Only one, but we grew it.
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Tag Archives: Gretchen Quarterman
Peggy catches bananas 2019-10-13
Johnsons with okra, corn, and pitcher plants 2019-06-24
Tom H. Johnson Jr. and Mary Caroline Pindar wanted to see the garden at Okra Paradise Farms.
Abelmoschus esculentus, okra, lady’s fingers, gumbo, ngombo, bhindi, vendakkai, and many other names. Possibly from West Africa, or Ethiopia, or South Asia. Requires full sun and hot temperatures with good soil. Continue reading
Snake chose poorly, say dogs 2019-05-18
Update 2019-05-20: A more likely identification.
Definitely not a rattlesnake. Whatever it is, it chose poorly by showing up right in front of the dogs’ doghouse.
Don’t know which dog dislikes them most, maybe Yellow Dog. Continue reading
Hanging Pitcher Plant 2019-05-08
It’s a Nepenthes.
Pretty sure it’s a Nepenthes mirabilis, which is common across southeast Asia. Yes, that makes it exotic here, but it’s very picky, so Continue reading
Longleaf small and large 2019-04-20
Sundew 2019-04-20
Found in the same spot as three years ago.
Presumably the common sundew, Drosera rotundifolia. Continue reading
Pitcher Plant 2019-04-20
First I’ve seen in the wild in these woods in more than forty years: a pitcher plant.
Presumably Sarracenia minor Walter. Continue reading
Planting Garden 2019-04-08
We planted a garden yesterday: peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, and okra.
Loosen roots, Planting
Continue readingB.W. Sinclair Dry Lake Road sawmill and Coffee Road 2019-02-10
“B W Sinclair also owned at one point some land along the Coffee Road,” says Wiregrass Region Digital History Project (WRDHP):
WRDHP photograph, apparently from Lowndes County records
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Magnetic variation 4° East Continue reading