If a tree falls in the forest, does it land on a boat?
![[Deadfall on boat 2023-04-11]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2023-04-11--pond-deadfall-orange-boat-blondie/many.jpg)
But if it didn’t make a hole in the hull, I bet the boat will still float.
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Tag Archives: Tree
Planting fruit trees 2021-03-30
Citrus: lemon, satsuma, blood orange, and grapefruit, two of each.
![[Gretchen planting fruit trees]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2021-03-30--planting-fruit-trees/20210330_142618.jpg)
Better than the invasive chinaberry trees that used to be there. Getting rid of those took a bulldozer and years of mowing and harrowing. Continue reading
Longleaf small and large 2019-04-20
Candling
Early December is not when pine trees are supposed to candle.
But this loblolly is just one of many that are producing new growth because it’s so warm.
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Using Solar –John S. Quarterman
From solar electric fences to selling solar power for profit,
John S. Quarterman will talk about
solar opportunities for farmers and some legal hurdles,
at
South Georgia Growing Local 2014:
Why solar power is the fastest growing industry in the world and how to apply it to agriculture. Financing is the main obstacle. Some ways to get financing, and at least one law that could be changed to help with that.
His conference bio: Continue reading
Longleaf
Fruit trees
Fruit bushes and trees: blueberry, crabapple, fig, pomegranite, and olive.
Sixteen blueberries: Continue reading
Raccoon growling at the dogs that treed it.
About 80 feet up, with the dogs trying to climb up to get it; you can’t really hear it growling in the video, but you can see its tail thrashing.
If Brown Dog and Yellow Dog could climb…
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 15 October 2012.
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Lightning striking a tree @ Okra Paradise Farms 3 August 2010
Gretchen went back inside after lightning struck a tree less than 100 feet from where she was taking this video two years ago. This is the tree we had to take down last week. Strike:
Strike
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 August 2010.
Streak:
Planted Longleaf, Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 April 2012
These are the same longleaf planted in 2008, blogged 10 October 2010, burned a second time 
16 December 2011, and greening and candling again February 2012.
Pictures of Gretchen Quarterman with the planted longleaf (Pinus palustris)
by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 April 2012.
Almost all of them survived the prescribed burn, and many of them are quite tall. The planted little bluestem and big bluestem are also thriving, along with native verbena, and some less savory invasive exotics, including trash along the road. Plus Gretchen’s favorite: dog fennel! And along the fence row cedars, pecans, plums, grapes, wild cherry, and a gopher tortoise. Here’s a flickr slideshow: