Tired of having boats taking up space under the tractor shed, I built a bigger boat rack.
As you can see, some patches were required. The steel roofing came from niece Peggy’s neighboring house, where she had some roof replaced after Hurricane Helene. The roofers were going to throw away the old roof. Nope, now some of it is boat rack roof, basically fancy sunshade.
The three canoes belong to WWALS, as does the jon boat and outboard.
The other boats are ours. Continue reading
When you don’t bring a measuring device, measure in cubits!
Gretchen had recently lopped off the freeze-killed tops of these banana plants, and she was observing how much they had grown out since. Continue reading
Yesterday, Bob Gronko sent a picture of the bowl he made from a cherry log.
![[Cherry bowl Bob Gronko made from one of these cherry logs]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-03-27--cherry-bowl-bob-gronko/fbmany.jpg)
Cherry bowl Bob Gronko made from one of these cherry logs
He took a couple of the logs you see in this picture.
They came from the cherry tree I had to cut off the top of the corn crib after Hurricane Helene blew it onto there. Continue reading
In case anybody has forgotten Hurricane Helene:
This is directly in front of our house. Continue reading
The cypress swamp is full of water and pollen.
That slash pine on the left is an example of a tree blown down by Hurricane Helene that still has a rootball and green needles.
Maybe some day soon the pine salvage operation will get here for such trees. They can’t survive like that, and they have some value as saw-timber of pulpwood.
-jsq
Hurricane Helene, or maybe the ice storm after, broke off a woods spigot.
It was a little more complicated to fix than expected.
![[Pipe pieces and fixed plumbing]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-28--plumbing-blondie/many.jpg)
Pipe pieces and fixed plumbing
I got a replacement part and cut below the break. Continue reading
It came down as sleet all night.
To a cold sunrise.
You could still see the particles in the morning. Continue reading
That pine deadfall in the back driveway was in the way, so I removed it the next day.
These other logs also I recently dragged out of there with tractor and logging chain. Continue reading
Every path through my woods looks like this. Hurricane Helene was ten times worse than Idalia for south Georgia and north Florida. Forestry is Georgia’s top industry, and it is hurting bad, along with pecan trees and other agriculture.
![[Fallen oak and pine trees after Hurricane Helene]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-12-07--fields-firebreak/20241207_171626.jpg)
Fallen oak and pine trees after Hurricane Helene
-jsq
Gretchen and her granddaughter Elleanor tried rolling an oak limb out of the way.
Suddenly, as by magic, it’s done! Continue reading
![[Rack full]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-03-31--boat-rack/20250331_110115.jpg)
![[Banana cubit 2025-03-23]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-03-24--another-banana-cubit/20250323_174531.jpg)
![[Hurricane Debris Daybreak]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-03-11--hurricane-debris-daybreak/20250311_082525.jpg)
![[Cypress swamp pollen]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-02-27--swamp-pollen/20250227_161613.jpg)
![[Sleet in the dark]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow/20250122_021307.jpg)
![[Cold sunrise]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow/20250122_080242.jpg)
![[Removed]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-14--pine-deadfall-back-driveway-removed/20250114_133242.jpg)
![[Rolling the oak log]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-11-26--rolling-oak-limb/20241126_082742-0.jpg)