Fortunately Yellow Dog and Brown Dog weren’t around when I stopped the tractor
to wait for this corn snake to slither across.
Later I showed it to Gretchen (see below). Continue reading
Tag Archives: Gretchen Quarterman
Swamp Circus Act
Cypress swamp is full due to the recent rains,
so I tried out the new kayak, while Brown Dog balanced on a floating log,
Yellow Dog waded, and Gretchen photographed.
-jsq
SOGALO14 Farm Tours in the VDT
Most of the front page of the Valdosta Daily Times Saturday
was about the South Georgia Growing Local 2014
Farm Tours.
Stuart Taylor wrote on the front page of the VDT 25 January 2014,
Growing Local Farm Tour gets under way,
While past South Georgia Growing Local conferences have had self-guided farm tours, this year’s conference offered a guided tour through four local farms, starting off Friday morning at Raisin’ Cane.
“We teach people about agriculture,” said Jessica Bolesta, who Continue reading
Speaker Schedule –South Georgia Growing Local 2014
Hello again,
We are now nearly at the conference and I can hardly tell you how excited I am. I had a final walk through of Pine Grove Middle School and Farm this week and got all the details for accessing their technologies and the Internet.
Friday Farm Tours
Farm Tours will be Friday, January 24th, including
produce at
Raisin’ Cane,
door yard citrus at
Loch Laurel Nursery,
olive oil and trees at
Georgia Olive Farms,
and
Katahdin sheep at
Hound River Farm.
Saturday Talks
Conference talks will be Saturday, January 25th, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Doors open at 8 a.m.) at Pine Grove Middle School,
4159 River Rd, Valdosta, GA 31605.
We will be able to tour
the hydroponic green houses at the school that day!
The
preliminary schedule is posted.
Lodging
Most of our speakers are local (how lucky are we that we have this wealth
of talent in our community) and a couple from out of the have indicated
that they need a room. We have arranged
a discounted rate at two local hotels.
Registration
There is still plenty of room, so by all means, please continue to
invite those that you think will be interested in attending. The
Pine Grove Middle School is a lovely facility and we are lucky to be
able to use it.
Don’t forget to register!
-Gretchen
Gretchen on the radio about South Georgia Growing Local 2014
We will be on the radio twice on Monday. First on the Chris
Beckham show at 7:30 and then on a Jasper station at 11:30. Listen
in and invite your friends.
Here’s a facebook event about the Black Crow Media 105.9 FM radio show, 7:30-7:45 AM. You can listen to it online with Streema.com or any of several other apps. Or over the air!
And remember to
register for the conference.
-jsq
Planting rye
Here’s
a video playlist:
Videos by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 20 November 2013.
Pine trees changing leaves
Fall in south Georgia:
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 October 2013.
-jsq
Greens in the winter garden
Gretchen in the greens:
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 November 2013.
-jsq
Sand Hill Crane
South Georgia Growing Local 2014
What has about 300 heads and eats really well?
A local agriculture conference coming to Lowndes County 24 January 2014.
South Georgia Growing Local 2014 is a local food conference for growers, consumers, homesteaders in South Georgia. Farm Tours 1/24 — Conference 1/25
You can like the
facebook page
and join events there
for the conference itself on January 25th
and for
the farm tours on January 24th.
Agritourism has come to Lowndes County!
This is one reason a wide variety of organizations, including two Chambers of Commerce, are supporting this conference:
it will fill hotel rooms.
Even more, it’s about longterm local economy through growing and buying food right here in south Georgia and north Florida.
All that and it tastes good, too!
