Usually we sell direct to people who want okra, but this particular day we had an overstock, and it turned out both Farmer Brown’s and Carter’s did, too, so this 25 pounds of prime okra went to Second Harvest.
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Okra picked this morning at Barnes Drugs 1-3PM today
Here’s Gretchen with 10 pounds of okra in the bag,
all as nice and fresh as the one pictured.
You can buy some of that this afternoon in Valdosta.
Where: Barnes Healthcare Services
200 S Patterson St, Valdosta, GA 31601
When: 1-3PM Friday 15 July 2016
Here’s a list of what Gretchen will have for sale at reasonable prices: Continue reading
Ms. Gretchen Goes to Orlando
As the only farmer Georgia delegate to the
Democratic National Convention,
and the only delegate from Lowndes County and one of the few from rural Georgia,
Gretchen Quarterman
is off to the
Democratic Platform Committee meeting in Orlando today and tomorrow,
Friday July 8th and Saturday July 9th 2016.
Remember: No Farms, No Food.
She already knows a bit more about the process than Jimmy Stewart in 1939’s Mr. Smith goes to Washington. Hm, I’d forgotten that movie was about Continue reading
Halberdleaf rosemallow
This
Hibiscus laevis All. we saw June 19th 2016
is on a different stalk than the one of May 30th. Continue reading
Potatoes, yellow squash, zucchini, and rosemary
Gretchen took this yellow squash and zucchini to
Wiregrass Farmers Market in Tifton, GA this morning,
along with fresh-plowed potatoes, rosemary, and of course heirloom corn grits.
That’s 9AM to noon, behind the Country Store at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture (Agrirama),
1392 Whiddon Mill Road, Tifton GA 31794.
Did you know zucchini is actually a fruit, even though it’s cooked and eaten as a vegetable? And the name is Italian, because the type we eat today was developed in Italy, even though like all squash its ancestors came from the Americas? More about Cucurbita pepo, also known as courgette or vegetable marrow, by Master Gardener Laurel Reader, Zucchini: A Treat in the Heat.
Cutting rosemary
Market day doesn’t smell right without rosemary. Continue reading
Dipped from the swamp number three
Third of three creatures Gretchen dipped from the swamp: a huge tadpole. This isn’t one of the ones she just put in there.
She really did dip once and got Continue reading
Dipped from the swamp number two
Dipped from the swamp
Gretchen dipped three times, and got three creatures. First creature: a salamander. -jsq
Betty learns to kayak in a cypress swamp
You never know what you’ll find in the cypress swamp.
It’s Betty Marini from Lanier County!
And Gretchen and Brown Dog and Yellow Dog. Continue reading
Dirt Road Organics Hard at Work in Valdosta 2016-02-24
Proof the elusive Tom Kuettner can be captured. Gretchen Quarterman delivered popcorn from Okra Paradise Farms to Cory Danner and picked up our order yesterday from Dirt Road Organics Buying Club.
More pictures below.
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