A very tiny spring or seep.
![[Brown Dog in spring]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-03-15--triangle-spring-sycamore/20200315_102759.jpg)
Brown Dog thinks it’s a puddle, but it never goes dry.
![[Who, me?]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-03-15--triangle-spring-sycamore/20200315_102802.jpg)
Next to it is a sycamore tree.
![[Gretchen with a sycamore tree]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-03-15--triangle-spring-sycamore/20200315_102924.jpg)
Gretchen likes sycamores.
-jsq
Tag Archives: pine
Longleaf small and large 2019-04-20
Gopher tortoise burrow in burned longleaf, with dogs 2019-01-27
After the prescribed burn, it’s a lot easier to see, and there are more gopher tortoise burrows than we thought.
Here’s another Gopherus polyphemus near the road. It’s good there are so many. Gophers are a keystone species, hosting Continue reading
Candling
Early December is not when pine trees are supposed to candle.
But this loblolly is just one of many that are producing new growth because it’s so warm.
-jsq
Prescribed burns
Gretchen and I burned some woods the last couple days. Here’s why we burn: longleaf pine unharmed, while small trees of other species (slash and loblolly pine, an especially oaks) are weeded out by the fire.
Click on any picture for a bigger one. -jsq
Day 1: Planted pines
Continue readingUsing Solar –John S. Quarterman
From solar electric fences to selling solar power for profit,
John S. Quarterman will talk about
solar opportunities for farmers and some legal hurdles,
at
South Georgia Growing Local 2014:
Why solar power is the fastest growing industry in the world and how to apply it to agriculture. Financing is the main obstacle. Some ways to get financing, and at least one law that could be changed to help with that.
His conference bio: Continue reading
Woodpecker trees, Okra Paradise Farms, 29 June 2012
We had to take down one dead tree, but there are others for the woodpeckers. Well, people keeping telling me this oak is dead, but I say it's only been a few years, and it's going to sprout out again any time now:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 29 June 2012.
Dead pine:
Continue readingPlanted Longleaf, Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 April 2012
These are the same longleaf planted in 2008, blogged 10 October 2010, burned a second time 
16 December 2011, and greening and candling again February 2012.
Pictures of Gretchen Quarterman with the planted longleaf (Pinus palustris)
by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 17 April 2012.
Almost all of them survived the prescribed burn, and many of them are quite tall. The planted little bluestem and big bluestem are also thriving, along with native verbena, and some less savory invasive exotics, including trash along the road. Plus Gretchen’s favorite: dog fennel! And along the fence row cedars, pecans, plums, grapes, wild cherry, and a gopher tortoise. Here’s a flickr slideshow:
Longleaf candling at the pond, Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 April 2012
We didn’t know there were any longleaf at the bottom of the pond, but the white candles are unmistakable:
Pictures of Longleaf pine (Pinus Palustris) by Gretchen Quarterman
for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 April 2012.
The needles are also longer than on the nearby slash pines:
Continue readingPine beetles, Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 April 2012
Brown Dog and Yellow Dog in some red pine needles:
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 April 2012.
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.
And the reason why they’re red:
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