Taking it easy

 

Solanum carolinensis a.k.a. Horse Nettle. All parts are toxic, especially its tomato-like berries. Be sure to visit our gift shop.

Solanum carolinensis flowers

Physalis virginiana, Virginia Ground Cherry. Many look-alike species. Berries, although small are edible (even delicious) when fully ripe. It is a perennial in my climate.

I visited the Upper Orchard today.

I took it easy. I only watered the twenty new apple trees. I walked slowly, wore work-boots and the compression-brace and avoided known woodchuck holes.

I probably could have watered more trees, but they are on the Hill Orchard and I didn't want to push my luck. 

Hello fodder, hello mudder

I write you here, from Camp Grenada...

I cut some weeds. Mostly Setaria faberi  and Ambrosia trifida.

The goats liked the Giant Foxtail (Sataria faberi). I don't know what they will think of the Giant Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida).

I get the weeds off my property before they drop their seeds. Southern Belle gets free fodder for her goats. Win-win.

The curse of being old and busy

I put my keys down somewhere and now I cannot find them. I have my vehicle keys on their own rings to keep them petite, but I cannot find the big ring of keys for all of the things that are locked up that I don't visit on a regular basis. 

St. Anthony of Padua is the patron saint of lost items. I suspect that as I get older that I will be having more conversations with him.