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
Box turtle
Found this in the yard:
Tag Archives: John S. Quarterman
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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Dogs helping with white potatoes
Brown dog and yellow dog see mud.
They know what to do!
Brown dog likes to drink it.
They both like to wallow in it. Continue reading
Gretchen digging lots of potatoes
Gretchen digging the potatoes she’s selling today at
Downtown Valdosta Farm Days.
Look at the roots on that thing!
Hundreds of pounds of potatoes: Continue reading
Gretchen digging potatoes
You can’t dig
just one.
Here’s how Gretchen
digs potatoes with a shovel:
Heavy, as in more than 40 pounds of potatoes:
Yes, that’s a bathroom scale; only thing we had for something that heavy.
She learned all this from Terry Davis. He and I planted those potatoes. Pictures and videos by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 May 2011.
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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