| My thought (over and over again today) was how I couldn't possibly imagine working the fields in this heat. We drove the tree-lined street, watched a live performance about Gullah culture, took a tram through the working plantation, and took a break inside the (currently air conditioned) plantation house. Today, I conceptualized slavery on a whole new level.  |
| Today the plantation grows watermelons & cantaloupe (color me jealous), strawberries and pumpkins. They also host a variety of Hollywood productions, concerts, and weddings (if you plan 3 years in advance). Originally they were big into rice, not cotton, but this field stands as a reminder of the past (and an opportunity for those of us crazy about plants to see it growing up close). |
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Murray thinks she could move into the Plantation House, though truthfully she's admits to being disappointed by the whole experience of plantation experience. |
Why are they called "Live Oaks" and just not "Oaks". We don't say "Live Pines" or "Live Maples" here in the NW. Please educate me!
ReplyDeleteI asked the same thing. I had never heard of them. Turns out, live oaks are actually an evergreen tree. They only drop their leaves for a short amount of time (like when the pines drop needles) to grow new ones. So, we don't have live oaks here. I guess "Live Pine" would be accurate (it's just we don't need a distinction) and (I had to Google for this one) there are live maples mostly native to Asia, but they are called things like acer paxii.
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