This post is a bit out of order. I had started it and then misplaced it and just found it so i guess i will finish it. There was a storm in between the twenty minutes of hail storm and the construction of the carport. My best friend/neighbor has a rather large carport that can …
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A Moth Shelters from the Wind
One day this gigantic moth posted up in one of my potted trees on the porch. It started on one of the branches and dropped down to the soil. I wasnt sure if it was going to lay eggs and leave hundreds of tiny eating machines behind so i was pretty wary of the new …
Evolution of a Blackberry
Building a Carport
After the hail storm i got online and ordered a carport from amazon. Something had to be done. I called a handyman i had used in the past and asked for a quote for the job. A quote was given and agreed upon and they let me know when they could come out and start. …
Electricity in the Greenhouse
Before i bought the property i live on now i spent about a decade living in apartments. I had balcony gardens. I had courtyard gardens. I had hanging gardens…but i always had a garden of some sort. I did fairly well for having everything in containers. I grew roses and double blossom hibiscus, herbs and …
Garden Snails
This is how it started. 2 snails. There were 2 garden snails sealed up against the edge of a plant pot in the courtyard at work. How on earth could one pass up the opportunity to acquire free pets on lunch break? They are literally just hanging out like leaves on trees. I put them …
800 Bees
During the high winds, my neighbors who have 12 bee boxes lost two of their colonies. I didnt know this but two of their boxes had tipped over, dumping all the bees. They werent sure where they had gone but i was. There were suddenly around 800 bees in my yard for about two or …
First Spring with the Redbud Tree
This was my first spring with the redbud tree since i bought it during summer of the previous year. I would get to witness the purple flowers, the baby leaves, and then the seed pods that grew from each flower.
The Plants Misjudged the Timing of the Last Frost
In the house the redbud tree, crape myrtle, and blackberry bush began to wake up from their slumber. In their minds, winter hibernation was over. Unfortunately, most of my fruit trees in the ground followed suit. Winter was not over by a long shot. In one week it would be 13 degrees and everything that …
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The First Egg Appears
Depending on the hatchery i got each of the chickens from, some of them lay fewer eggs during the winter and some of them stop laying eggs during the winter. I believe it was a 3 fold problem. One, less chickens were laying because it was winter. Two, the chickens did not like the kind …