{"id":10147,"date":"2026-07-09T10:20:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=10147"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:20:50","slug":"dry-cypress-swamp-2026-07-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/dry-cypress-swamp-2026-07-09.html","title":{"rendered":"Dry cypress swamp 2026-07-09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nLooking up in the middle of the cypress swamp,\r\nyou might think there was no damage from Hurricane Helene.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Looking up\" name=\"CS:Looking-up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070714.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070714.jpg\"  alt=\"[Looking up]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070714.html\">Looking up<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nBut there was.\r\n<p>\r\nAlso, the drought continues to make this cypress swamp crunchy dry all the way across.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Looking west\" name=\"CS:Looking-west\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070652.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070652.jpg\"  alt=\"[Looking west]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070652.html\">Looking west<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Looking north with deadfall\" name=\"CS:Looking-north-with-deadfall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070701.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070701.jpg\"  alt=\"[Looking north with deadfall]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070701.html\">Looking north with deadfall<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Looking east\" name=\"CS:Looking-east\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070705.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070705.jpg\"  alt=\"[Looking east]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070705.html\">Looking east<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Turtle shell\" name=\"CS:Turtle-shell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070938.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070938.jpg\"  alt=\"[Turtle shell]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-09--cypress-swamp\/20260709_070938.html\">Turtle shell<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking up in the middle of the cypress swamp, you might think there was no damage from Hurricane Helene. 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