspired at Vanderbilt University from the 1940s into the mid-1970s. And those students, many now teachers themselves, continue to inspire new students and conservationists….
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Thirty foot poison ivy vine
What’s in that cypress tree?
1600×1200 What is that vine on the cypress tree?, in Thirty foot poison ivy vine, by John S. Quarterman, for Okra Paradise Farms, 24 May 2014, 30 foot poison ivy and a moccasin
1600×1200 Leaves of three…., in Thirty foot poison ivy vine, by John S. Quarterman, for Okra Paradise Farms, 24 May 2014, 30 foot poison ivy and a moccasin
1200×1600 Thirty feet high, in Thirty foot poison ivy vine, by John S. Quarterman, for Okra Paradise Farms, 24 May 2014, 30 foot poison ivy and a moccasin
Citrus Resources –Marj Schneider
This goes with Yes, we can grow citrus in Georgia!, Marj Schneider’s talk at South Georgia Growing Local 2014. Also available in PDF and Word. -jsq
Citrus Resources
South GA Growing Local, January 25, 2014
From Marj Schneider: marjschneider@bellsouth.net
Loch Laurel Nursery
2867 Carroll Ulmer Road, Valdosta, Georgia 31601
Exit I-75 on Georgia Route 31 East (Exit 11). Turn right on Carroll Ulmer Road.
Nursery entrance is one half mile ahead on the left.
Phone: 229-460-5922
Email: craw142@bellsouth.net
http://www.lochlaurelnursery.com/map.asp
Features cold hardy citrus, Satsumas, mandarins and lemons. Mark Crawford offered nursery tours for this conference.
McKenzie Farms
2115 Olanta Hwy, Scranton, SC29591
Phone: (843)-389-4831
EMAIL: citrusman99@hotmail.com
http://www.mckenzie-farms.com/index.htm
Stan McKenzie offers over 40 varieties of mostly cold hardy citrus, priced very affordably. Check out his website and call or write for availability and size.
Plant Folks Nursery
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Doug Tallamy at Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council & Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council A Joint Annual Symposium
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SAVE the DATE!
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
& Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council
A Joint Annual SymposiumNovember 12-14, 2014
Georgia Center, AthensKeynote Speakers:
Douglas Tallamy: Bringing Nature Home, How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
Charles Bargeron: Using Technology to Fight Invasive Species: Past, Present and Future
Nancy Lowenstein: Creating National Guidelines for Listing Invasive PlantsIncludes:
Conference
Lunch & Refreshments
GA-EPPC Membership
CEUs
Vendors
Door Prizes
Field Trips
Learn more about Exotic Pest Plant Councils in the Southeast at www.SE-EPPC.org.
Please read Douglas Tallamy’s book, Bringing Nature Home, before the Conference in November. If you are interested in native plants, ecosystems, songbirds and other wildlife, this book will provide much useful and interesting information.
Video of Prof. Doug Tallamy on Sustainable Landscaping, by U. Delaware:
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Seed Saving –Janisse Ray
Janisse Ray wrote the book on seed saving, and will talk about that at South Georgia Growing Local 2014:
From her book,
The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food,
“If you haven’t heard what’s happening with seeds, let me tell you. They’re disappearing, about like every damn thing else…. But I’m not going to talk about anything that’s going to make us feel hopeless, or despairing, because there’s no despair in a seed.”
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Schedule changes for South Georgia Growing Local 2014
Four talks have moved locations or times:
Jerald Larson needed an earlier slot, so
Grow Your Own Organic Small Fruits has moved to 11:30 AM in Room 1.
Composting needs a room with a tile floor, so
Composting: Red Wigglers and Soldier Flies by John Horton
has moved to 3:15 PM in Commons.
A Walk with Dairy Goats: a lesson in humor and humility by Julia Shewchuk
has moved to 3:15 PM in Commons.
From Fabulous Natural Fibers to Flamboyant Fabric: the craft and art of hand spinning and weaving by Amy Brown
has moved to 11:30 AM in Room 2.
All these changes are in the revised schedule.
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Speaker Schedule –South Georgia Growing Local 2014
Hello again,
We are now nearly at the conference and I can hardly tell you how excited I am. I had a final walk through of Pine Grove Middle School and Farm this week and got all the details for accessing their technologies and the Internet.
Friday Farm Tours
Farm Tours will be Friday, January 24th, including
produce at
Raisin’ Cane,
door yard citrus at
Loch Laurel Nursery,
olive oil and trees at
Georgia Olive Farms,
and
Katahdin sheep at
Hound River Farm.
Saturday Talks
Conference talks will be Saturday, January 25th, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Doors open at 8 a.m.) at Pine Grove Middle School,
4159 River Rd, Valdosta, GA 31605.
We will be able to tour
the hydroponic green houses at the school that day!
The
preliminary schedule is posted.
Lodging
Most of our speakers are local (how lucky are we that we have this wealth
of talent in our community) and a couple from out of the have indicated
that they need a room. We have arranged
a discounted rate at two local hotels.
Registration
There is still plenty of room, so by all means, please continue to
invite those that you think will be interested in attending. The
Pine Grove Middle School is a lovely facility and we are lucky to be
able to use it.
Don’t forget to register!
-Gretchen
Door Yard Citrus at Loch Laurel Nursery
Update 2 Feb 2014: Citrus Resources.
In addition to many camelias, Loch Laurel Nursery has Door Yard Citrus:
Many gardners are not aware of the wonderful citrus that can be grown in North Florida and South Georgia. Loch Laurel Nursery is proud to offer varieties that are cold hardy and produce tasty fruit you would assume could only be grown in semi-tropical climates. In fact, many of our varieties that are well-suited to our region (USDA Zone 8b), produce inferior fruit in Central Florida.
Satsumas
—Mandarine Orange,
That same Loch Laurel Nursery web page also lists Continue reading