Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

Weekend Coffee Share

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia.  How you doing this 23rd week of 2023?  There were flower buds on the plants in the container by the fire pit, sure enough, it was balloon flowers.  The bloom looks like a balloon before the flower opens up. We had some more family celebration get togethers.  There were graduations & parties that included a little hula dancing & a flaming birthday cake.  Kevin bought us a camper & got some quail.  Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & I'll tell you how the garden is growing, come walk with me...

This property we moved to back in March, already
had the 4 large raised beds with a fence around
them.  We added some smaller beds & put the
mulch down.  The raised beds seem to dry out quick. 
There was a pump included in the garden stuff that
 draws water from the creek to use for watering.

We might get a few apples off this young
apple tree.

We've picked a few strawberries.

Onions in the front.  Carrots in the back.

        

There are several peppers growing.
We hope to get enough to make
a batch of stuffed peppers. The
plants are yellow looking & don't
look real healthy.

  

The blueberries are doing good.  We've picked
a lot.  We thought the birds would get the berries
but so far, nothing has bothered them.

Tomatoes, green beans on one side,
cucumbers on the other side
& okra down the middle.

The tame blackberries have
some blooms.

*  There was head start graduation, 8th grade graduations & high school graduations.  Then there were graduation parties.  Brother came from Texas for a visit & to see his Grand graduate. I probably mentioned before that it had been about 18 years since I had seen Brother in person.  I spent the night at Moma's house on the last night of Brother's stay. Moma had all 3 of us kids back home under one roof for a night, though we didn't fuss & fight or wet the bed like we did when we were kids.  I certainly enjoyed talking with Brother, getting his views about world events over a cup of coffee before he headed back to Texas.

Mine & Kevin's oldest Grand
graduated high school the next night.

Brother's oldest Grand graduated
high school one night.

  

*  Grand & Girlfriend celebrated their graduation together with a family & friends feast of a meal get together hosted by their parents.  The 2 grads had no idea who the wrapped packages were from that were on the gift table.  Their anticipation grew.  Grand double & triple checked the gifts to see if he could figure out who they were from.  Each thought they had gotten a box of coffee as they opened their gift.  Girlfriend said she liked coffee.  Grand said he could probably start liking coffee.  A card inside revealed the packages were from me (& Kevin too). The box was filled with some of their favorite snacks, a blanket, candles, a travel mug, some cute graduation themed socks, a little money along with a bear hug.  I've been giving bear hugs to the Grands ever since they popped out of the womb, so the teeny tiny teddy bear with a card saying that it was a bear hug, was kind of sentimental to me.

I thought these little candy
boxes were adorable. 

  

Friend turned 12.  There were
burgers, bubbles & a lit
birthday cake.

*  There were 2 birthday celebrations.

Grand turned 16.  There was a
pool party & he got his drivers
license.

   

Getting our mountain exploring vehicle set up.  Kevin raised the camper 6 or 8
inches so it won't drag on rocks going through creeks & such.

Rose

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