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thesy lvaniatimes .com The Sylvania Times Wednesday, July 20, 2022 - Page 11 F arm and Land 4 .The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer -Will Rodgers Gardening with Talmadge Georgia Grown. Farmers Markets, Farms & Randies p 3 #5 Sam Eades Visit FARMER BROWN’S PRODUCE 3 P CL OQ CD Publisher/Writer l r1 D. “Philipine Lilies” Farmer Brown's, located at 1600 South Patterson Street in Valdosta, GA 31601 is a family owned and operated business that has been serving Valdosta and surrounding communities since 1979. Famier The Farm Wife at Two Pennies Farm You Were Loved Philippine Lilies are beginning their bloom cycle. If you can find the bulbs, it is not too late to plant them and get established this summer for the future. The lilies have many buds per stalk and are similar in stature to an Easter lily. When the bulbs are fully established, they will produce stalks with multiple trumpet style blooms. The Philippine lily makes a nice cut flower addition to your garden. This lily endures, and just might even love the summer heat. They seem to thrive in it, so they would love our area in the summer. With their height of 3 to 4 feet when mature, the Philippine lily makes a great backdrop in your garden display, especially if you have shorter blooming plants in front of them. Or the Philippine lily can make a stand-alone statement. Brown's supports over 100 area and surrounding area farmers. They believe that buying local is the best way to ensure customers the very best in fresh fruits and vegetables because they know and understand the importance of the very best for your family! Brown's offers a full line of fresh fruits, vegetables, local honey, fresh jams and jellies, great homemade salsa, home made sauces, and special made butters to both retail and wholesale customers. Now, I have to say, my favorite homemade butter is, Peach Butter with Honey and delicious Butterfly Blueberry Butter . While you are there pick up a bottle of their Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar! Tremendous! Farmer Brown's also has a wide selection of pickled vegetables that will fit anyone's taste buds! If they do not have what you are looking for, let them know and they will gladly find it and order it for you! Brown's has been serving the community along with the entire State of Georgia for over 42 years, and was recently was nominated for the "Best Place To Buy Produce." It is fun for the whole family. Make a day trip of it. You will love what you find at Farmer Brown's. I know that their goal is to "harvest the freshest produce period." And they do just that. Plan your trip today and visit Farmer Brown's Produce at the address above or you can visit them online and order at https://www.farmerbrowns.co/ and even better, send them an email at: farmerbrowns@gmail.com or call (229) 247-4672. A bonus from the lily is that it produces viable seeds from the flowers that can quickly grow into blooming size flowers. Just leave the spent flowers on the stalks and get ready for a treat, the seed pods form a rusty brown color towards fall, turns upwards and looks like a garden candelabra. Cure the seed stalks off and walk around your garden with your candelabra and let the papery seeds populate barren areas of your garden. Normally the seeds mature to a bloom producing bulb within 2 years. Enjoy an unusual summer delight. As always, join your local garden club for a wealth of information and fellowship. Fishing in GeorgiaWith Jack "The Fishing Guy" Fishing At Lake Russell Fishing is good at Lake Russell. Really good! They have a wide variety of fish. Like, largemouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, rainbow trout, bluegill, redbreast A recreation paradise, Richard B Russell Lake is a 26,650- acre reservoir located on the eastern Georgia border sunfish, redear sunfish, white perch, yellow perch and striped bass at Richard B Russell Lake in Georgia. with South Carolina. All types of water sports and on-shore activities are centered around the 540 miles of shoreline of Russell Lake. Richard B Russell State Park, along with a couple dozen other areas around the lake have boat launch facilities, access for shoreline fishing, campgrounds, RV spaces and picnic areas. But the real attraction here is the fishing. The lake supports both warm-water species and cold-water species of fish that all thrive in the lakes waters. The undeveloped, natural shoreline allows anglers to fish the brush, rocks and wood that bass and other fish use as hideouts. Canoes, kayaks and fishing from the bank are all popular at Richard B. Russell Lake. For reservations for local camping call Richard B Russell State Park Campground at 706 213- 2045. There are over 20 other recreation or public access areas on Lake Russell. 