Yellow dog wants to know what’s going on.
Gretchen Quarterman wants to make some bread. Here’s a start: Continue reading
Tag Archives: Georgia
Pumpkin bee
Bee on pumpkin bloom.
The bloom on the vine: Continue reading
Cucumbers and green tomatoes
In the garden, cucumbers and green tomatoes:
And in the bowl with yellow squash.
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 and 11 January 2011.
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White potatoes 11 June 2011
We dug some more white potatoes today.
Picture by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 June 2011.
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Box turtle
Found this in the yard:
It’s a box turtle. Presumably either the eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, or possibly a Florida box turrtle, Terrapene carolina bauri.
Here’s a size comparison: Continue reading
Armadillo
What are the dogs barking at at the crack of dawn?
Oh, right: the yard armadillo. It’s digging in, making noises like a hog: Continue reading
Bathing dog
Brown dog is so civilized she has her own bathtub.
Yellow dog does not bathe:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1 June 2011.
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Sweet potatoes
Gretchen in the sweet potatoes in the corn field:
They’re blooming; maybe they’re making ‘taters.
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Hydrometer 1.011
Anybody know what this means?
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Lowndes County farms small and increasing
In
Lowndes County, Georgia, the number of farms increased by 2
and the size of farms decreased,
according to the
USDA 2007 Census of Agriculture.
Farms in Lowndes county are mostly small, averaging 145 acres, with the largest category being 10-50 acres.
Of course, that’s slightly misleading since so many small farms are rented by a few larger operators, some based in other counties. Still, small farms are the easiest to wean off the pesticide teat. Given that the average age of principal farm operator in Lowndes County is 57.9, something is likely to change soon as many of those operators retire.
We already know that local farming is linking up with local markets through Hahira’s summer farmers market, which has been going on for years, increased farmers markets, and through the new Downtown Valdosta Farm Days. That looks like a good direction.
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