{"id":1070,"date":"2013-07-07T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2013-07-07T09:13:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T13:13:05","slug":"fourth-of-july-beaver-dam-expeditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/fourth-of-july-beaver-dam-expeditions.html","title":{"rendered":"Fourth of July Beaver Dam Expeditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224968579\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3760\/9224968579_1a40df99ea_t.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nThe pond was too dam high,\r\nand the beavers were girdling trees far out from the usual shore,\r\nso we set sail to pipe the beaver dam.\r\nDogs waiting for us to get the boat to the deep water:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224967713\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Dogs waiting for us to get the boat to the deep water\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5491\/9224967713_1fa0cb0b87_z.jpg\" alt=\"Dogs waiting for us to get the boat to the deep water\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nLily:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224968047\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Lily\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5536\/9224968047_b6391950e7_z.jpg\" alt=\"Lily\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nGretchen and the lilies:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224968295\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Gretchen and the lilies\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2890\/9224968295_ffd7d13228_z.jpg\" alt=\"Gretchen and the lilies\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nDogs and pipe with Gretchen in the boat:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224968579\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Dogs and pipe with Gretchen in the boat\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3760\/9224968579_1a40df99ea_z.jpg\" alt=\"Dogs and pipe with Gretchen in the boat\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/hawk-at-the-pond.html\">\r\nA hawk.<\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nBeaver dam ho!\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9227749578\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Beaver dam ho!\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5443\/9227749578_d1f02ec4dd_z.jpg\" alt=\"Beaver dam ho!\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nSmall cypress:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224969101\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Small cypress\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7371\/9224969101_a3948cb299_z.jpg\" alt=\"Small cypress\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nLilies at the edge of the pond:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9227750080\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Lilies at the edge of the pond\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2815\/9227750080_42c2b2de55_z.jpg\" alt=\"Lilies at the edge of the pond\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nFloating bottom, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P5smmie_Dpo&#038;feature=youtu.be\">movie<\/a>:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9227750342\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Floating bottom\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5495\/9227750342_e70c2c1102_z.jpg\" alt=\"Floating bottom\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P5smmie_Dpo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cOdq8CII0Xc&#038;feature=youtu.be\">\r\nMovie<\/a>: Ready to pipe beaver dam (8.4M):\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9227750614\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Movie: Ready to pipe beaver dam (8.4M)\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7417\/9227750614_7c54fb91af_z.jpg\" alt=\"Movie: Ready to pipe beaver dam (8.4M)\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cOdq8CII0Xc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIt actually took much less time and effort to bust a gap in the beaver dam than we expected,\r\nso we went home to have lunch.\r\n<p>\r\nWe decided to walk back that afternoon (don&#8217;t ask).\r\nFoam downstream:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224970167\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Foam downstream\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5461\/9224970167_dd8aed1794_z.jpg\" alt=\"Foam downstream\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FtQWwTfYU2A&#038;feature=youtu.be\">\r\nMovie<\/a>: Overflow from below (8.1M):\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224970417\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Movie: Overflow from below (8.1M)\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7424\/9224970417_3a5eec77fe_z.jpg\" alt=\"Movie: Overflow from below (8.1M)\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FtQWwTfYU2A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nLittle Red Riding Hood sneaking up on a moccasin:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9227751294\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Little Red Riding Hood sneaking up on a moccasin\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2892\/9227751294_d4edabfa09_z.jpg\" alt=\"Little Red Riding Hood sneaking up on a moccasin\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nLook at that nice tannin-colored water. Wait, she&#8217;s got clippers!\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9227751554\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"She s got clippers!\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2860\/9227751554_8f7a39409d_z.jpg\" alt=\"She s got clippers!\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIf the beavers bury the big pipe, the little pipe will still let water in:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9227751806\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"If the beavers bury the big pipe, the little pipe will still let water in\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7391\/9227751806_2dd5c6a5d3_z.jpg\" alt=\"If the beavers bury the big pipe, the little pipe will still let water in\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nSurfing in the beaver pond:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224971421\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Surfing in the beaver pond\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2872\/9224971421_4db3f37e68_z.jpg\" alt=\"Surfing in the beaver pond\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nYellow Dog wants to know what Gretchen is doing:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9224971725\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Yellow Dog wants to know what Gretchen is doing\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5323\/9224971725_92c40bc257_z.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Dog wants to know what Gretchen is doing\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nPipe floats:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9227752590\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Pipe floats\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5480\/9227752590_8b745ac3e0_z.jpg\" alt=\"Pipe floats\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\nPictures and videos by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 July 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nTo be continued&#8230;.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pond was too dam high, and the beavers were girdling trees far out from the usual shore, so we set sail to pipe the beaver dam. 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