or Three Days Last Week
Day 3
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| Theo celebrated his birthday. After the Carnivores ate a birthday meal consisting of a lot of meat, we all went on a hike. Theo went with a full pack because he is training to go backpacking again. |
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| We saw deer. I like seeing deer in the woods better than by my front door. |
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| Even though wild rose can completely take over an area, it was pretty to see as we hiked along. |
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| The trail went through some low areas where we saw a lot of skunk cabbage and Jack-in-the-Pulpits. This one was about 2 feet tall--much taller than the ones in my backyard. |
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Day 2
The day before Theo's birthday, Uncle Billy and Aunt Martha invited us over to share in some of their harvest. Their shared bounty was served with Theo's birthday meal (where we actually had more than meat. I needed something to fill up on.) :)
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| Most of Uncle Billy's asparagus is gone, but we were still able to get enough for a meal. |
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| Aunt Martha shared some of her collards with us. I cooked them in the slow cooker with sausage. |
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| We have been eating the broccoli in salads. |
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| The cauliflower wasn't quite ready to harvest, but I just had to take a picture of this beautiful head. |
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| While Aunt Martha and I were in the greens patch, Ward was picking strawberries. There's nothing like a sweet berry straight from the vine. And we all had some straight from the vine. |
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| Uncle Billy has grown the biggest radishes I have ever seen. Notice the quarter for scale. Instead of eating the whole radish like I'm used to, we ate slices from them. Per Lili's example we cooked the radish greens with the collards. |
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Day 1
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The day before our harvesting, Aunt Martha and I were in cicada country where we were visiting my mother. In some areas they were so loud, they literally hurt my ears.
The noise comes from the males trying to attract a female. I don't know if it's true, but I read that they may be attracted to you if you are running a lawn mower because they think that it's another cicada. That's how loud they can be. I still find them fascinating. but I will leave it to someone else who is actually in the middle of this hatch to tell you more about them. |
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So there you have it. Three days last week.
