Smile, dogs:
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 19 October 2012.
The tree behind the dogs on their right is a longleaf four years old; the rest are loblolly five years old.
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Raccoon growling at the dogs that treed it.
About 80 feet up, with the dogs trying to climb up to get it; you can’t really hear it growling in the video, but you can see its tail thrashing.
If Brown Dog and Yellow Dog could climb…
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 15 October 2012.
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Shelling corn
Gretchen Quarterman shelling corn.
Terry Davis is preparing by shelling one end so it starts in the device easier. Video:
Red cobs and blowing chaff:
Continue readingYellow Dog and her snake
My snake!
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 October 2012.
The dogs barked up a storm while I was picking okra, and by the time I got there the snake was in sad shape. Too bad, as I keep explaining to Brown Dog and Yellow Dog, snakes eat mice.
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Corn in trailer with rising moon
Finished picking a trailer full of corn; now cover it.
Cloud colors, picker, trailer, and moon:
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 September 2012.
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Dogs playing @ Okra Paradise Farms 2012-09-28
Dogs being dogs:
Pictures and video by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 September 2012.
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Skeeter hawk in the okra
Skeeterhawk says, “come get your okra at
Valdosta Farm Days today,
at the historic Lowndes County courthouse, corner of Patterson and Central!”
Pictures and video by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 September 2012.
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Beautyberry
Honeybees and pollen
They move around pretty fast:
You can see pollen on the legs of the one on the right:
Here they are flying around:
Continue readingMorning glory in the okra
It's a weed, but it doesn't do much harm, and it's blue:
Blooming morning glory in the okra
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 September 2012.
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