Canopy Roads of South Georgia

Honeybees and pollen

They move around pretty fast:

You can see pollen on the legs of the one on the right:

Here they are flying around:

Morning glory in the okra

It's a weed, but it doesn't do much harm, and it's blue:

Blooming morning glory in the okra
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 September 2012.

-jsq

Black Snake

A snakey present from the dogs:

Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 September 2012.

I like snakes: they eat rodents, and I'm allergic to rodents. But the dogs don't like snakes that trespass on their area near the house. They left this one in the middle of the walkway from the house to the carport. You see it in the truck on the way to somewhere else.

I think Yellow Dog is nostalgic for her YouTube hit, Black Snake vs. Yellow Dog. They look mild-mannered, Yellow Dog and Brown Dog, but so far a beaver, a raccoon, several rattlesnakes, and two kinds of water moccassins have found tangling with the dogs is not a good idea.

Although that copperhead did give Yellow Dog a bit of a hangover. Here Yellow Dog thanks you for your concern.

-jsq

A very long earthworm

Worming along through the piney woods one day:

Two hands long:

Terry Davis and the Red Corn

Terry Davis selected the red kernels last year, planted them this spring, and now he's picking them.

Here's a video playlist.

Sweet potatoes

Gretchen will be selling these sweet potatoes at Valdosta Farm Days tomorrow morning, Saturday, 15 September 2012, 9AM to 1PM, at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse.

Displaying:

Double rainbow in the okra field

Movie: Here we are in the okra field, the rainbow (40M):

Movie: Second rainbow is bright and getting brighter (42M):

Withlacoochee River with water

The Withlacoochee River channel was full yesterday at the GA 122 bridge, near Hambrick Road, with reference Yellow Dog:

Compare to 21 March 2012 (on the left):

I wasn't standing in quite the same place yesterday, because I would have been standing in water. But you can see the water is much higher than it was six months ago.

Here are a few more pictures and a video.

-jsq

Pumpkin with fire ants

Who knew fire ants like pumpkins?

Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 September 2012.

It was ripe, so I rolled it out of the ant bed, brushed off the ants, and we already sold it.

-jsq

 

Tarzan lives here

Seeing that grape vine, I said,

Tarzan lives here!

The visiting French botanist gave it a try.

Video by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 August 2012.

Never works for me, but apparently he's lighter. Watch him go: