Two views of mushrooms on a log.
Anybody know what kind of mushroom this is?
It’s in a wet area near Redeye Creek, which runs into the Withlacoochee River.
Looks like Pleurotus ostreatus is the consensus. Apparently, “Cleaned mushrooms can be sautéed, stir-fried, braised, roasted, fried, or grilled. Use the mushrooms whole, sliced, or simply torn into appropriately sized pieces.”
-jsq
Arrow was bemused by this big sweetgum limb in the drive path, that Gretchen had noticed the day before.
She wanted to know what I was going to do about it?
Amusingly, it fell so it was supported like a pyramid by its own limbs.
I brought the tractor and a logging chain and dragged it away. Continue reading
Two methods of potato digging.
![[Two views of 'tater digging 2023-05-15]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-15--potatoes/many.jpg)
Two views of ‘tater digging 2023-05-15
On the left, tractor and blade. Upside: digs them right up. Downside: and buries them in the dug dirt, so you have to dig them up again. Continue reading
The cultivator worked surprisingly well.
Should be obvious which is before and which is after.
And now it’s raining.
-jsq
The recently planted cane was well-sprouted a week later.
A somewhat closer view. Continue reading
Was less work than expected.
![[Cane planting and planted 2023-04-21]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-04-21--sugar-cane/many.jpg)
Cane planting and planted 2023-04-21
Not burying it as deep this year, though. Only need four inches of dirt to keep it from freezing, not two feet to shovel off. Continue reading
If a tree falls in the forest, does it land on a boat?
But if it didn’t make a hole in the hull, I bet the boat will still float.
-jsq
Not a common sight anymore: native wild honeysuckle.
![[Lonicera sempervirens L., Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-03-30--native-wild-honeysuckle/20230330_130549.jpg)
Lonicera sempervirens L., Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine
This Lonicera sempervirens L. is also known as Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, or Woodbine.
It is native to the U.S. Southeast, with some found farther north, possibly as garden escapees. Continue reading
This canebrake rattlesnake was too close to the farm workshop at Okra Paradise Farms, so I used a hoe to put it in a cardboard box and took it far away.
How? I show the snake a hoe. It either gets in the box with a nudge from the hoe, or it gets in the box in two pieces.
Here’s a
video playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLk2OxkA4UvxPbeykZkfos36dRbcvIIeu Continue reading
The native wild azalea, Rhododendron Canescens, keeps blooming on more bushes.
![[Native wild azaleas and dogwood 2022-03-09]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-03-09--azaleas-dogwoods/many.jpg)
Native wild azaleas and dogwood 2022-03-09
And we have a few blooms of dogwood, Cornus florida. Not as many as usual; we don’t know why. Continue reading
![[Mushrooms on a log]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-11--mushroom-log/many.jpg)
![[Limb, Arrow 2023-05-19]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-19--arrow-downed-limb/many.jpg){kind=icon}
![[Cultivating Corn]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-12--cultivating-corn/20230512_123307.jpg)
![[From the winter bed]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-04-30--cane-weeding/20230430_101034.jpg)
![[Deadfall on boat 2023-04-11]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-04-11--pond-deadfall-orange-boat-blondie/many.jpg)
![[Snake, hoe, box 2023-03-21]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-03-21--snake/many.jpg)