{"id":8715,"date":"2021-03-12T22:43:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T03:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=8715"},"modified":"2021-03-12T22:43:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T03:43:28","slug":"tales-from-the-fire-swamp-2021-03-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/tales-from-the-fire-swamp-2021-03-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Tales from the Fire Swamp 2021-03-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nThe frogs sang as the sparks flew upward.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Night, dusk, start\" name=\"M:Night-dusk-start\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/many.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[Night, dusk, start]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/#M:Night-dusk-start\">Night, dusk, start<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThis one could be my favorite:<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"End dusk fire\" name=\"As-dusk-falls:End-dusk-fire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_190129.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_190129.jpg\"  alt=\"[End dusk fire]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/#As-dusk-falls:End-dusk-fire\">End dusk fire<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIt all started with one match.\r\nNo petroleum products were used in the making of this fire.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"One match, no gasoline or diesel\" name=\"Starting:One-match-no-gasoline-or-diesel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_161356.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_161356.jpg\"  alt=\"[One match, no gasoline or diesel]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/#Starting:One-match-no-gasoline-or-diesel\">One match, no gasoline or diesel<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nI spread it with lit pine straw on a rake.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Movie: Spread by rake and pine straw near swamp (14M)\" name=\"Movies:Movie-Spread-by-rake-and-pine-straw-near-swamp-14M\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_175839.html\"><img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_175839.jpg\"  alt=\"[Movie: Spread by rake and pine straw near swamp (14M)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/#Movies:Movie-Spread-by-rake-and-pine-straw-near-swamp-14M\">Movie: Spread by rake and pine straw near swamp (14M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nFor those unfamiliar with prescribe burns or fire forests,\r\nif you want your southern pines not to be outcompeted by oaks,\r\nyou have to burn every few years.\r\nPines, especially longleaf pines, are fire tolerant.\r\nSmall oaks are not.\r\n<p>\r\nThis also cuts down on the underbrush, including Smilax and grape vines\r\nthat form ladder fuels that can carry fires into the tops of trees.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Movie: Ladder fuels are a big reason to burn (5.4M)\" name=\"Movies:Movie-Ladder-fuels-are-a-big-reason-to-burn-54M\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_181956.html\"><img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_181956.jpg\"  alt=\"[Movie: Ladder fuels are a big reason to burn (5.4M)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/#Movies:Movie-Ladder-fuels-are-a-big-reason-to-burn-54M\">Movie: Ladder fuels are a big reason to burn (5.4M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nWe like Smilax, just not that much of it.\r\nThe wildlife agrees, and there will be more animals as the forest floor\r\ngreens up again without being so thick in vines and blackberry brambles.\r\nEven the rabbits like it not as thick as it was.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Will be green again in weeks\" name=\"Good:Will-be-green-again-in-weeks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_173541.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_173541.jpg\"  alt=\"[Will be green again in weeks]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/#Good:Will-be-green-again-in-weeks\">Will be green again in weeks<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThese are mostly slash pines, with some longleaf we interspersed,\r\ndown next to the cypress swamp.\r\n<p>\r\nThe cypress swamp itself is mostly cypress (pond and bald) and blackgum,\r\nwith some loblolly pines.\r\n<p>\r\nAnd for one night it was a fire swamp.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Fire reflection\" name=\"Night:Fire-reflection\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_190812.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/20210311_190812.jpg\"  alt=\"[Fire reflection]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\/#Night:Fire-reflection\">Fire reflection<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nMany more pictures are <a href=\"\/pictures\/2021-03-11--fire-swamp\">\r\non the OPF website<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The frogs sang as the sparks flew upward. 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