Crops have come up.
These are some examples. Continue reading
A common occurrence in the woods: a banana spider on my hat.
These golden orb-weavers, genus Nephila, weave webs many feet across between trees, often at human eye height.
I left this one on a nearby bush.
Here are a few vegetables from the garden that day. Continue reading
We planted a garden yesterday: peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, and okra.
Testing out the solar dehydrator with okra, tomatoes, peppers, and a thermometer:
Pictures of Gretchen Quarterman with the solar dehydrator
by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 August 2012.
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Terry Davis picking corn:
Terry Davis picking corn
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 July 2012.
Okra, potato, pepper, plus cornbread muffins and collard seeds:
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:
Picture by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 6 October 2011.
Those are pepper plants to Gretchen’s right, if that helps. Continue reading
Picture by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 July 2011.
20+ pounds of okra, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and a watermelon.
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