Harvest from the Garden

May 28, 2025 On Monday (May 26), after it stopped raining for a bit, Bruce and I dressed up in our coveralls. We headed out to clear the section on the south fence under the trees. We had a lot of branches down from the storm last week. We loaded the branches into the mower […]

Cutting Up Pine Number Three

May 23, 2025 Bruce gave the downed pines numbers based on how close they are to the house. Pine number one is the leaning pine. It is closest to the house. The broken pine is pine number two. The large pine that fell over with the roots exposed is pine number three. Bruce has started […]

Trellis Up, Strings for Tomatoes and Netting for Beans and Cukes

May 19, 2025 Yesterday (Sunday, May 18), Bruce l took me for a 15 minute motorcycle ride. My physical therapist said I need to see what happens when I ride. He wants me to ride every day for 15 minutes for a week. We started on Saturday. After we got back home from the ride, […]

Update on Bruce’s Dad, Grill Ready to Grill

May 18, 2025 Bruce’s dad managed to go home from the hospital yesterday (May 17, Saturday). I do mean managed. There was a lot of miscommunication happening at the hospital. The doctor (neurologist) didn’t know my FIL had been moved to a regular room!!!! Who authorized moving him out of ICU then? Several hours after […]

Just Around Blackberry Homestead after the Rain

May 14, 2025 In was raining the morning of Tuesday (May 13), when Bruce drove me to PT. We got there early, so we went to next door to Home Depot to get more trellis supplies. I kept an eye on the time and headed over to PT while Bruce finished shopping at Home Depot. […]

Rain and More Rain

May 12, 2025 It rained so much on Saturday (May 10). We weren’t able to do anything outside because of the rain. Nox even had to go outside in the rain. Bruce spent some time replacing the outside door knobs since he could do that without getting wet. He replaced the standard door knobs with […]

Planted the Fig Trees

May 10, 2025 On Wednesday (May 7), in the morning, I pulled poison ivy from the other big pecan tree. In the fall, I had cut the poison ivy vines around the base of the pecan. I thought I had missed a vine since there were green leaves on a couple of poison ivy vines […]

Planted Sweet Potatoes

May 9, 2025 On May 4 (Sunday), after all the rain on Saturday, the ground was fairly wet. It was cool and sunny in the morning. Taking advantage of the wet ground (soft clay soil), I pulled poison ivy up by the roots in the front yard. The evil vine was creeping around the pines […]

Rainy Saturday

May 7, 2025 On Saturday (May 3), it was a rainy day. I decided to put together the bird feeder tray I received on Friday. I bought the tray for the cardinals. I kept seeing them on the ground, under the bird feeder. I hoped to see them on the tray and get a better […]

Pulling Poison Ivy and Finishing Planting Potatoes

May 3, 2025 On Wednesday (April 30), I got up and got dressed in my poison ivy pulling gear. I set up the washing machine to be ready to run once I tossed in my coveralls, hat and socks I was wearing when pulling poison ivy. I lined a large trash can with a contractor […]