Tractor Canopy 2022-06-16

Could this be a problem?

Tractor-canopy

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Maypop, ground cherry, blueberry, fig, beautyberry 2022-05-29

Spring is in bloom or fruit.

Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)

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Bread 2022-05-27

This bread was so beauteous that Gretchen wouldn’t let anybody eat it for several days.

Loaf of Bread

Then it was very tasty.

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Gopher tortoise 2022-05-15

This gopher tortoise ran out of the back driveway into this thicket.

Gopher tortoise in the briar patch

This Gopherus polyphemus is hard to see in there. Continue reading →

Rat snake unstuck 2022-05-26

This rat snake was stuck on the sticky traps.

Thanks for the olive oil

Fortunately, vegetable oil softens the glue and the snake writhed free.

Didn’t seem in any hurry to go anywhere. Continue reading →

Split-tailed kites 2022-05-15

A flock of split-tailed kites wheeling above where I just cultivated the okra.

Split-tailed kites

Here’s a movie of these Elanoides forficatus, also known as swallow-tail kites: Continue reading →

Spring cleaning: wash pine pollen off solar panels 2022-05-10

It’s that time of year.

Middle and last panels

In the spring, pine pollen settles on the solar panels like yellow mud. A strong water spray loosens it up, and scrubbing removes it. Continue reading →

Okra, peppers, tomato, corn 2022-04-16

Crops have come up.

Corn, okra, pepper, tomato

These are some examples. Continue reading →

Pitcher plants blooming 2022-04-08

Never saw them bloom before.

Sarracenia minor

“It takes at least 4 years to go from a just-pollinated flower to a mature, blooming plant.” Growing Sarracenia from Seed, International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS).

Side view

These pitcher plants grew naturally in our woods.

We do have bumblebees, so maybe they will pollinate. Then maybe seeds in August or September.

Sugar Cane planting 2022-04-03

Dug out of its winter cocoon, with tractor blade and hoe. Then planted by hand in rows made by the planter, later covered with dirt by tractor cultivator. Later this year: more cane syrup.

Dug up and planted