Lots of sunshine and a warm wind.
I love to look at it from inside the cool house... :-)
Well, I love the sun, but it doesn't love me... it makes me ill if I get too much of it... I think I was close to heatstroke once, when I was young, so I try not to push the envelope on dying. I went out to do some yardwork this morning... now that I have it started, it will be more motivating to get it done. There ate so many berry vines and ivy patches where I live. I have one space I am trying to clear out.
My son got a new (used) rototiller so I am wondering what parts of the yard will get a visit. I hate to think of doing all this manual labor and then a machine comes in and destroys it!
There's some kind of plum tree in the section I am working on. I was able to eat a few of them, and then made some kind of sauce out of them. I am finishing it up this month. I only was able to get two canning jars... the large jam jars... of plum sauce. I think I will make it into plum jelly if I can this year.
I have plans for the blackberries, too... I wonder how many we will get this year.
I figured out one time that it would take about ten years to really get some good fruit from a new tree... and that is planting one that has been growing in a nursery. I am not sure how long it takes to grow a fruit tree from seed. My son planted a fig, a mixed cherry tree with five different grafts on it, and I think he may have planted an olive tree... some other kind of food tree, I'm not sure right now what it is. He has also been growing a coffee bush, but it looks dead today... I saw one coffee berry on it last summer, so it is possible! And the Meyer Lemon is popular in these parts... he has one of those.
They like blueberries, so there are several of those bushes. Herbs, too.
Growing your own food is really great. Someday I hope to see my own food harvests. You know it's healthy, you know where it came from, you know how it was grown, and fresh is so much tastier than store-bought... which is why Farmer's Markets are the next best thing. :-)
I hope you will be able to grow a lot of your own food.
What else? I'm not sure... I just started checking my online stuff... I have an Amazon selling video to watch...the last of the four in their series. I have some other work to do online, too.
I cut some of the lilacs in the yard and brought them in the house to see how they would do... how strong the scent would be. Not many, just a small vase. I haven't seen any roses yet... it is pretty early for them, I think. The neighbor raises LOTS of roses, so I need to check his yard! :-) I did discover some pretty white flowers. I wonder if my son and his wife planted them... I don't remember seeing them last spring... they are pretty.
I guess I better get busy... doing something useful... maybe I need a nap... :-)
Until next time,
In Christ,
Deborah Martin
work2gather.us
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May GOD be good to those who love Him.
May our hearts be good, our words kind, our thoughts pure, our habits godly, our nights safe.
May the power of our Enemy and his minions be thwarted at every turn.
May our prayers be filled with faith, and be answered quickly.
May GOD help our country.
Amen.
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