Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
October 18, 2026 On September 25, I planted the former potato bed, the one we had covered with black heavy duty contractor bags. I planted radishes, Japanese greens, spinach, beets, lettuce, and carrots. I used the square foot garden method for planting each square foot. It took a lot longer than planting in rows. I […]
Read More Fall Radishes Planted and KitchenAid RepairedOctober 8, 2026 On September 25, here are some pictures I took. On September 26, I took pictures of the bucket brigade. I took some raised beds pictures. I tried to show all the dangling eggplants on the large eggplant bush. I was not successful. Random pictures below. The tomato is a volunteer that came […]
Read More A Few Pictures of Blackberry Home in SeptemberOctober 4, 2026 On September 20, most of the scorched plants had recovered. Some had been scorched to death. I lost more of my Alpine strawberries, sorrel, and my Longhorn pepper plant. I caught up on laundry and Bruce went out to mow. On September 21, Bruce continued with his mowing mission. I looked through […]
Read More A-tisket A-tasket, A Pepper Filled BasketSeptember 24, 2026 On September 18, Bruce’s sister spent the night at Blackberry Homestead on an air mattress in the odd room. Lola slept on the carpet next to the air mattress. On September 19, I got up early, just after six, and headed out to water the garden. Blackberry Homestead, the entire time we […]
Read More Bruce’s Sister and Lola Visit UsSeptember 20, 2026 On August 29, with rain expected later in the week, Bruce decided to clear the drainpipe under the patio. He spent some time trying to clear the pipe with me providing suggestions. After getting tired of watching the struggle, I went inside. About 45 minutes later, Bruce was triumphant. The drainpipe was […]
Read More Just Trying to Get Over a Cold and Not Feeling Like Doing AnythingSeptember 7, 2026 On August 28, 2026, in the morning Bruce headed back to the courthouse for the jury selection process. The jury pool was told the jury selection was almost finished. Bruce was a little bit jaded since he had heard this a few times. Bruce did appreciate the judge apologizing for the process […]
Read More Bruce Does Not Have to Serve on the JurySeptember 7, 2026 On August 27, Bruce had hoped the jury selection would be completed by the end of the previous day. It wasn’t, so he had to go back to the courthouse in the early morning. The number of the jury pool was smaller, but it was still a large pool. I went out […]
Read More Bruce Still Being Considered for Jury Duty and Chili Pepper Ristra AttemptSeptember 4, 2026 On August 26, Bruce headed to the courthouse for consideration for jury duty. He was expecting to either be picked or be released since the two-day time frame had been exceeded. I walked around the back field to see if any of the trees or bushes needed anything. I noticed this spicebush […]
Read More Bruce Still Being Considered for Jury Duty and a Cucumber TornadoSeptember 2, 2026 On August 25, Bruce headed out for jury selection consideration. I spent some time catching the evil leaf-legged bugs attacking my tomatoes and dropping them in soapy water. I mixed up my post for August 23 with today for watering. We’ve had a dry spell, and the pepper bucket brigade was drooping, […]
Read More Bruce Still Being Considered for Jury Duty and Watering the GardensAugust 31, 2026 August 24, Bruce had to go in for jury duty. He had received the notice four weeks ago. They had called up 400 people to pick the jury from. The court only planned to take two days to select the jury. It took them 5 days. Bruce was not allowed to talk […]
Read More Bruce Called Up for Jury Duty
