Yesterday, Bob Gronko sent a picture of the bowl he made from a cherry log.
![[Cherry bowl Bob Gronko made from one of these cherry logs]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-03-27--cherry-bowl-bob-gronko/fbmany.jpg)
Cherry bowl Bob Gronko made from one of these cherry logs
He took a couple of the logs you see in this picture.
They came from the cherry tree I had to cut off the top of the corn crib after Hurricane Helene blew it onto there. Continue reading
A few days before, Gretchen whacked off the tops of these banana plants with a machete. She says this is necessary after they freeze in the winter.
That leaf measured a foot of growth.
River and Blondie assisted. -jsq
In case anybody has forgotten Hurricane Helene:
This is directly in front of our house. Continue reading
The cypress swamp is full of water and pollen.
That slash pine on the left is an example of a tree blown down by Hurricane Helene that still has a rootball and green needles.
Maybe some day soon the pine salvage operation will get here for such trees. They can’t survive like that, and they have some value as saw-timber of pulpwood.
-jsq
Hurricane Helene, or maybe the ice storm after, broke off a woods spigot.
It was a little more complicated to fix than expected.
![[Pipe pieces and fixed plumbing]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-28--plumbing-blondie/many.jpg)
Pipe pieces and fixed plumbing
I got a replacement part and cut below the break. Continue reading
Cold enough the dogs did not want to go into the cypress swamp, after the January 22, 2025, sleet and snow storm.
![[Gretchen pokes it with a stick as Blondie, River, and Sky stay high and dry]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-23--frozen-swamp-dogs/20250123_131539.jpg)
Gretchen pokes it with a stick as Blondie, River, and Sky stay high and dry
Honeybun did not even come down to the frozen water’s edge. River, Sky, and Blondie stayed out of the water. Continue reading
It came down as sleet all night.
To a cold sunrise.
You could still see the particles in the morning. Continue reading
Update 2025-01-18: Removed: pine deadfall in back driveway 2025-01-14.
Could this be a problem?
I’ll get to it either today or tomorrow, so when something else falls on the front driveway we’ll have a way out the back. Continue reading
Every path through my woods looks like this. Hurricane Helene was ten times worse than Idalia for south Georgia and north Florida. Forestry is Georgia’s top industry, and it is hurting bad, along with pecan trees and other agriculture.
![[Fallen oak and pine trees after Hurricane Helene]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2024-12-07--fields-firebreak/20241207_171626.jpg)
Fallen oak and pine trees after Hurricane Helene
-jsq
![[Before]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-03-21--back-driveway-deadfall/20250321_162850.jpg)
![[At least a foot]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-03-19--gretchen-measuring-bananas/20250319_122411.jpg)
![[Sproing]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-03-19--gretchen-measuring-bananas/20250319_122417.jpg)
![[Hurricane Debris Daybreak]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-03-11--hurricane-debris-daybreak/20250311_082525.jpg)
![[Cypress swamp pollen]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-02-27--swamp-pollen/20250227_161613.jpg)
![[Sleet in the dark]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow/20250122_021307.jpg)
![[Cold sunrise]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-22--sleet-or-snow/20250122_080242.jpg)
![[Honeybun and deadfall]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-01-13--pine-deadfall-back-driveway/20250113_150419.jpg)