Tag Archives: John S. Quarterman

Privet fishing

So mi esposa went to a fancy master gardener class (here she is graduating) and learned that privet is an invasive exotic that should be pulled up. OK, privet fishing time!

First, hook some privet:

Then pull with tractor: Continue reading →

Good thing I bought oil for the chain saw

I was going to drive through there:

Good thing I bought oil for the chain saw: Continue reading →

Loblolly pine pollen

A loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) candling with pollen:

We have lots of these, but not many with limbs like this so close to the ground. This one is in a cemetary with no close competitors, so it spread out more than up.

Pictures by John S. Quarterman, 27 April 2011, in the Revolutionary War Cemetery in Louisville, Georgia.

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Copperhead and little dogs

There was a copperhead in the dirt pit.

Brown Dog didn’t get bit, but Yellow Dog did. Continue reading →

Burned-over longleaf

“What? I didn’t do it!” says the yellow dog.

The yellow dog is right: I burned those trees! Before picture of one of them: Continue reading →

Wild azaleas blooming in the sunset, March 2011

Rhodendrum canescens, the native southeast U.S. azalea:

Nope, not honeysuckle: that’s a vine; these azaleas grow on a bush.

These ones had not quite opened yet: Continue reading →

Planted longleaf pines, 17 March 2011

Pinus palustris of various sizes. We planted these trees four years ago. This one is bolting up from grass stage.

Bottle brush stage (plus starting some branches): Continue reading →

Collards blooming, 17 March 2011

Collard greens reproducing themselves.

Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 March 2011.

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Potato, 17 March 2011

Plain old Irish potato.

Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 March 2011.

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Blackberries blooming

Rubus some native species or other in the woods:

Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 March 2011.

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