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Tag Archives: Terry Davis
Planting rye
Here’s
a video playlist:
Videos by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 20 November 2013.
Blue corn and Terry Davis
Terry Davis points out the bonnets (angled leaves on the corn ear) are a sign of Indian corn, with video:
This is blue corn because Gretchen spent a lot of time last year selecting the blue kernels.
Terry indicates which ears to save for seed corn (chest high, two ears per stalk, robust stalks, good condition), with video:
Fertilizer hopper built by Terry Davis
Sparks: Terry Davis grinding off rusted nuts to replace fertilizer hopper
Plowing potatoes
Cane grinding
Terry Davis cut the cane because of frost.
He ground the cane,
then Mr. Tucker lit the fire under the bowl;
Gretchen took pictures.
Here's
a video playlist:
Cane grinding with Terry Davis and Mr. Tucker in Berrien County, Georgia, 16 November 2012.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.
And here's
a slideshow of still pictures:
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Scorpion
Seen while picking corn,
about two inches long, and would not stay still:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 October 2012.
Did you know scorpions are not insects?
They're arachnids: eight legs, like spiders.
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Shelling corn
Gretchen Quarterman shelling corn.
Terry Davis is preparing by shelling one end so it starts in the device easier.
Video:
Red cobs and blowing chaff:
Corn in trailer with rising moon
Finished picking a trailer full of corn; now cover it.
Cloud colors, picker, trailer, and moon:
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 September 2012.
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