Did these turkey eggs hatch, or did something get them?
-jsq
Telephone conduit ditch 2018-05-24
Note to self: when using dirt bucket to remove fire ants, remember where telephone cable is buried, or….
Ditch dug, Cable
Conduit in ditch, Cable
Dirt over top, Cable
Fortunately, Gretchen had cable-repair tools.
The dogs did not approve of these shenanigans.
The fire ants are not gone.
-jsq
Pond with dogs at dusk
Icy Pond 2018-01-03
Snowmaggeddon was a good day to stay off the roads, so I took a kayak on our pond. Saw buzzards, heard some ducks and probably a beaver. Lots of plants looking very strange.
Icy boats, Put-in
Ice on pond, Put-in
Clear spot under log, Put-in
Frozen, Put-in
Movie: Ice breaker (18M), Starting out
Ice, clear, snow, The pond
Snow behind, The pond
Ice floe, The pond
Two ice, The pond
More ice ahead, The pond
Ice on top, Floating bottom
Various plants, Floating bottom
Tree limbs, Floating bottom
Snow drift, Floating bottom
Frozen, Floating bottom
Siberia, Floating bottom
Detail, Floating bottom
Grass, Floating bottom
Heron tree, Floating bottom
Lily pads, Floating bottom
Slant tree, East Shore
Mistletoe, East Shore
Ice mistletoe, East Shore
Slant to mistletoe, East Shore
Spanish moss, Center
Water colors, Center
Ice and fluff, Center
Ice tuft water, Center
Floating bottom edge, Center
Lily and bladderwort, Center
Lily pads, Center
Near and far, Center
Old dam, Beaver houses
Movie: Wind and ice (16M), Beaver houses
Video
Beaver mansions, Beaver houses
Closer, Beaver houses
Closeup, Beaver houses
Lily with ice, Between dams
Movie: Icy beaver dam (20M), Between dams
Video
More ice below, Between dams
Along the beaver dam, Between dams
Sky, Between dams
Shiny ice, Between dams
Shiny shore, Between dams
Ripples, Catface
Paddle and shore, Catface
Shore, Catface
Way out, Turn back
Lily ice, Turn back
Lily, Turn back
Ice, Turn back
Reflecting, Big beaver house
With banana boat for scale, Big beaver house
East slope, Big beaver house
Top, Big beaver house
Point with paddle, Yellow jessamine
Two flowers, Yellow jessamine
Beaver house, jessamine, Yellow jessamine
Lily pads, East shore
Ice, East shore
Ice encroaching on lily pads, East shore
Ice pad closeup, East shore
Across the ice, West shore
Cypress, Northwards
Cypress portrait, Northwards
Far shore, Northwards
Video playlist.
-jsq
Focus on Food, Conference in Waycross, GA 2018-03-17
Our friends in Waycross will be having a conference in March. Nothing this year in Lowndes.
Focus On Food (2nd Annual Homestead Guild Conference), hosted by Way Green Grassroots Homestead Guild.
When: Saturday, March 17 at 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Where: “More info coming soon!”
What: “Growing, raising, cooking, preserving and using food! Workshops will be announced soon. Vendor space will also be available. Mark your calendars!”
For more information, contact our friends at WayGreen in Waycross
Gretchen
Snow and Ice 2018-01-03
I did eventually break the ice for the dogs, but then they said the water was too cold. Lots of odd stuff during Snowmageddon.
As Farmers Fade, Who Will Care For the American Landscape? – The Atlantic
And I have from my neighbor, John Harrod, a thorough student of Kentucky’s traditional fiddle music, his testimony that every rural community once heard, sang, and danced to at least a few tunes that were uniquely its own.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/03/farmland-without-farmers/388282/
Snake of the day 2017-12-22
Charging
Do tell
