Category: Fishing
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What is a proboscis in insects? Zinnias, Water leak, goats, and family pictures.
Science Tip: Proboscis: Think of a straw! In certain insects, a proboscis is a mouthpart that is tubular and flexible used for feeding and sucking. Moths, butterflies, and mosquitoes all have proboscis. In the picture below, the butterfly’s proboscis is bent at a right angle just below its antennae. Look at the video below. The…
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Goats and Fishing on the farm and Turtles Hatching by Ella Clare
The kids are not wild about being picked up, but they do appreciate getting to eat without the larger goats butting them out of the way. Below Quinn holds Fool (pictures 1, 2, 3, 4). Ike holds April while Quinn holds Peanut (pictures 5 and 6). April and Fool are 4.5 months old. Peanut is…
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Pumpkins, Swordfish at Grand Isle, Fresh Pesto, and Back to School
We cut one of the Atlantic Giant pumpkins (Pictures 1-4) and one of the Early Prince Hybrid pumpkins (pictures 5-6). The Atlantic Giant had no seeds. This could have been an Atlantic Giant that was cross pollinated or this pumpkin could have no seeds. We won’t know until we cut a few more of this…
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Butterflies, caterpillars, Pumpkins, flowers, Watermelon, Birthday, Fishing, and Groundhog
Butterflies were definitely enjoying the heat this morning as they visited all of our flowers. Play the videos below to see the butterflies and their larvae (caterpillars) at work. Just as the caterpillars (larvae) of Monarch butterflies exclusively eat milkweed, the larvae of Gulf Fritillary butterflies eat various species of the passion vine. The plant…
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Pumpkin harvest, pumpkin rescue, bluebirds, and fishing.
Bruce, Craig, and Brenda harvested this pumpkin(below). They knew it was time because the little vine by the main stem was turning brown. This pumpkin weighted 55 pounds. Not bad for our first large pumpkin. Watch the video below. NOTE the brown piece of vine that tells you it is time to harvest. We forgot…
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Big Fish, but Bigger Shark!
It looks like something took a bite out of Trip’s fish! Pretty sure the culprit was a decent size shark. Cousins Aidan, AMPD, and Rowan (below) are still enjoying Lake Keowee. Did you know that watermelon have male and female flowers just like pumpkins. Just like pumpkins, the female flower has a bulb below the…
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Fishing – Grand Isle, Toledo Bend flying, Europe, and Cheerleader camp
Trip and Fritz end the day with a wonderful catch and a beautiful sunset! Fritz, Trip, and maybe a few other fishermen got their limit on Grand Isle. Company will join them tonight for a delicious fish dinner (especially if Fritz is cooking). Kennan (below) experienced a ride that was a little “too rough” at…
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Fishing on Grand isle- Heddie caught a Shark! (And a Red Fish) with a little on goats, pumpkins, corn and seedpods.
Sammy (Pops) is holding some nice trout. Fritz is with his mom (Heddie) in middle picture below. The shark did not hold still for his picture- but you get the idea from the picture below. Cousins at Lake Keowee enjoying the beautiful water of the lake. The Pygmy goats were all about getting fed, then…
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Remembering Robert on this 4th of July. (And a little about flowers, herbs, pumpkins, corn, and fishing)
Robert is in our hearts on this 4th of July. I bet Robert is watching the tournament and counting every fish caught on Grand Isle. We miss you Robert. You were an inspiration to all of us. Update on Grand Isle Fishing: Max caught the first fish and the biggest fish. That is $5 for…
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Wasp, Swing, kayak, trolling motor training, goats, and slip n’slide
The picture below is a Velvet Ant which is NOT an ant at all. It is a female wasp in the order Hymenoptera. The female has no wings and has a very powerful sting. The male does have wings. This is the second one we have seen on the ground in the past week. They…