Sunrise to Sunset

October 16, 2025 On Friday (October 10), Nox got me up at sunrise, 7:00 am. Nox needed to go outside to pee. While Nox wandered around off the patio, I watched the beautiful sunrise through the pine trees. After Nox finished her stops, she trotted back to me, ready to go inside. Once inside, she […]

A Flower Bud on the Red Pineapple

October 16, 2025 October 9 (Thursday) was a catch-up on housework day. Laundry desperately needed to be done. We go through two changes of clothes while working in the yard. While I was busy with housework, Bruce was out mowing. In the late afternoon, I walked around the yard. The red pineapple caught my eye. […]

Planting Garlic, Greens, and Radishes Before the Rain

October 13, 2035 On Monday (October 6), I took a few pictures of the red pineapple. For breakfast, I made baklava muffins. These were so good; I’ll share the recipe in a different post. In the short garden beds, A1 and A2, I turned in the dirt and compost Bruce put on the beds with […]

Six YearBlog Anniversary Today

October 9, 2025 It is hard to believe it has been six years since I started blogging.

Digging Up Daffodils to Move into the Large Flower Garden

October 9, 2025 On Sunday (October 5), Bruce pulled the chipper into the back pasture, next to the branch pile to be chipped. While Bruce feed branches into the chipper, I dug up flagged daffodil bulbs. I had flagged the daffodils when they bloomed in the spring. For protection when chipping, Bruce wears his hard […]

Setting Out the Stepping Stones in the Large Flower Garden

October 3, 2025 Yesterday (Thursday, October 2), I set the stepping stones in place. We had bought nine stepping stones at Lowe’s. I had wanted ten, but the last two stones at Lowe’s looked bad, so I went with nine instead of ten. To put a stepping stone in place, I pushed back the mulch, […]

Using More Chips to Prepare for More Blueberries

October 3, 2025 We got up early on Wednesday (October 1). I wanted to use the remaining pile of chips as mulch to prepare the ground for more blueberry plants. Taking a digging shovel and a scooping shovel from the barn, I carried the scooping shovel to the pile of chips and stuck it upright […]

Taking It Easy

October 1, 2025 Bruce and I slept most of Sunday (September 28) away. We did go for a walk around Blackberry Homestead in the late afternoon. Sunday night to Monday morning (September 29), Nox decided to keep me up most of the night with her whining and fussing. I don’t know what was wrong with […]

Flower of the Day

September 29, 2025 I notice my red pineapple is starting to send up a flower stalk!

Moving Logs and Branches

September 28, 2025 Yesterday (Saturday, September 27), Bruce and I decided to do more work in the back pasture. Bruce hooked the cart to the lawnmower and drove to the back pasture. He loaded a few logs into the cart and drove them close to where we plan to put in a new garden bed. […]