When there are Snapping Turtles in a pond and the pond is in the Carolinas in June and it’s hot and they have the hots, they call it a Snapping Turtle Paddle Battle for the Biggest Babe Blowing Bubbles at the Bottom.
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Spring Harvest
Blueberry Bushes, Jasmine, Cucumbers, Blooming Bulbs…
We have been bringing food in from the gardens in the last couple of weeks that has been tasty indeed. I don’t know why but growing food works as eye candy too.
From Family to Nursery
In retrospect I can say that May is bird month around here. We have fourteen incubator hatched chickens in the coop that are approaching seven weeks. And we have had a wild goose family staying around with their four chicks.
At the end of March I posted a video of a the pair of nesting geese, before they had chicks, chasing off another couple. Now that their goslings are several weeks old, they have a whole new attitude. What was one family has grown to three families, with twelve goslings in all. They have been here for a couple of days now.
Oregano and Spring
Oregano growing in the kitchen box, a tree shaded garden.
Oregano in winter, in the kitchen box at the foot of THE BELL.
A lot can happen in six weeks. Back in the beginning of March I was writing about herbs in the garden in winter. Now into the middle of May the expression that spring has sprung seems appropriate.
Food for All
We share the field with a wild Canadian family. This is the second time in seven years that we have had nesting geese. They eat constantly. Fortunately they leave our vegetables alone.
The father is fierce. Yesterday he was tussling with a Great Blue Heron that was twice as tall and had a wing span twice as long as his. He finally chased the heron away after a lot of honking and flapping of wings from both parties.
How to Eat a Pomegranate
Pomegranate Blossoms
This month of May marks our seven year anniversary on the homestead. There are pleasures that come from a seven year garden, that you just can’t enjoy the first couple of years. This summer may be the summer that we get to enjoy both kiwis and pomegranates. Continue reading
Western Light
muscle structure mulch fertilizer seeds rain wind flowers food fragrance light life
Slow Art
My garden signs, all gifts from my husband and children, get moved around all the time. This spring I have made an attempt for a utilitarian area to look a little more attractive…
The Produce Aisles
The Big Daddy supermarket. Fresh lettuce for the table now. Broccoli, cabbage, chard, corn, tomatoes and okra in various stages along the food supply timeline.
Bee in the Blooming Lavender
A busy bee in the blooming lavender on a Sunday morning.