Posted on 03/27/2021 7:04:05 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Mmmmmmmm....you can almost smell the wonderful aroma of a steaming cup of coffee.
Good Morning!
Crocuses are up here in the Frozen Nawth Country! :-)
Good Morning!
Dead-leaf butterfly => https://thumbs.gfycat.com/RewardingAcademicAddax-mobile.mp4
Sorry, you'll have to copy and paste these. I don't know how else to post an .mp4 file, even to just make the darned things clickable.
Anyone in your area have Persimmon or PawPaw trees planted ?
“Anyone in your area have Persimmon or PawPaw trees planted?”
PING! to Momwithhope!
That is amazing! Imagine waking up to that on your morning stroll...
That is a beautiful picture! Setting that appeals to the photographer in me.
Yesterday I got to take some baby pix with a lady who modeled for me 2 months ago when she was 7 months pregnant (she then.had her cute little boy a month early.)
I sent her a few of the images last night and she already has one picked put for framing (mom and son smiling face to face) so today I have do some real editing on the laptop with the high resolution version.
But I am about to get a cup of coffee in me and then hit the garden for a few hours.
Have a great Saturday everyone.
I live in Florida.
Many years ago some neighbors had a persimmon tree which died a few years after I moved down here.
The persimmons I used to be able to buy came from California. The store that I bought them from went out of business from Covid and competition.
Persimmons have to be mushy ripe to be edible.
I suspect that store purchase of nearly ripe fruit is the best option.
I live in the Sarasota, FL area and the trees of gold are in bloom.
The bright yellow blossoms are fairly short-lived. The leaves are a problem and the tree is very weak structurally. The last hurricane destroyed one of my trees.
It can be a challenge to find certain ripe fruits at a grocery store. I haven’t bought a pear or peach or nectarine in ages.
I’ve got way more seeds than motivation
Blooms on Cherokee and Black Krim tomatoes(the storm scared them into production perhaps).
Also been picking asparagus this week.
Snap peas and chard are doing well
Life is good in zone 8a
Tree guy is due today to take down the ash trees I planted 35 years ago - all three - that provide the only shade for the house in late afternoon. The emerald ash borers won. It is dreary and misting, so he may not show. It is kind of dreary and misting inside the house, too. I am too old to look forward to another nice canopy taking shape there.
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