The maypop Gretchen staked three weeks ago has climbed up the stake.
![[Maypop, fruit, dogs 2023-05-29]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-29--maypop-fruit/many.jpg)
Maypop, fruit, dogs 2023-05-29
Gretchen tied it on some more. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Plants
Swamp Rosemallow 2023-05-27
These usually start blooming in June, so it’s a little ahead.
![[Halberdleaf rose-mallow]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-27--swamp-rosemallow/20230527_182558.jpg)
It appears to be a Hibiscus laevis, halberdleaf rose-mallow or scarlet rose mallow.
Here are flowers from nearby plants a year ago, and a year before that.
-jsq
Staking a maypop 2023-05-07
Update 2023-05-30: Maypop fruit 2023-05-29.
This maypop is growing in an area we burned in January, and it had nothing to climb up on.
![[Staking a maypop]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-07--staking-a-maypop/20230507_093744.jpg)
So Gretchen put in a stake for this Passiflora incarnata.
-jsq
Mushroom on log 2023-05-11
Two views of mushrooms on a log.
![[Mushrooms on a log]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-05-11--mushroom-log/many.jpg)
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
Two methods of picking potatoes 2023-05-15
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
Sugar cane weeding 2023-04-30
The recently planted cane was well-sprouted a week later.
![[From the winter bed]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-04-30--cane-weeding/20230430_101034.jpg)
A somewhat closer view. Continue reading
Planting sugar cane 2023-04-21
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
Native wild honeysuckle 2023-03-30
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
Wild azaleas and dogwoods 2023-03-09
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
Potatoes 2023-03-13
Weeding season is here.
![[Potatoes]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-03-13--potatoes/20230313_140911.jpg)
After the recent rains, more potatoes coming up and growing seems like and inch a day. Followed closely by nutgrass.
-jsq