What's Happening on the homestead

 


Between many waterings and a little rain the corn and green beans are growing fast but have yet to produce anything.   I am hoping to have a harvest of both before fall hits but we shall see what happens.


The coneflowers have bloomed and attracted some pollinators today this butterfly was just happy walking around on it while I zoomed in to  snap a pic of it.  I can't wait to see if  it attracts birds in the fall and collect some seed heads to pass on.


This pear tree is loaded and the picture is  zoomed up close since I was trying to capture a shot of a small bee that was just hovering around the pears.  I plan to make pearbutter out of these come fall when they are riper and bigger.  


Speaking of bees, the catnip has flowered and the cats have let it be but this fellow was busy flying around it and I assume gatheering nectar.  Folks if you want bees plant some stuff other than haviang the boring square green patch of grass we call lawns.

 

Remember that green tomato from an earlier post?  Well it is finally turning red so soon I hope harvest it and their are blooms on rest of plants so hopefully I'll be getting tomatoes soon.


In the same garden patch as the catnip some cosmos, sunflowers, and random weeds are growing.  I'll continue to shoot pics of the gardens as they grow and the seasons change and later I'll be posting a huge surprise project that I have been working on step by step.



Last but not least the peppers are my current major producers here is a red one that will be ground into chili powder and two roasted green hatches for salsa in the near future.  Until next time .....

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