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Wild Azalea, Cinnamon Fern, Tulip Trees 2026-04-02

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A stroll after breakfast into the Desolation of Helene.

[Wild Azaleas]
Wild Azaleas

I didn’t video many of the blown-down pines, oaks, maples, etc. Some of them I will saw later to re-open some of the paths. Hurricanes: I do not like them.

Meanwhile, there are native wild azaleas, sphagmum moss, crawfish, cinnamon fern, and a few still-standing tulip trees.

Plus muddy dogs, two of them visible; the other two showed up shortly. Continue reading →

Tis but a scratch 2025-11-26

Whilst mowing up some privet that had grown up since Hurricane Helene, the 18-inch Ego electric chainsaw fell under the tractor mower.

[In a bucket]
In a bucket

Turns out if you shatter a lithium battery, the pieces get very hot.

After I put out the several grass fires, in the bucket is what we collected.

I think the black knight said it best:

“Tis but a scratch.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmInkxbvlCs Continue reading →

Sunrise over Woodhenge, Fall Equinox 2025-09-22

Here’s the sun rising over Woodhenge on the Fall Equinox.

[Sunrise over Woodhenge, 2025-09-22 jsq for OPF]
Sunrise over Woodhenge, 2025-09-22 jsq for OPF

In Merrie Olde Englande they go to Stonehenge for this seasonal event. Here, we go to the arbor where we get the grapes for eating, jelly, wine, and vinegar. We call it Woodhenge, because it has wood posts. Continue reading →

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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