Category: Vegetables
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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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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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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…
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Bobcats, Bears, Deer, Pumpkin Harvest, Corn, Watermelon, Beans, Fruit Trees, Flower seeds, and a few Antiques
We picked up the trail cameras. Our bobcat is getting bigger and roaming at dusk. Flip though the slideshow pictures below from the trail cameras. We also found dancing deer, a black bear cub, female deer, and some hogs roaming at night. This video of the bobcat (below) is also from the trail cameras. How…
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Lost a baby bluebird, found a hanging pumpkin, beans, geese, deer, fog, family, and Shep’s place
At 15 days old, we clearly see the blue feathers on the baby Bluebirds, but we do see open eyes when we check the nest. However, we only see two birds in the nest. Nature is hard on baby bluebirds, and it is rare that all four eggs laid by a mom make it to…
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Watermelon, pumpkins, flowers, bluebirds, Red Fox, Frog legs, and Evergreen, CO
Amazing what a little water can do! Bruce watered this watermelon and saw a visible difference in size overnight. All of the pumpkins below are the same variety (Dill’s Atlantic giant). They were harvested at different ages. The bright orange (below left weighting 55 pounds) had its leaves eaten by the goats, but was harvested…
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Pumpkin eating goats, flowers, bush beans, baby bluebirds update, Deer and Fires in CO, Cave of the Winds, and family
After dental impressions, we are pretty sure the goats are the culprit in eating the pumpkin leaves and taking a bite out of our pumpkin. Next year, the pumpkins will be planted where the vines do not enter the goat yard. Below: Picture #1 is the pumpkin patch behind the barn. There are little pumpkins…
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Watermelon, Humming birds, Mule deer, Good manners, and a quick lunch recipe
Our biggest watermelon (below) is 6 inches long. It has quit doubling in size, but it is still growing. As promised, we now use a ruler to show the actual size since pictures alone do not tell the true story. We also have a 4 inch melon. Hopefully there are more watermelons to be found.…
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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…