May/June - 23rd

May 12th

June 12th

May and June are the best of our 

produce months.

These are some Japanese Eggplants, Banana

Peppers, Cherry Tomatoes, regular

Tomatoes, Blueberries

and Blackberries.

As the veggies ripen, I either dehydrate them

and grind it into a powder for seasoning,

or make it into soup or veggie base

for tomato gravy.

As it cooks down over a low temp,

the veggies soften and then I

use an immersion blender and then freeze it.

The best thing is the taste.

There's nothing like homegrown.

With the fruit, I do almost the same thing.

I make fruit leathers or jams, if

I can keep everyone's hands off!

Ha!

The CEO is requesting a blackberry pie.

So that'll be the next concoction.

😋

Some pictures of our 2025 crops.

Blackberries

Eggplant Flower 

It looks like a black and white

picture, but it is only the small

eggplants in a white dish

on a gray placemat. 

Tomatoes

Bell and Banana Peppers

Cucumbers

Tomatillos

Asparagus

(Purple and Green)

Bay tree

Mint

Onions

Herbs:

Lemon Balm, Thai Basil, Parsley,

Basil, Oregano, Thyme, Cilantro,

Mint and Sage.

We have Potatoes, but they only look

like bushy plants now.

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The flowers look amazing! 

This May and early June have

been exceptionally wet.

It's rained almost daily and that has

given us beautiful plants.

We have 3 different colors of 

Gladiolas.

The Gardenia's are blooming again.

Mary's Garden

She has Begonias, Coleus and

Dianthus.

Sunflowers

Milkweed

We grow these for the Butterflys.

Zinnias

Phalaenopses Orchid

This is a rescue plant that

the CEO got from a dumpster

at Home Depot a few years ago.

We've been trying to coax it to bloom,

and lo and behold it did!!

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On June 30th of this year,

my Mom's 108th birthday,

I can honestly say that I still miss you.

A lot.

There are days when I look in the 

mirror and I see you.

Same thing when I utter a phrase

or do a task that you've taught me how to do.

I owe my crafting abilities to you too.

I wish I had repeatedly told you how much you

really meant to me.

I am truly what you gave your life for.

I've matured to be a reflection of you.

Your entire focus became your

two daughters after Daddy died.

You were so young and yet so strong

in the conviction to be both mother 

and father to us.

Being a child of the Great Depression

and having lived through times

that would've broken most

people, you persevered.

You changed tires,

painted the house,

fixed broken shingles,

changed fuses,

made breakfast, lunch and dinner daily

and still made time to 

be room mother or school helper

for both our classes at school.

And as we had our own kids you stepped

in again to help raise them.

What an incredible role model!

I am forever grateful and proud 

to have been your daughter.

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💗

Yay, Tiger Baseball!!