Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
March 16, 2025 Yesterday morning, I noticed the radishes had sprouted. The loose leaf lettuce had also sprouted. We shopped in the morning. Ollie’s Bargain Outlet had advertised quart canning jars for a great price. We saw a couple with two shopping carts loaded with boxes of canning jars leaving the store as we approached […]
Read More Other News from YesterdayMarch 15, 2025 We’ve been having some ferocious weather today: a tornado watch, severe thunderstorms with warnings of flash floods and hail, a tornado warning and another tornado warning. We got some small pea sized hail, not the ping pong ball that was suggested. After the tornado warning expired at 3:15 PM, I looked out […]
Read More Where Did Our Driveway Go? Creek Overflowed and Flooded the Front YardMarch 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 […]
Read More Pi Day and Herbs Arrive Today!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 […]
Read More Apple, Peach and Pecan Trees ArrivedMarch 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 […]
Read More Making Soil for My Five Gallon BucketsMarch 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 […]
Read More Another Box 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 […]
Read More Gardening, Assembling Shelves, Cutting Off Branches and Unpacking Boxes of BooksMarch 7, 2025 This morning, Nox went with me as I headed out to plant beets in the garden beds. I planted these beets: Detroit Golden, Detroit Dark Red and Chioggia. Chioggia is a “candy striped beet.” It has red and white alternating rings with a bright red skin. I noticed the field pansies are […]
Read More Planting BeetsMarch 4, 2025 With my raised garden beds full of dirt and a beautiful day, I headed out to start planting cool season seeds. I’ve given the raised bed rows letters (A and D, as B and C don’t have beds yet.) and I numbered the beds from north to south. Row A is the […]
Read More Planting Seeds TodayMarch 3, 2025 This morning, I got a text from Bama Dirt asking if we were ready for our second load of dirt. I texted back, “Yes”. The driver texted to ask if I wanted it in the same spot. The answer was, “Yes”. We had moved the tarp closer to the last three short […]
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