In between trips to the woods with a wheelbarrow full of compost material, I saw a little cardinal in a wild blueberry bush. Front view and Side view A little later, I wheeled another … [Read more...]
Garden Planning and Planting
Over the past few days, I have managed to get my backyard vegetable garden tilled and planted. My garden plant-able area measures 21 feet by 50 feet this year. The garden is a few feet behind my … [Read more...]
Dandelion
Today I had flowers on my mind. If my digital camera worked with batteries, this post would have looked different. I would have posted a few images of the wild flowers, aka, weeds that are blooming in … [Read more...]
Killing Frost
The temperatures dipped below freezing a couple of nights ago. It was inevitable and it killed most of my garden plants. I chose 2 pepper plants and 1 tomato plant to save. I wrapped their cages with … [Read more...]
Dry Summer
The summer was very dry in this part of the southeast corner of Tennessee. Most of Tennessee was in drought, and really, large parts of the south had severe drought this summer. Here, milk is over $5 … [Read more...]
RIP Me Golden Beauties
One day in the recent past, something like over a week ago, I noticed that the little animals in the area had consumed every ripe sunflower seed that inhabited my little speck of earth that I fondly … [Read more...]
Squirrels and Sunflowers
A few days ago, I noticed that some of my sunflowers are being relieved of their flower heads. I found that curious, so I looked around the yard to see if I could find evidence. It did not take long … [Read more...]
Sunflower
While working in the garden yesterday, I found a sunflower bloom on the ground. I do not know why it fell off the stem. I brought the sunflower inside to scan close up images of its parts. The image … [Read more...]
Basil
Basil, I love basil! The scanned image shown here is from the 2004 Burpee seed package. In my opinion, everyone that can should grow basil at least once in his or her life. Of course, if I write about … [Read more...]
As the Petals Unfurl
My helpers the sewing machine, the iron, and the cutting board were my companions today. Later I visited my tiller and hoe. Lunch, plain chicken and a large apple, was called sustenance because that … [Read more...]
Quilt, Garden, Life
Not long ago, I declared my vacuum cleaner useless and I threw it in the garbage. Shortly after that, I ordered a vacuum cleaner from Amazon to replace it. The vacuum cleaner that I chose is a very … [Read more...]
Main Garden III
Despite the drought, most of my plants are growing. I water the plants, if I didn't, they would die. The ground is deeply dry. It is too dry to cultivate. The only weeds that are growing are some very … [Read more...]
Main Garden II
This is a one-month later continuation of Main Garden. Click to see a larger image. The picture shows how my garden looks today. Last night I tilled, weeded, and raked the garden. The … [Read more...]
Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Cardinal
Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus About the bird: mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov These well-dressed birds frequent our feeder. They prefer the hopper feeder and they exhibit territorial behavior … [Read more...]
Green Caterpillar
Last Saturday, April 21, I gathered leaf litter from the woods for my garden. I used a leaf rake to gather the litter. At some point in this task, I uncovered a green caterpillar. I picked it up along … [Read more...]
