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Elsie Quarterman, Hall of Fame, Tennessee Botanists

2011 inductee, Tennessee Botanists Hall of Fame, Elsie Quarterman,

Elsie Quarterman was born in 1910 in Georgia. She completed her undergraduate work at Georgia State Woman’s College in 1932. Post-graduate studies were done at Duke Univ. where she obtained her Ph.D. in 1949 under Henry J. Osting. She accepted a faculty position at Vanderbilt Univ. and later became the University’s first female department chair, heading the Biology Department in 1964.

Dr. Quarterman is best known for her work on the ecology and plant communities of the cedar glades of the Central Basin. She is widely recognized for the re-discovery of the Tennessee Coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis) in 1969, a plant once thought to be extinct and subsequently the first plant endemic to Tennessee to be protected by the Endangered Species Act. She has received many honors including our very own TNPS Conservation Award. The Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade State Natural Area was named in her honor in 1998.

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Okra, eggplants, peppers, potatoes, and popcorn at Valdosta Farm Days 2015-07-18

Also rosemary, collard seeds…. A bit muggy, you can tell by the foggy picture Gretchen just took at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse in downtown Valdosta, Georgia.

526x701 Market time, in OPF at Valdosta Farm Days, by Gretchen Quarterman, 18 July 2015

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GMOs: worse risk of ruin than nuclear power –Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Because Genetically modified crops risk widespread ruin, they should not be permitted without far greater scientific knowledge, for which the burden of proof falls on those proposing GMOs, not those opposing, say experts in risk and ruin.

Risk management or mitigation may work for localized harm, but GMOs risk widespread systemic damage, which is ruin, and to prevent that the precautionary principal is needed:

if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing severe harm to the public domain (such as general health or the environment), and in the absence of scientific near-certainty about the safety of the action, the burden of proof about absence of harm falls on those proposing the action.

A paper by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and co-authors lays out Continue reading →

Peter Clark Quarterman Jr. (1923-2015)

Cousin Clark; he will be missed. Obituary at Carson McLane of Valdosta:

Peter Clark Quarterman Jr., 91, of Valdosta passed away January 25, 2015 at Brooks County Hospital. He was born April 4, 1923 in Valdosta, GA to the late Dr. Peter Clark, Sr. and Kathryne Staten Quarterman. Mr. Quarterman was a veteran of WWII where he was a B-25 top turret gunner for the United States Army Air Corps. After the 300x203 Muriel DeCarr Hancock Quarterman, Peter Clark Quarterman Jr., Rev. Mrs. Helen Quarterman Fisher, in Peter Clark Quarterman Jr. (1923-2015), by Stephen Patrick Quarterman, for OkraParadiseFarms.com, 31 December 1993 war, he returned to Valdosta to become a farmer. He played string bass and was known for his fish-fry musical suppers held at Lake Octahatchee. A lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church, Mr. Quarterman sang bass in the choir and was an elder in the church.

Mr. Quarterman is survived by his wife, Muriel DeCarr Hancock Quarterman of Quitman, GA and several cousins and dear friends in South Georgia and at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman, GA. In addition to his parents, Mr. Quarterman was preceded in death by his sister, the Rev. Mrs. Helen Quarterman Fisher.

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Growing local for local economy –Gretchen Quarterman on the Chris Beckham 105.9 radio show @ SOGALO15 2015-01-24

Really on the air this morning, and now on YouTube, talking about “quite the event” as Chris Beckham called it, South Georgia Growing Local, this Saturday, January 24th at Pine Grove Middle School, in Lowndes County, Georgia. Five times five: five tracks in five sessions, from soil to planting to cooking and nutrition, including aquaponics by UGA Professor Pat Duncan and local oils by national award winner Clay Oliver. Space still available; sign up now!


Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms (OPF).

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Gretchen Quarterman on the Scott James 92.1 radio show @ SOGALO15 2015-01-24

See her on YouTube if you missed her on the radio Monday, talking about South Georgia Growing Local, this Saturday, January 24th at Pine Grove Middle School, in Lowndes County, Georgia.

Includes a back yard garden story about her daughter Lindsey, where the apartment manager was very impressed.


Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms (OPF).

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Raising goats. Is it a hobby or a business? –Bobbie Golden @ SOGALO15 2015-01-24

South Georgia Growing Local is also for North Florida, where these goats live.

  • Breeds that are most likely to live in our environment
  • How to market and get some return on your investment

Bobbie’s business is Golden Acres Ranch, between Monticello Florida, and Thomasville, Georgia. Come hear Bobbie talk about her goats at South Georgia Growing Local 2015, this Saturday, January 24th, at Pine Grove Middle School, in Lowndes County, Georgia.

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Hydroponic Greenhouses –Jeff Morgan and Tony Mallory @ SOGALO15 2015-01-24

A talk instead of tours of the Pine Grove Middle School greenhouses this year.

300x225 Greenhouse, in Hydroponic Greenhouses, by Gretchen Quarterman, for OkraParadiseFarms.com, 18 January 2015 The greenhouses have a fungus just now because it is too moist in them because of the amount of water they had to put on during the freezes. Therefore there will be no tours this year.

However Jeff and Tony will be happy to give a talk.

I scheduled them for the last session at South Georgia Growing Local:

Hydroponic greenhouses and gardens are a viable method of growing in many Continue reading →