Rained a lot! Count the drops.
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Tag Archives: Rain
Six inches of rain in two days, swamp full 2021-07-05
A month of no rain ended mid-June, capped by 3.5 inches July 4th and another 3 inches July 5th, according to the bucket-and-yardstick rain gauge. Our cypress swamp, which had only puddles, is now full and overflowing.
![[3.5 + 6 inches of rain, cypress swamp]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2021-07-05--bucket-rain-gauge-swamp-caterpillar/many.jpg)
3.5 + 6 inches of rain, cypress swamp
That chair was above the cypress swamp high water mark for this year. Now it’s in the water.
I’m renaming the front driveway Twin Creeks. Most of its flow goes into the swamp. Continue reading
Planting Garden 2019-04-08
We planted a garden yesterday: peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, and okra.
Loosen roots, Planting
Continue readingToday! A good day for growing things and learning about them inside @ SOGALO17 2017-01-21
Come on down this morning to PineVale Elementary and learn about growing things in our south Georgia subtropical climate! It’s rainy this morning and afternoon, and breezy all day; a great day for growing, and South Georgia Growing Local will be inside a new venue with cooking facilities!
When:
9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017
Where: Pinevale Elementary School, 930 Lake Park Road, Valdosta GA.
Web: page with schedule.
If you’re still not convinced, watch Gretchen explain it on the radio with Continue reading
Tomorrow! and inside out of the rain @ SOGALO17 2017-01-21
It may rain Saturday (tomorrow!),
but
South Georgia Growing Local will be inside at
a new venue with cooking facilities!
Watch Gretchen explain it on the radio with Chris Beckham
and
Scott James.
When: 9AM-4:30 PM, Saturday, January 21st 2017
Where: Pinevale Elementary School, 930 Lake Park Road, Valdosta GA.
Web: page with schedule.
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Raining in the garden at Okra Paradise Farms, 11 June 2012
Pumpkins:
John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman with Brown Dog and Yellow Dog.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 June 2012.
Rain coming in:
Protracted extreme drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, 2012-05-08
Acording to U.S. Drought Monitor, drought throughout south Georgia and surrounding areas is either extreme or exceptional, and has been for months.
Here you can see detail for Georgia:
Continue readingGroundwater levels: red
In case anybody thinks the recent rains have done away with the drought in Georgia, take a look at this USGS map of groundwater levels today:
South Georgia, all red and orange. Here’s more detail.
It’s also worth remembering that while our Floridan Aquifer does recharge somewhat, that much of its water has been there since the last ice age. So if we keep mining water at a rapid rate, the aquifer will keep falling.
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Rain in light
We like rain:
And a video:
Rain at Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Picture and video by Gretchen Quarterman, 16 November 2011.
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Windowfall
You don’t see this every day:
Rain pouring through window, Nashville, Tennessee, 2 May 2010.
Meanwhile, upmoat: Continue reading