The watering house indicates the rows with cane.
They also continue beyond the middle where the hoses start.
![[Watering hose just before the rains]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-05-09--planted-sugarcane/20250509_170917.jpg)
Watering hose just before the rains
This was just before the rains started.
Three inches so far, so no hose watering since then.
-jsq
Update 2025-05-06:
And the west road ditches 2025-05-04.
Day before yesterday
Lowndes County Public Works worked on
the drainage ditches on Quarterman Road,
after
they made a mud puddle after the big rain.
Yesterday they had finished all three ditches,
including the one near Hambrick Road.
Update 2025-05-02:
Drainage ditches finished, Quarterman Road 2025-05-01.
After
they made a mud puddle after the big rain, Lowndes County
Public Works came back three weeks later and worked on the drainage
ditches on Quarterman Road yesterday.
They were making a lot of progress at 6431 Quarterman Road.
Also at 6380.
They hadn’t yet started at the ditch near Hambrick Road,
although they said it needed it.
Update 2025-05-01:
Drainage ditches, Quarterman Road 2025-04-30.
Going to mow the niece’s driveway, I saw Glenda and Craig Palmer standing on the road.
Turns out they were actually Laurie and Denton Dye.
![[Drainage Ditch with shadows of jsq, Glenda, and Craig Palmer]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-04-08--drainage-ditch/20250408_174746.jpg)
Drainage Ditch with shadows of jsq, Glenda, and Craig Palmer
They were admiring Lowndes County Public Works’ attempt to open up the drainage ditch across the road.
Maybe try again not on the day after more than an inch of rain. Continue reading
It came down as sleet all night.
To a cold sunrise.
You could still see the particles in the morning. Continue reading
Update 2025-01-18:
Removed: pine deadfall in back driveway 2025-01-14.
Could this be a problem?
I’ll get to it either today or tomorrow,
so when something else falls on the front driveway we’ll have a way out the back. Continue reading
A few scenes from during and after Hurricane Idalia.
We had many deadfalls, but no property or personal damage.
So we were much luckier than many others.
![[Deadfalls, power lines, cooking, rainfall]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-09-02--mdr-quarterman-road/many.jpg)
Deadfalls, power lines, cooking, rainfall
This still just looks like heavy rain, but the video shows the wind was blowing.
Idalia’s eye went a few miles east of us, but those were probably still 60 mph winds from the north. Continue reading
Now that it’s raining, there are many native, tasty, showy maypops.
Also known as passion flower, Passiflora incarnata.
Unfortunately, there is also nasty invasive exotic
Japanese climbing fern, Lygodium japonicum. Continue reading
Update 2022-01-12:
Starlink Router inside 2022-01-10.
Turns out Starlink doesn’t work too well during thunderstorms.
Other than that, so far so good.
![[Longleaf, solar panels, roof mount]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2021-12-27--starlink/many.jpg)
Longleaf, solar panels, roof mount
Also looks good against longleaf pine. Continue reading
![[Near Hambrick Road, 2025:05:01 11:56:53]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-05-01--drainage-ditches/20250501_115652.jpg)
![[Men Working, 6431 Quarterman Road]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road/20250430_125617.jpg)
![[Sleet in the dark]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow/20250122_021307.jpg)
![[Cold sunrise]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow/20250122_080242.jpg)
![[Honeybun and deadfall]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-13--pine-deadfall-back-driveway/20250113_150419.jpg)
![[Sun through cypress trees]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-08-10--cypress-swamp-morning/big/20230810_074351.jpg)
![[Maypops, rain gauges]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2022-08-27--rain-gauges-maypops-rosemallow/many.jpg)