April 14, 2026
I didn’t do much for a few days except for the doctors’ appointments.
On Thursday (April 9), we took the car to the dealership for a recall for a ground wire on the transmission possibly not being connected. (By the way Rieko, we named the car Little Red Hood with the nickname of Little Red.) The dealership beat the recall letter and set up an appointment for us. We did get the recall letter on Monday.
The VW dealership in Florence, AL is great to work with. The service department determined the ground wire was connected and no further action was required. After service, the service manager, asked if we wanted our car washed. Of course, we did. The Little Red came out looking all shiny and brand-new.
After we got home, we walked to the back field to check on the fruit trees and bushes. My picture of a loaded blueberry bush didn’t turn out. At the raised beds, I took a picture of a Florida Pearl strawberry, which is a white strawberry.
You can see we mulch the strawberries with some of the pine chips Bruce chipped. (How much chips would Bruce chip? Bruce would chip as much wood as Bruce could chip if the wood was ready to chip.)
After looking at various plants, we put the tomato trellis in place. I planted the small tomato seedlings. Bruce bought some larger tomato plants that I also planted.
The peas are growing well. Bruce is ready for peas to eat. It will still be a while before he can scarf down peas.
The potatoes are peeking through the straw mulch.
After all the work in the vegetable garden, I rested for a bit and made supper.
After supper, we went outside to sit out on the front porch. I took a picture of the irises with the allium blooms floating above the irises’ leaves.
The sunset was a golden orange glow.
Blackberry Homestead 
Look at those little baby peaches! Squee. How exciting to see the fruits of your labor beginning to produce. Literally!
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It is exciting to see fruit from all the work we’ve put into Blackberry Homestead.
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Your front yard looks beautiful! What kind of flowers are those? It is good to find a dealership you can work with.
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They are allium flowers; the plants grow from bulbs. Some varieties grow from zone 4 to 10. You should be able to grow those varieties. I mixed them in with my irises to have blooms before the bearded irises started blooming.
Better Homes and Gardens has a good article on alliums – https://www.bhg.com/gardening/flowers/bulbs/alliums-for-your-garden/
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The blackberries look promising. I foresee blackberry cobbler coming up soon!
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I do hope we get lots of blackberries. I do love blackberry cobbler.
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Check out my recipe if you haven’t already seen it. It’s on here …..somewhere!
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I’ll look for it. I make my grandmother’s blackberry cobbler. It isn’t like anything else I’ve ever seen.
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I loved your take on chipping wood chips!
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Just a little joke for those of us who remember the woodchuck tongue twister. 😏
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It is good to hear good news for a change! The garden is looking good, and the alliums do look pretty with the green “skirts” in front of them. Anne is right on–the chipper story was a smile maker.
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The alliums and irises came out just how I hoped.
I do enjoy tossing in a little humor occasionally.
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Everything is looking chipper. Excellent.
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