8 on the Georgia side and 13 on the side of South Carolina. You can pretty much choose either side to visit. You will not be disappointed! I didn’t think I would cry. After all. I’ve known you less than 24 hours. I met you a week ago at, of all places, the dumpsters in Newington. I had just finished flinging bags into the bin when I turned around to see you crawl out from under the other dumpster. You walked right up, sat down in front of me and opened your mouth wide. “Oh, look at you! A silent meow-er.” You tried to rub against my ankles. You were disgustingly dirty and so thin. But you were quite the chamier and I risked petting you with one finger. You gave another silent meow and looked at my open truck door. “Oh, honey. I can’t take you home. I’ve got four dogs in there and they would eat you up.” I bought a tin of sardines. If I couldn’t take you home, I could at least get you something to eat. You were on my mind all weekend. I talked to some friends that do animal rescue and checked out some resources online. I would bring home every stray animal in the world, if I could. At the same time, I can’t see a need and turn my face away. You had four big wounds on your face. You were filthy where healthy cats keep their fur clean. You were using your ribs to breathe instead of your diaphragm and were struggling at that. I knew you were sick and was worried you had feline leukemia (FeLV) and/or feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Both viruses are incurable and contagious to other cats. I told Hubs I was going to go get you. I’ll give him credit; he doesn’t always understand my animal loving ways, but he supports me when it counts. So I drove over to the dumpsters, and as soon as you heard me call, you came out from under the bin. You were so verminous I hesitated to pick you up, but you were too weak to resist being crated. Once home, I got you set up in an isolation crate in Hub’s shop. You seemed happy with your new digs and clean food. You would eat a few bites then lay down. Eat a few bites then nap. That was odd, but I knew you were weak. Once you were settled, I phoned Fixing the Boro to set up an appointment to bring you in but they were closed until July 31. I could care for you until then. This morning Hubs came in from his shop and said, “You need to get that cat to the vet. He’s really struggling to breathe.” I’ve been in this situation before and I knew this could be several hundred dollars. “He’s struggling. Find out what’s wrong and the cost to fix it and then we can decide what to do,” Hubs countered. The minute they saw you at the vet they whisked you off. My heart sank; this couldn’t be good. Dr. Renee explained all the things that could be going on with you, the test involved in the work up and their costs, and your possible prognosis based on the test results. We decided to start with a few basic tests, and then decide where to go from there. There were no obvious, structural reasons for your belly breathing, you were anemic and worst of all, you were FIV positive. You weigh three and a half pounds when you should weigh at least six. I could spend hundreds to find out everything you were suffering from, but it’s highly unlikely you would survive the treatments. You would die slowly, struggling to breathe. I couldn’t bear that thought. The first time I held you and stroked your fur was when you took your final breath. I could faintly smell the dumpster on your fur when I leaned in and kissed you for the first and last time. You were loved and not alone. I had you less than 24 hours, but in that short time I could see the wonderful, affectionate cat you would have been. I didn’t think I would cry. After all. I’ve known you less than 24 hours. viamedia j Vi-*, a Social. Eriuil. Strt'ijmintj TV, Slii'.miirvj Radio. Dynamic Display and more! Nadine Loitz f © h Lrj Stan Sheppard nAnnfiM \JjfUUIILlQg Jfyfaflb Georgia3046! ftppraisal Co I Spa'ifipttf v ftlalt Vifjsi'Wf I j! lada4 Reaf Eitata Atptaiitr (912)564-2419 , mm PLANTING DAYS ACCORDING TO MOON SIGNS Above-ground crops: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,12 Root crops: 13,16,17, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27 Seed beds: 8, 9, 25, 26, 27 Kill plant pests: 1, 2, 3, 4,10,11,14,15,18, 19, 23, 24, 28, 29,30,31 FISHING DAYS FOR JULY 2022 Best: 14,15,16,17, 25 Good: 8, 9,12, 13, 26, 27 Fair: 3, 4,10,11, 20, 21, 22, 31 Po°r:i, 2, 5, 6, 7, 18,19, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 PLANTING TABLE FOR JULY Gardens: Continue to plant cabbage to transplant later, and also plant onion sets, rutabaga, snap beans, butter beans, pole beans and corn. Plant fall potatoes. 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