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Collecting Leaves
Posted on May 27, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
 
We have always used leaves in the garden.  Mostly on the hills to keep down weeds, and to keep in moisture.  Well, last year we put a bunch in the first walkway to keep down weeds, and it worked very well.  So this year we have put leaves on ALL the walkways.  That's a lot of leaves.  But, hey, we live in the woods, so we have lots of leaves at our disposal.
 
Nature's free mulch.  Use it!!!
 
 
HAPPY GARDENING!!!
Poppies for Memorial Day
Posted on May 26, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
Categories: A story to share
This is from The Farmers Almanac:
 
Poppy Flower Memorial Day Symbolism
 
In addition to eternal sleep, the poppy has signified remembrance and hope through history. Today, poppies carry a message of peace with an underlying sentiment of soldier's sacrifice as they tend to grow on war-torn fields. Following the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century and again after WWI, red poppy flowers began popping up around. They were often the first type of vegetation to regrow on the destroyed battlefields, which were rich in lime deposits, due to the rubble. This provided optimal soil for their growth. War veteran John McCrae's famous poem, "In Flanders Field," mentions the poppies.
 
I hope you have a memorable Memorial Day.  
 
 
 
Lettuce
Posted on May 25, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
 
Now, that is a pretty head of lettuce.  Grown from a tiny seed.  There are about 20 more just like it.  Each one is good for a salad;  so that should last a little while.  It likes cool weather, so we are ok for now.  Then when it's done, I will have the space to plant zucchini, which likes warm weather.  Nice, that I can have both.
 
HAPPY GARDENING!!!
Garlic
Posted on May 24, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
 
The garlic is looking great!!  I cut the scapes last week, to send the plants' energy to the bulbs.  We ate the scapes.  I cooked them like green beans, leaving out the garlic.  They are already garlicky.  Delicious!!!
 
Now we just have to wait another month for the bulbs to develop, then harvest!
 
HAPPY GARDENING!!!
Cherries!!!
Posted on May 21, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
 
I just had to show you our bowl full of cherries.  This is happiness:  picking our own cherries.
 
 
HAPPY GARDENING!!!
Look What WE Have!!!
Posted on May 20, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
 
One year for my birthday Momma bought me a cherry tree.  It is about 15 years old, and has given us cherries for the last two years!!  It isn't a big tree yet, but it lives in our orchard, and now it's fruiting!!!  
 
Yesterday we picked about 100 cherries, and there are some still on the tree.  Yay!!!
 
HAPPY GARDENING!!!
Iris in My Friends' Yard
Posted on May 19, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
 
My friends are in Germany this week, and they asked me to check on their outside plants.  When I walked up there a couple days ago, this is what I found.  I don't think the iris were blooming when they left last week.  Aren't they beautiful?
 
I sent them a picture, reminding them "there's no place like home."  But who needs that reminder?  We know it's true.
 
HAPPY GARDENING!!!
Our Favorite Mountain Laurel
Posted on May 18, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
 
This is our favorite Mountain Laurel.  It is the reddest one I've ever seen.  It's not real big, but it is totally red and I love it.
 
HAPPY SPRING!!!
Mountian Laurel Up Close
Posted on May 17, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
 
Here she is up close.  Mountain Laurel.  So pretty!!!
 
HAPPY SPRING!!!
It's Mountain Laurel Bloom Time!!!
Posted on May 15, 2025 8:00 AM by Gerry Trout
 
The Mountain Laurels are blooming all over the place, and they are gorgeous!!!  They are all around the neighborhood, and along the highways.  Take a drive along Moccasin Church Road, and you can see whole hillsides covered with them.
 
Just another good reason to live in the North Carolina mountains.  
 
HAPPY GARDENING!!!
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