The firebird appears to be a Carolina wren.
This Thryothorus ludovicianus didn’t seem to mind that I was three feet from it. Continue readingTag Archives: pine
![[Carolina wren]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-04-21--phoenix-bird/20200510_102404.jpg)
Phoenix Tree 2020-04-21
Update 2020-05-10: Phoenix bird 2020-05-10
Firebird:
![[Phoenix Eggs]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-04-21--phoenix-bird/phoenixeggs.jpg)
We burned on March 2, 2020, and that tree Continue reading
Swamp boat burn 2020-03-02
Dogs like water more than fire.
![[Yellow Dog and camouflaged Brown Dog]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-03-02--burn-cont-swamp-boat/20200302_130718.jpg)
Yellow Dog and camouflaged Brown Dog
And yes, Gretchen was putting out fires with a coffee cup and swamp water.
But she found something unexpected. Continue reading
Tiny spring 2020-03-15
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
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:
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