Zucca, okra, and sweet potatoes to Valdosta Farm Days this morning, 9AM to 1PM (and pumpkins and peppers), down at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse, Central Avenue between Patterson and Ashley.
Where did she get those zucca?
The dogs helped.
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman,
Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures and videos by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1 September 2012.
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Testing out the solar dehydrator with okra, tomatoes, peppers, and a thermometer:
Pictures of Gretchen Quarterman with the solar dehydrator
by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 August 2012.
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Washed and drying before chopping up for dehydrating:
Washed and drying before chopping up for dehydrating
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 July 2012.
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This is how we get new okra to eat:
This is how we get new okra to eat
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 19 July 2012.
I've seen on the okra blooms honeybees, bumblebees, and several kinds of wasps, all pollinating and making more okra.
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Okra and corn:
Okra and corn
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 July 2012.
Bloom and okra:
Continue readingTaller than she is:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 8 July 2012.
A lot of okra:
Terry Davis picking corn:
Terry Davis picking corn
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 July 2012.
Okra, potato, pepper, plus cornbread muffins and collard seeds:
Picked 60 pounds of okra and more is flowering. There's a bee on one of those flowers:
Picked 60 pounds of okra and more is flowering
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 July 2012.
Pumpkins keep getting bigger:
Continue readingLast week Gretchen and I had to search to find a few pounds of okra. This morning, Terry Davis and I picked 44 pounds of okra:
Terry Davis and the okra
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 June 2012.
Picking up:
Continue readingOkra is ready!
This big!
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 21 June 2012.
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