Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
This recipe was inspired by the delish corn chowder recipe. I had roasted corn kernels in the fridge and needed to use them up. Corn chowder sounded nice and I had all the ingredients to make a delicious corn chowder. Serves 6
Read More Roasted Corn ChowderSeptember 22, 2025 On September 14 (Sunday), during my daily walk around Blackberry Homestread, Bruce moved the burn barrel to see the results of the fire. The stump had burned completely away. After admiring the hole, we talked about filling it. We walked over to the wild passion fruit vines and discovered three passion fruits! […]
Read More Around the YardSeptember 21, 2025 On September 13 (Saturday), I was out in the garden. I noticed our neighbor’s cows next to the fence. I got Nox so she could see the cows. I held her up and she was so excited to see the cows. The cows wandered off, but Nox hoped that they would come […]
Read More Watching for the Cows!September 21, 2025 Early morning, on Saturday ( September 13), Bruce and I rode the motorcycle to Tuscumbia Spring Park in Tuscumbia, AL. We were excited to attend the Oka Kapassa Festival. https://okakapassafestival.org/2025-festival-schedule/ Once we parked, we took off our motorcycle gear. I changed out of my motorcycle boots and put on tennis shoes. While […]
Read More Visiting Tuscumbia Spring Park for the Oka Kapassa FestivalSeptember 19, 2025 One of my radicchio plants bolted while I was gone. It makes beautiful flowers in the morning, so I’ve left it blooming. It is a fairly large plant. I enjoyed watching this common eastern bumble bee buzz around and stop to pollinate the radicchio flowers.
Read More Bee Bums on Bolted RadicchioSeptember 18, 2025 This post is out of order, but my father-in-law really wants to see his granddaughter’s painting. Yesterday (September 17), I received a call from the frame shop. The frame shop had finished the framing job, and we could go pick up the painting of the bear by my daughter. My daughter painted […]
Read More The Bear Painting Is HomeSeptember 16, 2025 Nox loves eating angel hair pasta. Sometimes, we’ll give her a strand or two without any sauce.
Read More Nox Eating Angel Hair PastaSeptember 16, 2025 On Friday (September 12), I filled in two more holes in the morning. Around noon, Bruce and I walked down to the mailbox. I looked down into the creek and saw several tiny fish (minnows). I can’t tell what species of fish they are. In looking at minnows on outdoorAlabama.com, Mosquitofish seems […]
Read More The Sheep and a Donkey Are Watching UsSeptember 16, 2025 On Thursday (September 16), I filled in two more of the pink-flagged holes in the yard. While I was moving dirt, Bruce set the burn pile on fire. He also lit a fire in the burn barrel over an old pine stump after the burn pile burned out. I have to cut […]
Read More Working on Removing the Pink FlagsSeptember 15, 2025 On Wednesday (September 10), I got a call from the picture frame shop. The “Lion Cubs” framing was completed. The shop was having trouble getting the frame stock we had picked for the painting of the bear. We decided to go pick up the “Lion Cubs” and select a different frame for […]
Read More The “Lion Cubs” Are Back Home
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