March 17, 2026
Happy birthday to my sister-in-law! She arrived on Saint Patrick’s Day!
Enjoy Saint Patrick’s Day!
I am going to try and stay warm today.
Before the cold arrived (March 12, Thursday), Bruce spent some time mowing.
I took pictures of flowers in the front flower garden. I weeded the front flower gardens. I put a stepping stone in the small flower garden. That made it easier to put in the two larger stepping stones to support the birdbath. I haven’t put the glass bowel out on the birdbath stand yet. I don’t want to experience the breakage I had with my previous glass bowel when the water froze. I forgot to take pictures of my work, so I’ll take pictures when I put the glass bowel on the stand.
I planted radishes along the side of the asparagus bed. They shouldn’t disturb the asparagus.
On Friday (March 13), we went into town to pick up my prescriptions. Afterwards, we stopped at the TVA Muscle Shoals Trail Complex. This is where all the trails meet on the TVA land. We walked on the garden trail.
We looked at the trail map and decided to walk the garden trail.
Walking back to the car, we saw this trailhead.
I was very excited to get my plants from Rain Tree.
We did more dirt moving. It was hard work.
We walked around Blackberry Homestead, we saw the sunset behind the house.
We walked to the front and sat in the rocking chairs to enjoy the rest of the sunset.
On Saturday (March 14), this heart shaped rock was discovered in the Bama Dirt. My friend from a Colorado farm believes heart shaped rocks are a gift from the earth.
The peas have started spouting. As my daughter said when she was small, “Thems are just little sprouts, but one day thems are going to be big sprouts.”
I also dug holes to plant the trees that I heeled in from the Arbor Day Foundation. I planted three red buds and two crabapples. From Rain Tree, I planted a bare root Japanese persimmon and four bare rooted currants. I put cardboard around the plants. Bruce covered the cardboard with wood chips from the downed pines. I helped with covering the cardboard once the cardboard was in place.
On Sunday (March 15), I noticed the red pineapple was looking a little sad. I need to harvest the pineapple and see if I can grow the top.
We had a very windy thunderstorm with tornado watches hit us. We were up late in case we needed to take shelter.
Monday (March 16), the cold arrived. We got snow on and off throughout the day. We braved the cold to walk around Blackberry Homestead to see if any damage was done. Thankfully, we didn’t have any damage.
I took the time to make bread and caramelize 10 pounds of onions.
Bruce spent some time researching several things on the internet. He called the RAM dealer to get an oil change scheduled.
Today (March 17), we are sitting at Applebee’s while waiting for the truck service to be completed. It is cold with the wind making it feel so much colder.
Blackberry Homestead 