Category: Flowers
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Flowers, Butterflies and Fruit
Below are the jalapeño peppers that Preston started for us in June. They have finally started to grow and give us peppers. Did you know that jalapeño peppers left on the vine until they turn red are the peppers for Chipotle? We modified a recipe from the internet for a pumpkin rice dressing. This is…
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Poults, Bears & Cub, Coyote, Hogs, Deer, fawns, Pumpkins
Look at our collared visitor. Now look over to the left of this picture at the very tiny cub. Black Bear cubs are usually born in January weighing as little as a half pound. By one year they can weigh as little as 15 pounds or be much larger if the food is abundant. The…
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Fishing, Alligator, Pumpkins, Family & Frogs
Beautiful morning on lake in Louisiana. The lake has been very still and so far this morning, not one fish has been interested in trying the bait. However, a young alligator did swim over to the bait and follow it around for a minute. Below: The female pumpkin flower has a larger center (Stigma) and…
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Flowers, Fruit, and Vegetables
Bruce took some great pictures of the flowers in the yard. Below: We have been busy harvesting honeydew, cantaloupe, watermelons, green beans, and pumpkins. Below: pictures #1&2- Figs on the fig tree that is finally coming back from the drought and freeze of this past year, #3-Apples on one of the apple trees in the…
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Grandparents’ Camp (Part III)
Below: The homemade slip and slide was used almost everyday. Below: Cooking, baking, making Chocolate strawberries, painting on canvas, and swinging were also part of the week. Below: The shooting range was closely supervised. Below: The pottery wheel was used for something other than pottery. Canvas boards were stuck to the wheel with clay, and…
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Grandparents’ Camp (Part I)
Below: Campers were picked up from the airport and headed straight to Dr. Lee and Dr. Clare’s office to repair Beckett’s front tooth. The cousins were curious, so Drs. Lee and Clare (working after hours) allowed the campers to view the procedures. The patient was very happy with his new front tooth. Hopefully, the visit…
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Poor Miracle, blackberries, pumpkins, and bluebirds.
We left the farm last Sunday and Bruce returned on Wednesday morning. When Bruce went to feed the goats, he only counted four goats. Miracle was missing. After a brief search, Bruce found that Miracle was guilty of thinking that “the grass is greener on the other side” and she was entangled in the fence.…
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Corn, Watermelon, Goats and Pumpkins
We harvested some of the corn and “simply delicious” lived up to its name! Below: Searching for watermelons. If the animals don’t eat the watermelons, we should have a great crop! Below: Goats are supposed to eat just about anything, but this is not always true. We tested Polk salad, lettuce, and carrot tops in…
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Goats, Berries, Pumpkins, Watermelons and Fun Summer Days!
Tsunami is finally adjusting to the much, much smaller herd of goats at our farm. Below: One of Tsunami’s twins, Gwen, also seems happy in her new home. The new owner sent recent pictures of Gwen on a Trampoline and in a birdbath that Gwen has claimed as her own. Below: What happens when you…
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Memorial Day Weekend 2024!
Fruitful Harvest! We were able to harvest blackberries (seedless and thornless), raspberries, blueberries, and string beans. All will be consumed this weekend. Below: Slide (1-2) Our corn plants have tasseled which means corn is on the way. These plants were “left over” and are not in the enclosure to prevent animals from eating. (3-5) The…