Category: Berries and Fruits
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Oh Dear- A Deer in distress! Flowers, Muscadine, Sunflower relatives, and Family
Bruce used his thermal binoculars last night (9:30 pm) and noticed something on the fence (pictures 1, 2, 3 as we approached). After a minute, he determined that a deer was hung on the fence. We grabbed some towels and wire-clippers and headed to the back fence behind the pond. As we approached, the deer…
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Learn about some insects today!
Look closely at this bee in a pumpkin flower. You can actually see the pollen on its body. There are two bees in this flower. The yellow object to the left of the bee is the stamen or the pollen structure in the male pumpkin flower. Below you see a female pumpkin flower with five…
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HOT, HOT, HOT! Everything needs water and there is no rain in sight. Corn, Melons, Pumpkins, Costa Rica and Back to School
The bird nets have been removed because the corn is so tall that it reached the netting. We should see tassels any day now. Below: Picture 1 shows that the hanging pumpkin is still getting larger. Pictures 2, 3, and 4 show the cords that have been installed for the honeydew and cantaloupe vines. The…
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Ronnie Visits, Goats, Water Quality, Ginger, and Cousins
Ronnie Sanfie visited the farm today. The goats were definitely happy that he fed them. Below: Picture 1: The corn is still growing, but has no tassels yet. Picture 2 and 3: Raspberry vines are continuing to grow in this heat, but no flowers or raspberries are present. The pumpkin vines wilt in the heat…
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Do you know the difference between a Fruit and a Vegetable?
Don’t feel bad. Most people don’t know that the difference is based on the original part of the plant from which a fruit or vegetable develops. Let’s start by examining a flower. Flowers of all types are for the purpose of reproducing the plant of that flower. Many flowers have male and female parts on…
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Bats, Goats, Thermal Imaging, Cypress vine flowers, and Butterflies
There was an Absolutely beautiful sunset on August 2nd! The five videos below are very short clips of the bats flying around the lake at the farm. The bats are small and move very quickly, so they are difficult to film. The bats that visit the farm are Mexican Free-Tailed bats. This bat is a…
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August 1st Moon, Pumpkins, Honeydew, and Cantaloupe
Science Tip: The full moon on August 1st was a little brighter and bigger than the moon normally appears. The reason is that the moon actually circles the earth in an elliptical pattern. The moon is actually closer to the earth on the flat part of the elliptical and further from the earth on the…
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Watermelons, rain, Canada, and Pumpkin Bread recipe
It doesn’t look like we got any rain in Woodville, Mississippi, despite radar showing a green and red cloud passing directly over the farm. We checked on the watermelons and they are still not ready to harvest. The rain gauge in Baton Rouge showed 1.6 inches on Monday, July 31, 2023, but the majority of…
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Harvesting our biggest pumpkin (so far), Pumpkin bread, Biking, Skiing, Armadillo problems, and fungi
The biggest pumpkin we have to date weighted in at 80 pounds. The little vine that tells you to harvest was completely brown and the stem gave way as soon as we touched it, so it was defiantly time to harvest. Now we have to let it age for two weeks with the other pumpkins.…
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Pumpkins, Watermelons, flowers, grapevines, and goats.
This is the large pumpkin in the garden by the fire pit. As promised, we starting using a tape measure on the pumpkins and watermelons. This is one of the newer pumpkins and measures 28.5 inches from stem to bottom. Pictures 1-3 in slideshow below are of the same pumpkin as above. Picture 4 is…