Six Blueberries Are Planted

March 27, 2025 On March 25 (Tuesday), we planted the six blueberry bushes we purchased from a local nursery, Porter Garden Center. We had planted two small blueberry bushes from Gurney’s Seed & Nursery (mail order) earlier. We planted the blueberry bushes in the circle Bruce had measured out. Bruce dug the holes. I placed […]

Planting Bare Root Fruit Trees

March 24, 3025 For some reason, Bruce thought we’d take it easy on Sunday (March 23) after “An Evening of Fire and Smoke” on Saturday. We did sleep in a bit. I woke Bruce up to make sure he was in time for the family Zoom call. Once Bruce was done with the Zoom call, […]

Cutting Down Dead Branches

March 22, 2025 On March 19 ( Wednesday), the weather was lovely. I planted more seeds in my raised beds, spinach, lettuce, carrots, turnips and Japanese mustard. While I was busy planting, Bruce decided to cut down some dead branches from our row of pine trees in the back pasture. It was a lot of […]

Nox Is Curious about the Gardens

March 19, 2025 On Sunday (March 16), as we walked around the back pasture checking for damage, we saw Nox over by the raised garden beds. Bruce saw her first. Nox was standing on her hind feet trying to see into the tall raised garden beds. We laughed about it and continued our walk back […]

Pi Day and Herbs Arrive Today!

March 14, 2024 I realized I didn’t take a picture of the heeled in apple and peach whips, waiting to be planted. I took two pictures today to share. We got the RV’s replacement theater seating switch in the mail today. Bruce went to the RV and replaced the switch. He was happy to report […]

Apple, Peach and Pecan Trees Arrived

March 14, 2023 Oh, today is Pi day. What kind of pie should I make? I enjoyed seeing the flowers while walking around Blackberry Homestead yesterday morning. Yesterday, to make it easier to fill up holes in the yard with rocks, Bruce hooked up the cart to the mower. Nox wanted to ride the mower […]

Making Soil for My Five Gallon Buckets

March 12, 2025 By yesterday, Nox had gotten very smelly since her last bath, so it was time for her to get squeaky clean again. In the morning, I washed her in the shower. After getting toweled dry, Nox sat outside in the sunshine with me. After lunch, we sat outside on the front porch […]

Another Box of Books!

March 11, 2025 Yesterday, after breakfast, I went outside to see if I could identify some of the plants in the yard. Afterwards, I headed over to the garden to plant seeds. I planted Georgia Green collards, arugula, Roquette arugula, Misome (Asian greens), Palla Rossa radicchio, Florida Broadleaf Mustard greens, and Mizuna Mustard Greens (Asian […]

Gardening, Assembling Shelves, Cutting Off Branches and Unpacking Boxes of Books

March 9, 2025 Yesterday, I planted bunching onions seeds and fennel seeds. I also moved several medium sized branches that came down in the high winds to the dead hedge. I mulched the strawberries and onion plants. While I was getting leaves and pine straw to mulch the strawberries, I noticed this violet blooming. I […]

Planting a Couple of Rhubarb Plants

March 7, 2025 After Nox woke up from her nap, Bruce asked me if there was something to do outside. My answer was yes, I wanted to build the rhubarb bed. Bruce thought that would be fun, so he got his circular saw out. I found the square for him and brought it and the […]