I picked my first tomatoes today. They weren't completely ripe yet, but I figured the longer I let them go, the better the chance that the racoons...
Out of my 3 acres of land, I only mow about an acre. I just let the rest grow up. There are a couple of areas where the berries grow right up to...
The "fruit" of my labors! [img] And I have enough berries for another one too. They are in the freezer.
I feel a pie in the makings after supper. What could say summer more than warm berry pie with vanilla ice cream on it? Yummy!
These are wild black raspberrys. They are smaller than the cultivated berrys but a bit of a stronger taste.
the wild raspberries are going crazy! I got a little over 2 qt. in an hour. [img]
You are getting sleepy, you are getting very sleepy!
Happy Independance Day! I got a few pics of the soggy parade in town this morning. This is our Legion Post's antique fire truck. [img] Some...
I have a Bush Early Girl that is ripening and a Bush Goliath that is ripening. I also have a standard that has green ones on it.
I left my tomatoes outside the garage last night and the coons didn't bother them. I am leaving them out again tonight. I have 2 maters that are...
Bubbles and Barbie, two blonde sisters had promised their Uncle, who had been a seafaring gentleman all his life, to bury him at sea when he died....
The ditch lillys is what I have. I think my mom made names up, if she didn't know what they were.
Before I walked into the field to look at it, I thought maybe it was wild mustard growing. What a surprise to see that it is rudebeckia.
After they are done blooming, I mow them off and rake up all of the residue. If we get the rain then I sometimes get a second blooming. But it's...
And why I like it. I live on 3 acres in the country in central Ohio, USA. My land once belonged to my parents and is where I grew up. I built here...
Across the back of my property, I have a Lilly hedge. When I planted it about 20 years ago, I planted one single row. Now the row is 6 ft. wide....
A shotgun works good around here and they taste good too!
I like my new teeth, I can take them out to clean them!
The hollys have no fragrance at all.
This is my single pink hollyhock [img] And my double pink hollyhock. It looks like a pink carnation! [img] And my cream lilly. [img]
