Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
September 11, 2025 It has been 25 years since the terror attacks on our nation. It made such an impact on me and everyone around me. It feels surreal to know there are adults who weren’t alive when 9/11 happened. They don’t know the terror and how we pulled together as a nation. Many of […]
Read More In Remembrance of 9/11September 7, 2026 On August 28, 2026, in the morning Bruce headed back to the courthouse for the jury selection process. The jury pool was told the jury selection was almost finished. Bruce was a little bit jaded since he had heard this a few times. Bruce did appreciate the judge apologizing for the process […]
Read More Bruce Does Not Have to Serve on the JurySeptember 7, 2026 On August 27, Bruce had hoped the jury selection would be completed by the end of the previous day. It wasn’t, so he had to go back to the courthouse in the early morning. The number of the jury pool was smaller, but it was still a large pool. I went out […]
Read More Bruce Still Being Considered for Jury Duty and Chili Pepper Ristra AttemptSeptember 4, 2026 On August 26, Bruce headed to the courthouse for consideration for jury duty. He was expecting to either be picked or be released since the two-day time frame had been exceeded. I walked around the back field to see if any of the trees or bushes needed anything. I noticed this spicebush […]
Read More Bruce Still Being Considered for Jury Duty and a Cucumber TornadoSeptember 2, 2026 On August 25, Bruce headed out for jury selection consideration. I spent some time catching the evil leaf-legged bugs attacking my tomatoes and dropping them in soapy water. I mixed up my post for August 23 with today for watering. We’ve had a dry spell, and the pepper bucket brigade was drooping, […]
Read More Bruce Still Being Considered for Jury Duty and Watering the GardensAugust 31, 2026 August 24, Bruce had to go in for jury duty. He had received the notice four weeks ago. They had called up 400 people to pick the jury from. The court only planned to take two days to select the jury. It took them 5 days. Bruce was not allowed to talk […]
Read More Bruce Called Up for Jury DutyAugust 31, 2026 ***Updated on September 2 to remove watering. I watered later.*** On August 23, Bruce was excited to try the cucumber chips. He had a hard time not eating all of them in one sitting. I got a package from Amazon. It contained a shelf organizer for lids or plates and a Mason […]
Read More Cucumber Chips, Organizer for Lids, and Mason Jar SealerAugust 31, 2026 On August 22, I spent sometime making cucumber and mint water. We been drinking a lot of it. It is cool and refreshing after gardening and yard work. Bruce is a snack person, so I try to make healthy snacks for him. I had read something about cucumber chips some time ago. […]
Read More Busy Day Processing CucumbersAugust 31, 2026 On August 21, we looked out the window and saw that the pig pen was still there. I had started a new morning routine, I go out to the garden in the early morning and try to catch leaf-legged bugs (true bugs). “I hates them.” They are related to stink bugs and […]
Read More The Pig Feeder Is Gone and Catching Leaf-legged BugsAugust 30, 2026 On August 20, I got up early and saw the sunrise. While that was common when Nox was with us, now that she is gone, I don’t get up at sunrise very often anymore. I went outside in the relatively cool part of the day and did some weeding in the garden […]
Read More Tractor and Pig Feeder Play Nice with Each Other, Butterflies Abound, and Hummingbird Visit
Blackberry Homestead 