March 23rd

Beautiful Louisiana irises.

The world is falling apart,

but it's spring.

Flowers are blooming,

veggies are ripening

and the world is still turning.

We are alive and healthy.

These little things in my currently

closed off world, make me happy.

It's been 10 days since I've actually

been anywhere.

Yeah, 

I walked around the block in 

the early morning hours,

with almost no one around,

and occasionally waved at passers by 

(with a wave that would rival

the Queens!)

but...

I haven't been tooling around in my car.

and 

it's surprisingly peaceful.

So, I'm not having a "cabin fever"

moment....

Yet.

The CEO and I have spent a lot of

time in our gardens, harvesting, planting

and weeding.

This is the yield during last week.

Not to mention... 2 to 3 eggs per day.

I cooked all of it, or in the case of some

of the broccoli,

ate some raw in a salad.

I also made refrigerator pickles

from 1 of the mirlitons.

Cauliflower

Broccoli

These 2 heads made casseroles

 that I froze for use this week.

More of our crops....

Carrot seedlings

Spinach

Collard greens - for the hens

Cucumbers with several flowers 

Far back is zucchini and near the

front is yellow summer squash

Eggplants

Blueberries - not ripe yet

Artichoke

This plant looks intimidating,

it's not.

The leaves are soft, and it's huge!

Potatoes

Tomatoes 

These are the cherry kind

This is a hybrid tomato with loads of blooms.

We also have Creoles with flowers.

Some flowers...

Petunias

More Petunias

Dahlias just poking their heads up.

Gladiolus.

No clue of their color,

so we'll be surprised!

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Here's a "did you know" trivia question.

Which plants of the above pictured ones

are in the same family?

Answer: Its the Nightshade family.

Many members contain potent 

alkaloids that are highly toxic,

but many are used as food.

Ours are; Potato, Tomato, Eggplant and Bell Peppers.

The petunia is also a nightshade,

but you can't eat it!

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So....

He decided yesterday that several of the trees

needed to be trimmed.

So, this morning, the sunlight

was relentlessly streaming

into the kitchen windows!

Wow! 

If I wasn't fully awake before, now I am.

These 2 guys visited for a while.

They even stayed put while I drank tea

under the patio.

They aren't intimidated by the 

chicken girls.

Oh,

and speaking of chickens,

Pepper and Nugget

say Hi!

🙏

and stay safe and well!

❤

On a sad note...

last year this time, 

our special dog Leia,

was entering her last struggle.

Still miss you girl!