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No, I didn’t plant any pumpkins…they just sprouted by themselves and are huge!  They are putting out only male flowers now, just to entice the bees to visit.    The blossoms are edible:  pick the open blossoms, remove the pollen, wash gently with water, fill with stuffing mix, and bake 15 min.  Delicious.

Saw fireflies for the first time tonight.  Their small twinkly lights are a joy to see.  Some stay low to the ground and some fly as high as our tallest tree across the road by the pasture.  Only the males have their lights to flash to entice the ladies to come up and dance.  They…

Just noticed some random garlics that I failed to dig up last year. When the whole bulb is left in the ground like these, they produce tightly-bunched tiny bulbs. They are hard to peal and should not be planted as next year’s seeds. They are putting up scapes already. Scapes  are long, curled spikes with…

Trying two new winter beans given to me by next door neighbor: Goose bean and Fortex bean.  Both good-eating heirloom types.  Goose is best eaten the day after you cook it.  Fortex pods grow 15 inches long!

Of the 4 blue robin eggs in their nest in my plum tree, 3 have hatched.  They are nearly featherless but have very big mouths for mom and dad to feed.