Canopy Roads of South Georgia

Skeeterhawk guarding the okra patch

Who keeps an eye on the okra patch while Gretchen's selling okra at Downton Valdosta Farm Days?

Picture by John S. Quarterman at Okra Paradise Farms,
Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 July 2011.

Skeeterhawk, that's who! Eat them skeeters, skeeterhawk!

-jsq

Sweet potato gnocchi and pie

What do you do with a sweet potato as big as your head?

Cook it into gnocchi:

Don't tell Terry! (Sweet potatoes are ready)

“Look at that!” We planted them back in March.

Here's Part 1 of 3:

Sweet potato eruption! Part 1 of 3:
Digging Potatoes, Okra Paradise Farms (OPF),
Lowndes County, Georgia, 24 July 2011.
Videos by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms (OPF).

“Like an earthquake!” When they get ready, they crack the ground.

Here's Part 2 of 3:

What's in the fun box?

Well, that looks like fun!

Let's open it up and see:

Corny dogs at Okra Paradise Farms

They're helping:

Yellow Dog and Brown Dog work for corn:

One days's pickings

Gretchen shows what we picked one day at Okra Paradise Farms:

Picture by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 July 2011.

20+ pounds of okra, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and a watermelon.

-jsq

Blooming okra

We don't call it Okra Paradise Farms for nothing:

Picking 10-20 pounds of okra a day:

Pictures of Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman
picking okra at Okra Paradise Farms
by John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 July 2011.

It's taller than it was three weeks ago. Don't need to stoop as much, but more times. Tasty!

-jsq

Scratchy the raccoon

Even wildlife gets itches.

Video of raccoon by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 June 2011.

-jsq

Pokey the Possum

Here's a possum poking along:

Video of possum by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 31 May 2011.

-jsq

Confused lilies, 3 July 2011

They usually bloom in March and April, but the rain a week ago started these blooming in July. This one even looks confused:

Here's a more normal-looking specimen: