{"id":9697,"date":"2025-05-01T11:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9697"},"modified":"2025-05-02T08:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:05:12","slug":"drainage-ditches-quarterman-road-2025-04-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/drainage-ditches-quarterman-road-2025-04-30.html","title":{"rendered":"Drainage ditches, Quarterman Road 2025-04-30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 2025-05-02<\/strong>:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/drainage-ditches-finished-quarterman-road-2025-05-01.html\">Drainage ditches finished, Quarterman Road 2025-05-01<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nAfter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/drainage-ditch-on-quarterman-road-2025-04-08.html\">\r\nthey made a mud puddle after the big rain<\/a>, Lowndes County\r\nPublic Works came back three weeks later and worked on the drainage\r\nditches on Quarterman Road yesterday.\r\n<p>\r\nThey were making a lot of progress at 6431 Quarterman Road.\r\nAlso at 6380.\r\nThey hadn&#8217;t yet started at the ditch near Hambrick Road,\r\nalthough they said it needed it.\r\n<h4><a name=\"D6431\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/#D6431\"\r\nid=\"D6431\">D6431<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Men Working, 6431 Quarterman Road\" name=\r\n\"D6431:Men-Working-6431-Quarterman-Road\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125617.html\"\r\nid=\"D6431:Men-Working-6431-Quarterman-Road\"><img border=\"0\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125617.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Men Working, 6431 Quarterman Road]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125617.html\">\r\nMen Working, 6431 Quarterman Road<\/a><\/p><!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Roads Maintenance\" name=\"D6431:Roads-Maintenance\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125653.html\"\r\nid=\"D6431:Roads-Maintenance\"><img width=\"600\" border=\"0\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125653.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Roads Maintenance]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125653.html\">\r\nRoads Maintenance<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Backhoe digging\" name=\"D6431:Backhoe-digging\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125741.html\"\r\nid=\"D6431:Backhoe-digging\"><img width=\"600\" border=\"0\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125741.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Backhoe digging]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125741.html\">\r\nBackhoe digging<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Digging backhoe\" name=\"D6431:Digging-backhoe\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125744.html\"\r\nid=\"D6431:Digging-backhoe\"><img width=\"600\" border=\"0\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125744.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Digging backhoe]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125744.html\">\r\nDigging backhoe<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Movie: Digging backhoe\" name=\r\n\"D6431:Movie-Digging-backhoe\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125750.html\"\r\nid=\"D6431:Movie-Digging-backhoe\"><img width=\"600\" border=\"0\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125750.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Movie: Digging backhoe]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_125750.html\">\r\nMovie: Digging backhoe<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Still farther back\" name=\"D6431:Still-farther-back\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_131003.html\"\r\nid=\"D6431:Still-farther-back\"><img width=\"600\" border=\"0\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_131003.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Still farther back]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_131003.html\">\r\nStill farther back<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4><a name=\"D6380\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/#D6380\"\r\nid=\"D6380\">D6380<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"6380 Quarterman Road\" name=\"D6380:X6380-Quarterman-Road\"\r\nhref=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_130815.html\"\r\nid=\"D6380:X6380-Quarterman-Road\"><img border=\"0\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_130815.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[6380 Quarterman Road]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_130815.html\">\r\n6380 Quarterman Road<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Context: 6380 Quarterman Road\" name=\r\n\"D6380:Context-6380-Quarterman-Road\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_130811.html\"\r\nid=\"D6380:Context-6380-Quarterman-Road\"><img width=\"600\" border=\"0\"\r\nsrc=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_130811.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Context: 6380 Quarterman Road]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_130811.html\">\r\nContext: 6380 Quarterman Road<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Movie: 6380 Quarterman Road (34M)\" name=\r\n\"D6380:Movie-6380-Quarterman-Road-34M\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_130822.html\"\r\nid=\"D6380:Movie-6380-Quarterman-Road-34M\"><img width=\"600\" border=\r\n\"0\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_130822.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Movie: 6380 Quarterman Road (34M)]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_130822.html\">\r\nMovie: 6380 Quarterman Road (34M)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4><a name=\"NHR\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/#NHR\"\r\nid=\"NHR\">NHR<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Near Hambrick Road\" name=\"NHR:Near-Hambrick-Road\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_131227.html\"\r\nid=\"NHR:Near-Hambrick-Road\"><img border=\"0\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_131227.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Near Hambrick Road]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_131227.html\">\r\nNear Hambrick Road<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Closeup: Near Hambrick Road\" name=\r\n\"NHR:Closeup-Near-Hambrick-Road\" href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_131230.html\"\r\nid=\"NHR:Closeup-Near-Hambrick-Road\"><img width=\"600\" border=\"0\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_131230.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"[Closeup: Near Hambrick Road]\"><\/a><br>\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-04-30--drainage-ditches-quarterman-road\/20250430_131230.html\">\r\nCloseup: Near Hambrick Road<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>-jsq<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2025-05-02: Drainage ditches finished, Quarterman Road 2025-05-01. After they made a mud puddle after the big rain, Lowndes County Public Works came back three weeks later and worked on the drainage ditches on Quarterman Road yesterday. They were making a lot of progress at 6431 Quarterman Road. Also at 6380. 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