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44 pounds of okra @ Okra Paradise Farms

Last week Gretchen and I had to search to find a few pounds of okra. This morning, Terry Davis and I picked 44 pounds of okra:

Terry Davis and the okra
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 June 2012.

Picking up:

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Raining in the garden at Okra Paradise Farms, 11 June 2012

Pumpkins:

John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman with Brown Dog and Yellow Dog.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 June 2012.

Rain coming in:

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Skeeterhawk guarding the okra patch

Who keeps an eye on the okra patch while Gretchen’s selling okra at Downton Valdosta Farm Days?


Picture by John S. Quarterman at Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 July 2011.

Skeeterhawk, that’s who! Eat them skeeters, skeeterhawk!

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Blooming okra

We don’t call it Okra Paradise Farms for nothing:

Picking 10-20 pounds of okra a day:


Pictures of Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman
picking okra at Okra Paradise Farms
by John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 July 2011.

It’s taller than it was three weeks ago. Don’t need to stoop as much, but more times. Tasty!

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