This is why the pond was too dam high. Beavers like to girdle trees standing in water, and that kills them. One:
Two:
Continue readingFilthy Yellow Dog is not amused
Nope, Yellow Dog was not impressed by a shopping bag full of lunch from the garden.
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes
County, Georgia, 2013-07-03.
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Lunch: peppers and tomato
Fourth of July Beaver Dam Expeditions
The pond was too dam high,
and the beavers were girdling trees far out from the usual shore,
so we set sail to pipe the beaver dam.
Dogs waiting for us to get the boat to the deep water:
Lily:
Continue readingHawk at the pond
Movie: Red shouldered hawk (6.8M):
Picture and video by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 July 2013.
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Softball league, or perfect cucumber?
Grape vines in the woods
Vines:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 July 2013.
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Acorn squash with brown sugar and butter
Zucchini: make fritters or pickles
Purple okra
Is this why they call them lady fingers?
Maybe eat them raw, or cook them tonight; video:
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