Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
October 18, 2026 On September 25, I planted the former potato bed, the one we had covered with black heavy duty contractor bags. I planted radishes, Japanese greens, spinach, beets, lettuce, and carrots. I used the square foot garden method for planting each square foot. It took a lot longer than planting in rows. I […]
Read More Fall Radishes Planted and KitchenAid RepairedOctober 12, 2026 On October 9, I received a notification from WordPress. It has been seven years since I set up my site and started blogging. It doesn’t seem that I’ve been blogging that long. Thanks for welcoming me to the blogosphere. I love being part of the community.
Read More Wow! Already Seven Years?October 12, 2026 On September 27, I put most of my harvest of the Thai Long Horn peppers and Thai peppers into my vintage Ronco dehydrator. After breakfast, Bruce asked me what I wanted to do for the day. I wanted to go to Isom’s Orchard and pick apples. On the way, I suggested we […]
Read More A Short Tour of Athens, ALOctober 10, 2026 Update from this morning, October 10. The prediction for high winds was wrong. . Overnight, we got an inch and quarter of rain. It is still raining today. Thanks for wishing me safety and thinking of me. My heart goes out to those impacted by the hurricane.
Read More The Morning After, No High Winds and No Damage at Blackberry HomesteadOctober 9, 2026 I don’t normally post real time. I post the next day or a few days later. This is a post today about the weather forecast for tonight. Hurricane Isaias appears to be coming in at Pensacola, FL, as well as hitting Mobil Bay in Alabama, the coast of Mississippi, and the mouth […]
Read More Here Comes the Rain and Maybe a Sting JetOctober 8, 2026 On September 26, the dewdrops sparked in the early morning sunshine as I checked on the garden. With the fall weather providing a perfect day, Bruce asked me was there anything I wanted to do. I was thinking about of Blackberry Homestead jobs. Bruce was thinking of a break and he suggested […]
Read More A Hike Through Joe Wheeler State ParkOctober 8, 2026 On September 25, here are some pictures I took. On September 26, I took pictures of the bucket brigade. I took some raised beds pictures. I tried to show all the dangling eggplants on the large eggplant bush. I was not successful. Random pictures below. The tomato is a volunteer that came […]
Read More A Few Pictures of Blackberry Home in SeptemberOctober 5, 2026 On the afternoon of September 24, Bruce decided it was time to install the rain chain. Let me back up here. Several months ago, we looked at various rain chains on Amazon and found one with a basin. We ordered it. We left the box unopened until September 22. When Bruce decided […]
Read More Rain Chain Installation on the Front Long GutterI have somehow got tangled in the quiet web of your memories, where you still live somewhere within my heart… . When I close my eyes, the memories slip in like an old familiar habit, and for a while, the distance feels like a dream, whether it is day or night… . But the moment […]
Read More When I Close My EyesOctober 4, 2026 On September 20, most of the scorched plants had recovered. Some had been scorched to death. I lost more of my Alpine strawberries, sorrel, and my Longhorn pepper plant. I caught up on laundry and Bruce went out to mow. On September 21, Bruce continued with his mowing mission. I looked through […]
Read More A-tisket A-tasket, A Pepper Filled Basket
