Blackberry Picking....

We spent Monday morning picking blackberries at RC Dairy and Farmstead in Collinsville, TX.  We had a wonderful time.  Their farm is always so neat and tidy it was just a pleasure to go and walk around for an hour or two.

We picked a gallon box of berries.  They were all so big and juicy.  That afternoon we canned 10 half pints of blackberry jam.  We also picked another 4lbs of plums from our tree and canned another 9 half pints of plum butter.

Our total jam/butter to date is 36 half pints.  That should last a while.  We probably will not be preserving more jam until the pears are done around July.

Video of me planting Black Eye Peas

I am planting black eye pea seeds using a 3/4" pvc pipe.  It helps save my back.

The first part of the video is a slide show of the bed preparation.  The second part is a video showing my technique of actually planting the seeds.

Thanks for watching.



Pictures of Vegetable Garden

I wanted to share the progress of my vegetable garden as of today.

Two of my onion buckets.  One of the buckets has been taken over by a tomato.  I left it there.  I could not imagine pulling up a tomato plant.  Not sure what variety yet. 

My tomato plants.  I am tying them up using a modified Florida Weave.

This is my green beans and squash.  The beans to the right are finished and are going to be tilled in this afternoon and black eye peas are going in here.

Right side of Greenhouse.

Left side of Greenhouse.

East side of Garden. 

Potato Bed.