Trying a New (to Us) Restaurant, FIL Injured, Trellises Put Up

May 15, 2025 Today (Thursday, May 15), Bruce drove me to PT. While I was in PT, Bruce tried to call his dad. He got the answering machine twice. Bruce decided to hang out in the lobby while my physical therapist had me do various exercises. Afterwards, we went to lunch at Ricatoni’s Italian Grill […]

Starting to Clean Out the Shed

May 15, 2025 I realized I forgot to mention that we started to clean out the shed yesterday (Wednesday, May 14). The barn is attached to the shed. I believe the shed was built around the same time as the house. The barn was clearly added on later. The shed wall sticks into the barn […]

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 […]

Started Setting Up the Trellises, Change of Plans

May 12, 2025 On Friday (May 9), we started to set up the first trellis. We decided the trellis was too short for tomatoes. We are going to move it to the other side for the peas and foot long beans. We went to Rural King, Lowe’s and Ace to find more metal electrical conduit. […]

Salad Greens from the Garden

May 8, 2025 On Thursday (May 8), before I went to PT, we went to the Home Depot to buy the materials for trellises based on the plans from the “The Square Foot Gardening” book. We were getting ready to check out when I realized I needed to walk over to the physical therapist office. […]

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 […]

Overslept Due to an Uncomfortable Nox

May 10, 2025 On Tuesday, (May 6) we overslept. My appointment for PT was at 10:30 AM and we slept until 9:30 AM. This gave us 30 minutes to get showers, get dressed and get out the door. Nox also needed to be walked before we could leave. I walked Nox while Bruce showered and […]

Harvesting the Turnip Greens and Florida Broadleaf Mustard

May 10, 2025 On Monday (May 10), I was very sore and stiff from pulling poison ivy up by the roots for 5 1/2 hours on Sunday I decided not to do much and let my body recover and recharge. I was very lazy in the morning, then I decided to take a walk around […]

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 […]