Tag Archives: Okra Paradise Farms

Skeeterhawk guarding the okra patch

Who keeps an eye on the okra patch while Gretchen’s selling okra at Downton Valdosta Farm Days?


Picture by John S. Quarterman at Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 July 2011.

Skeeterhawk, that’s who! Eat them skeeters, skeeterhawk!

-jsq

Don’t tell Terry! (Sweet potatoes are ready)

“Look at that!” We planted them back in March.

Here’s Part 1 of 3:


Sweet potato eruption! Part 1 of 3:
Digging Potatoes, Okra Paradise Farms (OPF),
Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 July 2011.
Videos by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms (OPF).

“Like an earthquake!” When they get ready, they crack the ground.

Here’s Part 2 of 3: Continue reading →

Blooming okra

We don’t call it Okra Paradise Farms for nothing:

Picking 10-20 pounds of okra a day:


Pictures of Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman
picking okra at Okra Paradise Farms
by John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 July 2011.

It’s taller than it was three weeks ago. Don’t need to stoop as much, but more times. Tasty!

-jsq

Snake of the night

The dogs found this, about one foot from the house:

Yep, it’s a timber rattler. You can’t see the rattles in this picture (although you can in these other ones by Gretchen), but it had three.

So I put it in a box. It didn’t like that: it really rattled. We drove it to a better spot in the woods, where it’s very happy now.

Good dogs, Yellow Dog and Brown Dog! They notified us but did not try to bite the snake.

Pictures by John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1 June 2011.

-jsq

Update 8:45 AM 3 July 2011: Fixed picture link and added link to flickr set with Gretchen’s additional pictures.