Update: That was actually a green okra. Here’s
a real purple okra
and here are purple, orange, and green compared.
A purple okra!
Just you wait, orange okra,
in a day or so we’ll see who’s purple.
Purple okra flower:
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Dogs and Okra
Corn snake in the hand
Snake in the grass and in the hand:
Yellow Dog caught this snake by the swamp. She set it down when I told her too (I was surprised). When she and Brown Dog went off in the brush, I picked it up to transport it where they wouldn’t get it again. Snake on the skin: Continue reading
Preparing for Valdosta Farm Days
Small potatoes to be sorted
and taters and grits in the car
for Valdosta Farm Days at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse, Valdosta, Georgia, 9AM to 1PM.
Grits: Continue reading
Potatoes to market
We dug the potatoes and washed them yesterday,
and this morning Gretchen just left with them for
Valdosta Farm Days,
Historic Courthouse Square, 100 West Central Avenue, Valdosta, GA:
Digging and washing:
Potatoes and grits, plus rosemary, in the car for Valdosta Farm Days: Continue reading
Pumpkin
Plant and fruit with Gretchen:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 May 2013.
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Longleaf
Cedar and beautyberry
Juniperus virginiana, Callicarpa americana:
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 16 May 2013.
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Saw palmetto
Scorched a bit in the prescribed burn a few months ago, and another that was outside the fire break:
Bushy:
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