Canopy Roads of South Georgia

Zucca to Valdosta Farm Days

Zucca, okra, and sweet potatoes to Valdosta Farm Days this morning, 9AM to 1PM (and pumpkins and peppers), down at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse, Central Avenue between Patterson and Ashley.

Where did she get those zucca? The dogs helped.

John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures and videos by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1 September 2012.

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Zucca, Okra Paradise Farms, 15 July 2012

More than twice as wide as my foot:

More than twice as wide as my foot
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 15 July 2012.

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Garden size check

Picked 60 pounds of okra and more is flowering. There's a bee on one of those flowers:

Picked 60 pounds of okra and more is flowering
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 3 July 2012.

Pumpkins keep getting bigger:

Foot-long Zucca, Okra Paradise Farms, 29 June 2012

This is the same zucca that was finger-length 26 June. Three days later, it's a foot long:

Foot long zucca
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 29 June 2012.

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Baby Zucca @ Okra Paradise Farms 26 June 2012

Here it is:

Here it is
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 June 2012.

It's an Italian squash. Closeup:

Zucca, Okra Paradise Farms, 16 June 2012

Zucca in the morning light:

Zucca, Okra Paradise Farms, 16 June 2012
Picture by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 16 June 2012.

It's an Italian squash that tastes like pumpkin and grows two feet long.

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Is there zucca in there?

Italian pumpkin-like squash:

Looks like a watermelon, tastes like a pumpkin. Big plant, no vegetable yet. Oddly thriving in drought conditions.

Pictures of Gretchen Quarterman inspecting zucca at Okra Paradise Farms by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 21 June 2011.

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