Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

Weekend Coffee Share

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia.  How you doing this 17th week of 2023?  We had blackberry winter - a cold spell when the wild blackberries are in bloom.  Kevin came across several good deals & we got his onXmap set up for Georgia.  We went exploring back in the mountains & I discovered lady slippers in bloom. Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & I'll tell you more about those deals & show you some pictures of the lady slippers, come walk with me...

*  Kevin's deal #1 - He got 2 trailer loads of stockpiled mulch for the garden from the electric company's cleanup from underneath the power lines. 

Tomato & pepper plants
were planted.

Kevin discovered this bird nest up in the
rafters of the mower shed.  I put the camara
 up there & took a picture to see if I could
see what was inside.

I waited not so patiently for this
iris to bloom, checking on it
daily for years days.

*  Kevin's deal #2 - He went to the mile long yard sale at the fairgrounds.  He said he went to the back end of the sale because there were less people in that area.  He came across a refurbished, scratch & dent sale. He got a flat top grill & a fryer that had some dents, scratches & maybe some missing screws.  The grill had the grease drip pan missing.  He pounded & straightened out the dents, tightened some screws & added a few.  He came up with a drip pan.  Wala, good as new!

*  Kevin's deal #3 - He got discounted fruit tress & azalea bushes.  Kevin wanted some fruit trees to add to some that were already established in the garden area to make a little orchard.  I wanted some azaleas to plant out back on the bank so I could see them out the kitchen window.  At the discounted price, he was able to get more plants than we were expecting to get. 

Apple trees, pear trees & blueberry 
bushes added to the orchard.  

The azaleas waited patiently for their
holes to be dug for planting.

 

The strawberries in the hanging
basket were snuggly & warm inside
 the house during the chilly nights
of blackberry winter.

The tomato & pepper plants were
covered during the night as the
 temperature fell below freezing. 
Unfortunately, the newspapers 
 didn't protect enough.  The
plants had to be replanted.

 

 

*  Nana Grandjoy Camp Run-A-Muk - Grand spent the night & we went exploring in the mountains.  We ate a snack sitting alongside the creek.  We took a little walk to see if there were any lady slippers blooming.  To my great wonderful awesome surprise, I found some.

There was lots of talk about cars that 
went on between these 2.  They both
seemed very knowledgeable about the 
vehicle things they were talking about.

Lady Slippers

Happy Birthday to Daughter.  She
celebrated her 29th birthday
for the 7th year in a row. 

Grand went to Senior prom with
Girlfriend.  They both looked
gorgeous.  They said it was fun.

* Tuesday - clean the kitchen & utility room day... Putting away extra cleaning supplies Kevin brought in our moving stuff.  I found the BBQ sauce we needed last week.  Kevin said he knew he had packed some.  There it was, packed with the trash bags.  He said now if he could find his gun oil.  I told him it would show up somewhere, eventually.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been?

Wild blackberries in bloom.