Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 Sep 2010.
Snake of the week
The dogs caught this snake and put it in the driveway where we’d be sure to see it.
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What’s in the log?
Are there snakes there?
Answering Nancy’s question:
Why yes, there are snakes. This timber rattler was crawling into the vines: Continue reading
Dogs in swamp
Every dog should have a swamp:
To wade around in with her sister: Continue reading
Pointing brown dog
Brown dog wants Gretchen to know there’s something in that blackgum:
I’ll just stand like a statue until you see it.
Yellow dog helps point. Continue reading
Yellow dog and raccoon
What the brown dog saw in the tree:
A raccoon. Yellow dog sees it, too: Continue reading
Brown dog tries to climb tree
Silly brown dog! Dogs can’t climb trees!
Wonder what’s in the tree?
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 July 2010.
Squirrel on Feeder
Cat squirrel eating from a bird feeder.
Or, as he calls it, breakfast.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 July 2010.
Birds in Fountain
Birds in a fountain.
Or, as they call it, their birdbath.
Video by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 July 2010.
Farmland for Food, Wildlife, Flood Control, Air Quality, and Agrotourism
Gretchen found this one, too (think I can get her to blog?).
Judi Gerber writes about
Why Saving Farmland Is So Important:
…without local farms, there’s no local food, or, as the American Farmland Trust (AFT) puts it: “No Farms, No Food.”.
And it’s not even just food:
Farmland is green space, even though most people don’t think of it that way. It is a significant contributor to environmental quality. As AFT states, “Farm and ranch lands provide food and cover for wildlife, help control flooding, protect wetlands and watersheds, and maintain air quality. They can absorb and filter wastewater and provide groundwater recharge. New energy crops even have the potential to replace fossil fuels.”
And there’s more:
Farmland provides fiscal stability to local governments and boosts the economy. It does this by contributing to a community’s infrastructure and helps a local economy through sales, job creation, and support services or businesses.There are some plans afoot about agrotourism in Lowndes County.One of the most unique of these support services is tourism, or more specifically, agri-tourism. There are plenty of places that people visit to see rural scenery or to enjoy the food or drink of a specific region including the wineries in California’s Napa Valley, or popular farm stays like those found in Italy, and increasingly, here in the United States.
-jsq