Two methods of picking potatoes 2023-05-15

Two methods of potato digging.

Two views of ‘tater digging 2023-05-15

On the left, tractor and blade. Upside: digs them right up. Downside: and buries them in the dug dirt, so you have to dig them up again. Continue reading →

Cultivating corn 2023-05-12

The cultivator worked surprisingly well.

Cultivating Corn

Should be obvious which is before and which is after.

And now it’s raining.

-jsq

Sugar cane weeding 2023-04-30

The recently planted cane was well-sprouted a week later.

From the winter bed

A somewhat closer view. Continue reading →

Planting sugar cane 2023-04-21

Was less work than expected.

Cane planting and planted 2023-04-21

Not burying it as deep this year, though. Only need four inches of dirt to keep it from freezing, not two feet to shovel off. Continue reading →

Deadfall, orange kayak, pond, Blondie 2023-04-11

If a tree falls in the forest, does it land on a boat?

Deadfall on boat 2023-04-11

But if it didn’t make a hole in the hull, I bet the boat will still float.

-jsq

Native wild honeysuckle 2023-03-30

Not a common sight anymore: native wild honeysuckle.

Lonicera sempervirens L., Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine

This Lonicera sempervirens L. is also known as Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, or Woodbine.

It is native to the U.S. Southeast, with some found farther north, possibly as garden escapees. Continue reading →

Canebrake rattlesnake relocated 2023-03-21

This canebrake rattlesnake was too close to the farm workshop at Okra Paradise Farms, so I used a hoe to put it in a cardboard box and took it far away.

Snake, hoe, box 2023-03-21