Planting More Blueberry Bushes and Back by Popular Demand, Bee Bums

June 27, 2025 On June 11 (Wednesday), we planted three more blueberry bushes. I forgot to take a picture until I was admiring the bushes the next day. We also planted an American persimmon tree, Caramel Cocktail recently. I am not sure of the exact date I planted it. On June 12 (Thursday), I took […]

Female Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly

June 27, 2025 On June 11 (Wednesday), I got some pictures of a female ebony jewelwing damselfly sunning on the floating primrose in the creek.

Julia, Julia, How Do Your Peppers Grow? In Five Gallon Buckets, All in Rows on the Patio

June 27, 2025 I thought I’d provide an update on growing peppers in five gallon buckets. June 11 (Wednesday), I took a look at my pepper plants in the five gallon buckets. They are growing well and producing lots of peppers. The rain and wind earlier in the week had caused some of the pepper […]

Pictures of the Garden

June 27, 2025 On June 10 (Tuesday), I got up to take Nox outside. It was foggy from all the rain from yesterday. I had PT and on the way to Florence, the fog covered the Tennessee River. By the time we got back home, the fog had burned off. Bruce went off to mow […]

Cutting Branches from Pine Tree Three

June 27, 2025 On June 10 (Monday), Bruce used his electric pole saw to cut branches from pine tree three. It was a lot of work. I helped by dragging branches out of the way. We made a lot of progress in breaking the tree down. A storm was coming, so we started heading inside. […]

Getting Chickens from Our Neighbors

June 23, 2025 On June 7 (Saturday), I got a text from our neighbor saying our ten chickens were ready. He had sent the text while Bruce and I were demolishing pine tree one. I didn’t hear the phone notifying me. After I got cleaned up, I saw the text and responded back asking when […]

All the Branches Removed from Pine Tree Number One

June 19, 2025 On June 7 (Saturday), Bruce tackled cutting the remaining branches from pine tree one. Bruce cut off all the long branches. I dragged the branches Bruce cut to the branch piles. Nox seemed interested in the tree, so I put her on the trunk and held her while she looked around. Bruce […]

And the Chipper Won’t Start

June 19, 2025 On June 6 (Friday), we had sunny skies in the evening. Perfect to try out the new chipper, or so we mistakenly thought. With a new small gas can full of gas, Bruce poured gasoline into the chipper. Then the “fun” began. The chipper wouldn’t start, no matter how many times Bruce […]

Rainy Day Tasks

June 19, 2025 On June 6 (Friday), it poured rain on and off. With all the rain, we didn’t do anything else with the chipper. Instead, we did some indoor projects. I had ordered some cellular shades for Bruce’s office. We took advantage on the rainy day to put the shades. From Bruce’s window, I […]

More Birdie’s Garden Beds and a Chipper Arrive

June 14, 2025 On June 5 (Thursday), Bruce was expecting two deliveries, large size Birdie’s Garden Beds and the chipper. We were both very excited earlier in the week to get the emails with the information about the deliveries. I had PT scheduled for the day of the deliveries, so I left Bruce at home […]