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Seepage slope and bog plants 2025-06-15

Twenty one species in a thousand feet down the Not-a-Driveway from piney woods through seepage slope to beaver pond.

Plus Canis familiaris and garden variety human. While we did not see any beaver, Castor canadensis, there was quite a bit of evidence of them.

Species identifications are by Seek by iNaturalist, which is usually pretty reliable. I do doubt a few of them.

For example, what seek identifies as Pineland hibiscus, Hibiscus aculeatus, sure looks to me like halberd-leaf rosemallow, Hibiscus laevis.

Far more species than these live in our subtropical paradise. These are just the plants (and fungi) I happened to focus on today.

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[Ten-angled pipewort or bog button, Eriocaulon decangulare, 2025:06:15 09:52:26]
Ten-angled pipewort or bog button, Eriocaulon decangulare, 2025:06:15 09:52:26

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Electric trucks on Hambrick Road 2025-06-09

The power came back on about 20 minutes later.

[Trucks for Colquitt EMC on Hambrick Road during a power outage, 2025:06:09 15:35:12, 31.0148245, -83.2695067]
Trucks for Colquitt EMC on Hambrick Road during a power outage, 2025:06:09 15:35:12, https://www.google.com/maps/@31.0148245,-83.2695067,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

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Planted Sugarcane 2025-05-09

The watering house indicates the rows with cane. They also continue beyond the middle where the hoses start.

[Watering hose just before the rains]
Watering hose just before the rains

This was just before the rains started. Three inches so far, so no hose watering since then.

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Drainage ditches finished, Quarterman Road 2025-05-01

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.

[Near Hambrick Road, 2025:05:01 11:56:53]
Near Hambrick Road, 2025:05:01 11:56:53

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Drainage ditches, Quarterman Road 2025-04-30

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.

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[Men Working, 6431 Quarterman Road]
Men Working, 6431 Quarterman Road

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Drainage ditch on Quarterman Road 2025-04-08

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]
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 →

Steel Roof Boat Rack 2025-03-31

Tired of having boats taking up space under the tractor shed, I built a bigger boat rack.

[Rack full]
Rack full

As you can see, some patches were required. The steel roofing came from niece Peggy’s neighboring house, where she had some roof replaced after Hurricane Helene. The roofers were going to throw away the old roof. Nope, now some of it is boat rack roof, basically fancy sunshade.

The three canoes belong to WWALS, as does the jon boat and outboard.

The other boats are ours. Continue reading →

Banana cubits 2025-03-24

When you don’t bring a measuring device, measure in cubits!

[Banana cubit 2025-03-23]
Banana cubit 2025-03-23

Gretchen had recently lopped off the freeze-killed tops of these banana plants, and she was observing how much they had grown out since. Continue reading →