The face of evil

Finished this today. Got the bowl 70% off when Target cleared out their patio furniture, and then just "had to" go by Northhaven Gardens while in Dallas, which coincidentally had a good selection of succulents.

Not as much mowing to do right now

It may seem like foolish weather to plant a new tree, but the birds seem to appreciate this Tuscarora crape myrtle that Paul planted for me on Monday. It's a good size nest.

Gotta love Texas

Life is rough for us puddy tats

Lantana is such a workhorse! I only watered this twice when I first planted it in April, and the front bed is blooming like crazy today....in full sun no less!!!

Pretty Fourth of July arrangements from the Green Acre in Van Alstyne. Their 1/2 off sale starts tomorrow!

Brining a one gallon jar of cucumber pickles....thanks for the tips Ann!

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So far we have forty pounds of wheat that we've hand cut and thrashed. A lot is wasted on the ground, but so far I don't see a way around that. We prob got four times that left in our little plot that we hope to finish this week.

Lots of bees on the squash and cukes today. Keeping a couple of hives is worth the trouble for pollination....just wish they could be trained to take out squash bugs :)

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Starting to get a few peppers, kind of surprised since we've been abnormally wet and cool.

Got another half inch plus of rain, but no tornadoes thank goodness. There has been a lot of bad weather this spring.

Found fresh apricots at Albertsons yesterday. 15 pounds made 19 half pints of Apricot Honey jam. Used pomona pectin so it would keep the taste of the fruit and not be overpoweringly sweet.

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What a dilemma....got one per dill plant and one on the only fennel...which I relocated. Need some sacrificial herbs!

Y-Star Party Pan

Painted Mountain Corn

Tiny little eggs in Jessamyn's Black Spanish grapes....hope the fire ants don't find them.

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We got two and three tenths of an inch yesterday. The garden looks like a jungle. Have started the squash bug patrol.

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I'm really enjoying my new cheese and yogurt making station that Paul built for me.

This lettuce has really bolted...its two and a half feet tall!

Negative mastitis test courtesy of CA Mastitis Test Kit

Cleaning out the barn is no fun

Don't like getting up when its dark and the moon is still up.....those things mean its nighttime! Taking 3 cows to be AI-ed again, after this its back to a bull.

I learned a lot at my class today

Taking a food preservation class at Homestead Heritage today

Buried treasure

Pea pickin say

Enjoyed my morning with the Grayson County MGs at Eisenhower's birthplace sprucing up the beds for the big garden tour this weekend. Come join us Sunday at 1:00pm and be prepared for a treat!

Stirring curds on a batch of feta.

Ed's Cherokee Purples are doing quite nicely in my garden

My 17 year old filling out her first job app says " I feel so old" !!!

Fun day on the farm....disbudding and tattoos.

Jessie my youngest baked sugar cookies to take on our lake outing, then she surprised me with a handwritten book called Poems for each Month, based on a lesson we did in homeschool. Made me feel pretty good :)

Anticipation

Anybody else adding supers yet? I drove through a swarm on hwy 75 yesterday.

We've been eating lots of salad lately, but I'm not complaining cause there will be a serious absence of greens once it heats up. Meanwhile it's chicken caesar salad, steak salad with basalmic, cobb salad, lettuce wraps...

Whew....no freeze last night. Don't think it dropped below 42.

Hardy Amaryllis, St. Joseph's Lily Hippeastrum x johnsonii. I got this from a neighbor in McKinney.

So glad the sun is out today

Feels more like November...cold temps and a steady downpour. Have gone from drought to flood in no time flat. Will be happy when tornado season is past - been spending LOTS of time in the closet packed like sardines.

Yum

Got an inch and three quarters since last night....and lots of wind. Much of my wheat is flattened, and it's at soft dough stage yet. Will it make it?

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Bean sprout bouquet....thinning out the row

Hickory always has a beautiful spring coat

Cutie-pie

I started these from seed in jiffy pellets. So far the bugs and the bunnies haven't found us. Organic all the way too!

The beans are up and it's raining now as I speak....life is good

The little boy is colored like a doberman pincer

The little girl needs a good name