Green Beans Are Ready!

June 21, 2026 On June 9, I walked out to the garden to see how my garden was growing. The soybeans had more Japanese Beatles on them. I picked off the Japanese Beetles and dropped them into soapy water. The traps are doing a great job, but they don’t catch all of the Japanese Beetles. […]

Blueberry, Peach, and Tomato Harvest and Next Day Flooding

On June 6, Bruce and I picked blueberries. Butterflies flittered through the back field. A variegated fritillary landed next to us while we picked blueberries. The pink blueberries are from the pink lemonade blueberry plant. One of the flat aka Saturn peaches was ripe. The cherry tomatoes have large numbers of green tomatoes on the […]

More Fun with the Tractor

June 21, 2026 On June 2, Bruce decided to do more playing work with the tractor. He moved dirt from the pile of dirt at the bottom of the driveway to the holes around the grassy knoll. He also used the tractor’s backhoe to work at breaking apart the root ball of Pine Tree Three. […]

Blueberries and Fireflies, Plus Update on Pine Tree Three

June 15, 2026 On May 30th, it rained again. During a break in the rain, we picked a few handfuls of blueberries. The sunset was pretty. The stars in the sky were twinkling and the stars on the ground (fireflies) were flashing. On May 30th, Bruce mowed. The grass was so tall that it looked […]

Back on the Tractor Again

June 5, 2026 On May 25, 2026, we had a break in the rain. It didn’t start raining until the late evening. This allowed Bruce to get back on the tractor. He had placed large branches in several piles around Pine Tree Two. These piles needed to be dealt with. Bruce sorted the piles into […]

Not Doing a Lot

June 5, 2026 Between May 20th and May 24th, I made an effort to stop pushing myself too hard. I walked around the yard a couple of times each day in between rainstorms to get my walking in. It started raining in May 21 and rained on and off until May 24. Here are some […]

Bruce Is Busy Doing More Clean Up

May 26, 2026 On May 18, Bruce took his electric Greenworks polesaw into the back field aka back pasture to remove low-hanging branches. For Tom from Reiko’s Journey, in picture one, you can see the shed from a previous post. In picture two, you can see another shed. The spineless caper bush started blooming. The […]

Stupidly Overdid Again, Just What Is Wrong with Me?

May 28, 2026 On May 15, I was feeling great. My wounds from my gallbladder removal surgery didn’t hurt unless I moved wrong or had something pressed on them. Bruce headed out to use several of his toys to work on removing the trunks of Pine Tree Two. Pine Tree Two had three large trunks […]

Watching Bruce Enjoy the New Toy (Tractor)

May 23, 2026 On May 14, Bruce asked me if I had any thoughts on what to do next with the tractor. As we walked to see the figs, I saw the mess of roots and holes that made a spot by the fence very hard to mow. I suggested that it could be the […]

Continuing to Walk Around

May 23, 2026 On May 11, I continued walking around Blackberry Homestead to help my recovery from the gallbladder removal surgery. I enjoy looking at the garden, so my walks mainly focus on the garden. Later in the day, I walked into the back pasture. Bruce had cut logs from Pine Tree Two in the […]