Gretchen planted these bananas in June 2017. First harvest this morning.
Tag Archives: Yellow Dog
Johnsons with okra, corn, and pitcher plants 2019-06-24
Tom H. Johnson Jr. and Mary Caroline Pindar wanted to see the garden at Okra Paradise Farms.
Abelmoschus esculentus, okra, lady’s fingers, gumbo, ngombo, bhindi, vendakkai, and many other names. Possibly from West Africa, or Ethiopia, or South Asia. Requires full sun and hot temperatures with good soil. Continue reading
Snake chose poorly, say dogs 2019-05-18
Update 2019-05-20: A more likely identification.
Definitely not a rattlesnake. Whatever it is, it chose poorly by showing up right in front of the dogs’ doghouse.
Don’t know which dog dislikes them most, maybe Yellow Dog. Continue reading
Hanging Pitcher Plant 2019-05-08
It’s a Nepenthes.
Pretty sure it’s a Nepenthes mirabilis, which is common across southeast Asia. Yes, that makes it exotic here, but it’s very picky, so Continue reading
Longleaf small and large 2019-04-20
Sundew 2019-04-20
Found in the same spot as three years ago.
Presumably the common sundew, Drosera rotundifolia. Continue reading
Planting Garden 2019-04-08
We planted a garden yesterday: peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, and okra.
Loosen roots, Planting
Continue readingB.W. Sinclair Dry Lake Road sawmill and Coffee Road 2019-02-10
“B W Sinclair also owned at one point some land along the Coffee Road,” says Wiregrass Region Digital History Project (WRDHP):
WRDHP photograph, apparently from Lowndes County records
43
Magnetic variation 4° East Continue reading
Gopher tortoise burrow in burned longleaf, with dogs 2019-01-27
After the prescribed burn, it’s a lot easier to see, and there are more gopher tortoise burrows than we thought.
Here’s another Gopherus polyphemus near the road. It’s good there are so many. Gophers are a keystone species, hosting Continue reading
Gretchen in her Banana Trees 2018-11-05
Gretchen with her banana trees.
-jsq