Around the Farm

Some sort of weed with pretty yellow flowers.

Red clover.

Pineapple sage. We never learned how to cook with herbs, I just grow them for the bees and other bugs. The good ones, hopefully. This is my first time with the pineapple sage. I like the flowers.

Purple basil.

Red nasturtium. They don't seem to like the ground here. None of the ones I planted last year sprouted. This is the only one of two that survived this year. It's really pretty.

We had the first broccoli from our planting yesterday. Hubby didn't like it. Has a strong flavor. My guess is because of all the rain and harvesting late.

It's still pretty wet here.

I think I'll stop here for today. I think if you click on the pictures, you can see them better. Hope you are all having a wonderful Monday!

When you realize you are too short

To take a good picture of 15 pounds of mudbugs in the sink.

And what's left after a great dinner. ^_^

Hope you all have a blessed weekend. ♥

Hubby has a new Endocrinologist

They agreed he should start on insulin for his type 2 diabetes. It was hubby's suggestion. Most of the other medicines have side effects he doesn't like.

Saw this bush outside the hospital when we arrived. They had a dozen or so of them. Has anyone seen a bush like this before? So pretty!

The flowers(?) looked like they had gold sparkles all over them.

My thoughts and prayers to the people of Eastern Texas.

Hope all of my readers are doing well. Have a blessed weekend! ♥

From today's local AG newsletter

You all have a blessed day. ^_^

Hubby's Big Saturday

He wss pretty excited about this.

Hubby was most excited about the SAR pocket copy of the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution.

A fun couple hours. ^_^

I should add, since my brother pointed out this was a little confusing, that hubby can trace his lineage back to France. His ancestor came from France and settled here in Louisiana, before it was Louisiana. That male ancestor was a member of a local unit that fought in the American Revolution. So he is actually Creole, and not Cajun, as he originally thought. ^_^

Short update

Planted corn again this year. Been talking with people to figure out how to keep the coons out. But first we have to keep the crows out. I've read some on the internet, and this is what some people use.

Hopefully we grow enough corn to need to figure out how to keep the coons out.

The broccoli is still doing well, though we found another fire ant hill so we had to look for something we could use safely.

I'm pretty sure these are weeds. Any gardeners have any idea? We compost, but hubby is not good about waiting before it gets used...

Our apple trees are blooming. They grew apples last year. Three years old this year. NONE of the apples ripened successfully last year. I expect that might have been due to the farmland behind us. Spray doesn't stay where you want it, but there is really no telling. Would love to get a couple home grown apples this year.

Hope you all have a blessed weekend. ♥