This morning at
Valdosta Farm Days,
red grits, blue grits, and popcorn of many colors:
blue popcorn:
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Squirrels in Prius
At the Toyota dealer today:
Service Rep 1: Excuse me, ma’am, can you follow me please?
Me: Ok. (walk walk walk… to the garage part of dealer) You want me in the garage?
Service Rep 1: Yes, your car is over there. (pointing)
Me: Ok. (Hood is open to what you see in photo.)
Me: Ha. Squirrels.
Service Reps (there was a crowd of them standing about): bemused looks on faces…
Continue readingBlue corn and Terry Davis
Terry Davis points out the bonnets (angled leaves on the corn ear) are a sign of Indian corn, with video:
This is blue corn because Gretchen spent a lot of time last year selecting the blue kernels. Terry indicates which ears to save for seed corn (chest high, two ears per stalk, robust stalks, good condition), with video:
Continue readingCorn tassles and ear
Corn is coming in:
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 29 June 2013.
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USDA approves Non-GMO meat label
Now easier to vote at the checkout counter (or the farmers market), at least for non-GMO meat.
Stephanie Strom wrote for NYTimes 20 June 2013, U.S. Approves a Label for Meat From Animals Fed a Diet Free of Gene-Modified Products,
The Agriculture Department has approved a label for meat and liquid egg products that includes a claim about the absence of genetically engineered products.
It is the first time that the department, which regulates meat and poultry processing, has approved a non-G.M.O. label claim, which attests that meat certified by the Non-GMO Project came from animals that never ate feed containing genetically engineered ingredients like corn, soy and alfalfa.
Seen here.
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Corn snake in the hand
Snake in the grass and in the hand:
Yellow Dog caught this snake by the swamp. She set it down when I told her too (I was surprised). When she and Brown Dog went off in the brush, I picked it up to transport it where they wouldn’t get it again. Snake on the skin: Continue reading
Preparing for Valdosta Farm Days
Small potatoes to be sorted
and taters and grits in the car
for Valdosta Farm Days at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse, Valdosta, Georgia, 9AM to 1PM.
Grits: Continue reading
Corn squirrels
Three squirrels on the corn trailer! One jumped onto a tree, then Mama Squirrel walked down the dog ramp and shook her tail at me, while a fourth squirrel appeared:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 May 2013.
While the dogs nap, a whole family of squirrels feasts on the corn.
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Ready for Valdosta Farm Days
Brown Dog prepares corn while Yellow Dog says it’s time for Valdosta Farm Days!
You can find Gretchen with rosemary and grits and corn meal from Okra Paradise Farms at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse today from 9 AM to 1PM.
Not quite ready today, but next time: potatoes.
Continue readingOkravore supper
Pork chop, squash, brocolli, all from within 100 miles, and corn and sweet potatoes from our field:
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 2012-11-15.
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