Category: Herbs
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Golden Rod, Bees, and a Science and Safety TIP.
Below are pictures of Golden Rod. Although this plant is not necessarily a favorite of people with allergies, it is a blessing for the bees this year. Due to the drought, the bees are having a very hard time surviving. Just as we had to feed the bees to get them off of the hummingbird…
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Turkeys, Deer, Bear, Science Tip and Museum:
These beautiful Turkeys are starting to show up quite regularly on the trail cameras. Trail Cameras from this week: Not much on the cameras, but we are seeing some healthy deer and healthy turkeys. Below: In the last 20 years, the black bear population has expanded eastward from the Mississippi River. There are two subspecies…
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Growing Melons, Tall Sunflowers, Harvested Corn, and Pumpkin Decorations
Slideshow below: The first honeydew and cantaloupe were planted on July 23, 2023. It has now been a 1.5 months and look at the fruit! These melons should mature at 1-3 pounds. The cantaloupe has stripes and the honeydew does not. The larger melons were the size of a peanut less than two weeks ago.…
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Trail Camera Pictures with turkeys, deer, white heron, hogs, and fawn. Also wasp, goats, and family.
Trail Camera Pictures- Turkeys, hogs, deer, and a fawn. Video Below: Buck, coyote, fox, and fawn. Slides Below: A Metric Paper Wasp is on the basil. This wasp will share its nest with similar species and will reuse its own nest. This wasp prefers to feed it larvae soft bodied insects like caterpillars. The other…
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Herbs and Insects:
We all know that herbs add flavor to our food, but did you know that herbs also help in our gardens? Let’s look at Sage, Rosemary, Basil, Chives, Mint, Oregano, Parsley, and Thyme. Sage should be planted by your carrots and cabbage, but NOT by your cucumbers. It discourages carrot rust flies and cabbage moths.…
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Goats, Fruit, and Herbs
Tsunami started limping on Thursday afternoon. At first, she would not put her foot on the ground. We decided to watch her and see if it improved before we rushed off to the vet. She seems to be doing a little better, but then last night she could hardly walk. She has not cried or…
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Sunflower, Pumpkins, and Insects
These plants are called Maximilian Sunflowers (Helianthus). It is a perennial sunflower with numerous blooms. The blooms grow up to 5 inches. Five inches is usually smaller than many sunflowers that have only one or two blooms on the plant. Note: Perennial vs. Annual– A Perennial plant reappears each year for several years sending up…
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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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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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Bluebirds-Just out the shell! Also heron, flowers, herbs, snake, berries, pumpkins.
The bird below is a Little Blue Heron. How can that be, that bird is WHITE?? Well, it is a juvenile or an immature Little Blue Heron. When this bird matures, it will turn blue. These tiny bluebirds (below) hatched this morning. They are still waiting for the 4th egg to open. They look much…