Here’s Gretchen with 10 pounds of okra in the bag,
all as nice and fresh as the one pictured.
You can buy some of that this afternoon in Valdosta.
Where: Barnes Healthcare Services
200 S Patterson St, Valdosta, GA 31601
When: 1-3PM Friday 15 July 2016
Here’s a list of what Gretchen will have for sale at reasonable prices: Continue reading
Gretchen took this yellow squash and zucchini to
Wiregrass Farmers Market in Tifton, GA this morning,
along with fresh-plowed potatoes, rosemary, and of course heirloom corn grits.
That’s 9AM to noon, behind the Country Store at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture (Agrirama),
1392 Whiddon Mill Road, Tifton GA 31794.
Did you know zucchini is actually a fruit, even though it’s cooked and eaten as a vegetable? And the name is Italian, because the type we eat today was developed in Italy, even though like all squash its ancestors came from the Americas? More about Cucurbita pepo, also known as courgette or vegetable marrow, by Master Gardener Laurel Reader, Zucchini: A Treat in the Heat.
Market day doesn’t smell right without rosemary. Continue reading
Today Lowndes County Partnership for Health picked up some OPF red potatoes to sell at their Mobile Market. Next week probably OPF okra. And every week other good vegetables and fruits from other farmers.
Here’s a South Health District facebook post of 10 June 2014:
It’s Tuesday – know what that means? The Mobile Market, full of fresh fruits and vegetables, will be at Barnes Drug Store Downtown Valdosta from 2:30-4:30! They’re there every Tuesday! Come by and see them…they accept all forms of payment.
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And blackberries, rosemary, and other stuff down
at the
historic Lowndes County Courthouse
in
Valdosta Farm Days.
Here’s
Gretchen with one of the first taters a month ago:
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Small potatoes to be sorted
and taters and grits in the car
for Valdosta Farm Days at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse, Valdosta, Georgia, 9AM to 1PM.
Grits: Continue reading
Pretty sure we’ve identified this flower correctly, since we planted it:
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 30 April 2013.
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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:
Potatoes red and white, peas, onions, turnips, collards, and radishes!
Here’s a playlist:
Growing in the Garden
Gretchen Quarterman explains it all for you, assisted by Brown Dog and Yellow Dog.
Videos by John. S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 March 2012.
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Picture by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 June 2011.
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Brown dog and yellow dog see mud.
They know what to do!
Brown dog likes to drink it.
They both like to wallow in it. Continue reading