Three types of transportation.
This is the SS429 to Siena, approaching Castelfiorentino.
Canopy Roads of mid-Tuscany, video by John S. Quarterman, 24 Nov 2010.
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This is a main highway, the SS 429 between Pisa and Siena.
The canopy trees are Pinus Pinea, Italian Stone pines.
Video by John S. Quarterman, Molin Nuovo, Tuscany, Italy, 24 Nov 2010.
This is the road that leads to the Necropoli, the ancient Etruscan tombs
of Cerveteri, Italy, northwest of Rome.
The canopy trees are Italian stone pines, Pinus pinea.
Video by John S. Quarterman, Tuscany, Italy, 22 Nov 2010.
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28 F at 5AM this morning; 29 at dawn.
In the dog watering tub, a layer of ice, some in my hand here.
Down by the dirt pit, ice pushing out of the ground:
And a tiny longleaf in a field of icy clay:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 Dec 2010.
The dogs found something in the dirt pit.
Watch
the video below and eventually you will see it:
Continue reading
Hey, it was 70 degrees! Chilly! The dogs didn’t know what to think. Buy she’s Abby Normal: Continue reading
Who’s that in the field?
Why it’s that Terry Davis,
collecting corn ears that his combine missed!
Some assembly required for the trailer.
Here’s what we want to pick: ears of corn on standing stalks.
Here we go: Continue reading
Ever wonder why all the trees and shrubs die under the power lines? Company workers spray toxic chemicals on them.
Driving on GA 122 between Pavo and Barney and saw some electric company spraying going on. This fellow didn’t seem happy I was recording:
Note that this worker is unprotected from this poison. No eye covering, no mask. Spraying is a shame in many ways.
Why do they do this? Continue reading
James Polk provides us some
Food for Thought:
Let’s take a quick tally. 1) Locally grown food uses less fossil fuel getting to market, 2) fresh fruits and vegetables are healthier than packaged foods, and 3) buying locally grown food supports your local economy possibly keeping your would-be deadbeat friends employed.My favorite reason to eat locally grown foods is the taste. Go to a farmers’ market and load up on freshly picked tomatoes, bite into a raw crisp green bean, take home some succulent zuccinni and eggplant to stir-fry – you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more delicious meal.
Yep. That and okra. Anybody need some okra?
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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.
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