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<\/a>\r\nGretchen spreading fire with a rake<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nFor why we burn, see\r\n\r\n previous post<\/a>.\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nWe do not now, nor have we ever, lived in Valdosta.\r\n \r\n \r\nBut we did get that rainbarrel from Valdosta Stormwater.\r\n \r\n \r\nWe didn’t intend to burn all the way to the swamp, but the fire did.\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nWe already burned around the house, so there was little danger there,\r\nbecause not much for a new fire to burn.\r\n \r\n \r\nBut better safe than sorry, so I moved these vehicles.\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nThe dogs declined to help.\r\n \r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you live in a fire forest, you must burn every few years. We caught up on about 23 acres of burning of piney woods, seepage slope, and swamp. All this was inside concentric rings of firebreaks, with no danger of it escaping off our property. Don’t worry, for the wildlife there are plenty of […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,358,70,6,36],"tags":[2761,1202,24,3165,2820,522,1384,3167,3,23,5,2787,2,427,2760,603,3128,2772,3166,1203,25],"class_list":["post-8290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-cypress","category-longleaf","category-okra-paradise-farms","category-silviculture","tag-agriculture","tag-blackgum","tag-brown-dog","tag-candle","tag-cypress","tag-cypress-swamp","tag-fire-forest","tag-firebreaks","tag-georgia","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-john-s-quarterman","tag-longleaf","tag-lowndes-county","tag-oak","tag-okra-paradise-farms","tag-piney-woods","tag-seepage-slope","tag-silviculture","tag-sparks","tag-swamp","tag-yellow-dog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Gj0O-29I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8290"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8293,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8290\/revisions\/8293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"[Want](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_122740.jpg\")
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Want burn around the corn crib, not on it<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_122749.jpg\")
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Movie: Thicket burning nicely (51M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_123020.jpg\")
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Movie: Like we wanted it to (58M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_123510.jpg\")
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Movie: Backfired away from tractor shed (30M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Where](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_123530.jpg\")
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Where there’s smoke<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[There's](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_123531.jpg\")
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There’s fire<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Why](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_123959.jpg\")
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Why we need to burn more frequently<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nRainwater for fire control<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Refilling](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/20200301_114558.jpg\")
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Refilling sprayer from rainbarrel<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Harrow](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_114601.jpg\")
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Harrow for firebreaks in background<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nSwamp firebreak<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/20200301_124003.jpg\")
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Movie: Brambles burning (15M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_124030.jpg\")
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Movie: Sparks jumping firebreak (104M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_130442.jpg\")
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Movie: Some sparks got across (12M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Need](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_130454.jpg\")
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Need another firebreak since it jumped that one<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nCypress swamp<\/a><\/H4>\r\n\r\n
![\"[Did](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/20200301_134044.jpg\")
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Did not plan to burn in here<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n![\"[But](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_134045.jpg\")
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But it’s a-comin’ in<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_134048.jpg\")
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Movie: Smoke in the swamp (12M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Oak](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_134433.jpg\")
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Oak and blackgum leaves don’t usually burn<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[But](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_134455.jpg\")
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But they are today<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nNew firebreak<\/a><\/H4>\r\n\r\n
![\"[Fire](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/20200301_135345.jpg\")
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Fire approaching new firebreak<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\nSwamp and fire<\/a><\/H4>\r\n\r\n
![\"[The](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/20200301_140740.jpg\")
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The deep swamp has water, so will not burn<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n![\"[Cypress](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_140742.jpg\")
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Cypress knees and fire<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Smoky]\"](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_140743.jpg\")
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Smoky<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_140752.jpg\")
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Movie: Lots of water with fire approaching (27M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Fire](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_140808.jpg\")
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Fire in the swamp<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nSwamp kettle<\/a><\/H4>\r\n\r\n
![\"[Water](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/20200301_140847.jpg\")
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Water in tree<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n![\"[Fire](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_140854.jpg\")
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Fire approaching water in tree<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nSwamp fire line<\/a><\/H4>\r\n\r\n
![\"[Here](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/20200301_141219.jpg\")
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Here it comes<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_141223.jpg\")
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Movie: Fire in swamp (24M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Low](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_141240.jpg\")
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Low and slow<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Pretty](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_141243.jpg\")
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Pretty thorough fire<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Water](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_141851.jpg\")
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Water will stop it<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Raked](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_141857.jpg\")
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Raked down to wet will stop it<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_141901.jpg\")
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Movie: Raked break and water (14M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, back at the house<\/a><\/H4>\r\n
![\"[Coming](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/20200301_144749.jpg\")
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Coming this way<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n![\"[Going](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_145041.jpg\")
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Going to move the car and truck<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Moving](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_145239.jpg\")
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Moving fast with the wind<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[There](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_152650.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
There it is<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[We](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_152652.jpg\")
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We already burned around the house<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nNight<\/a><\/H4>\r\n\r\n
![\"[Candle]\"](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/20200301_193711.jpg\")
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Candle<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_193717.jpg\")
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Movie: Beetles got that tree (12M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Shedding](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_193729.jpg\")
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Shedding flames<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[As](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_193745.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
As the sparks fly upwards<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[And](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_194226.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
And some more flames<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Movie:](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_194232.jpg\")
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Movie: All contained (3.6M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[Will](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_194246.jpg\")
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Will burn itself out<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"[In](\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2020-03-01--burn\/small\/20200301_194249.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n
In the night<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n