The firebird appears to be a Carolina wren.
This Thryothorus ludovicianus didn’t seem to mind that I was three feet from it. Continue readingCategory Archives: Plants
![[Carolina wren]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-04-21--phoenix-bird/20200510_102404.jpg)
Smilax root 2020-04-25
These potatoes are stuck together.
![[I don't think she likes it]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-04-25--smilax-root/20200425_185412.jpg)
Really, I washed it.
![[After cleaning]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-04-25--smilax-root/20200425_185333.jpg)
Yes, you can eat these roots. They just take Continue reading
Video: what is this floating bottom plant? 2020-04-12
Gretchen wants to know what is this plant that she found on the floating bottom?
She plucked it from here. Continue reading
Azaleas, Pond, Dogs, Herons, Red-Bellied Woodpecker 2020-04-12
The dogs like this.
![[Dogs in boats]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-04-12--azaleas-pond-dogs-herons-woodpecker/20200412_111237.jpg)
Some pretty things bloomed on the way to the pond. Continue reading
Pomegranate 2019-10-07
Only one, but we grew it.
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The Shirt Formerly Known as White 2019-08-04
After a few hours of hacking and tractor-mowing Japanese Climbing Fern and Chinese Privet, this is what my shirt looked like:
Everybody wears a white shirt to work in the woods, right?
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Pitcher plants and sundew 2019-05-18
In the same place as a month ago, but now grown to a clump:
Probably Sarracenia minor, the Continue reading
Sundew 2019-04-20
Found in the same spot as three years ago.
Presumably the common sundew, Drosera rotundifolia. Continue reading
Halberdleaf Rosemallow 2018-07-16
Each bloom last only one day, but you can see another coming along.
Hibiscus laevis All. Halberdleaf Rosemallow, Rosemallow, Halberdleaf hibiscus, Scarlet rose mallow, Swamp mallow, Swamp rosemallow.
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The bog garden and the Brown Dog, August 2017
Start with floating bottom in a pond…
Gretchen picking some bog from the floating bottom
