Things around the farm

One of my most despised weeds.

The pecan crop is coming along.

With the heat and lack of rain, we've started watering some of the trees. Will cost us in electricity, but the next month or so will be critical for the growing nuts.

I love when the little egrets come around while we are mowing. They're fun to watch as they go after the bugs that fly away from the mowers.

They don't like being photographed...

Stay cool, be safe, God bless. ♥

Ugly bug

crawling in the branches of one of our pecan trees...

I think if you click on the pictures you'll be able to see it out near the end of that branch. It's actually fairly large. Moved slow too; made me think of a chameleon.

I'm going to send the pictures to the local AG pecan guy and see if it is something to worry about. I try not to kill bugs if I can help it, but sometimes you need to.

Pecans are doing well. We may be blessed with a good crop this year.

Supposed to get to a hundred this weekend. And remain very humid. I guess it's a good week to travel.
We'll be leaving the boys and going to Florida to see the sister-in-law. She hasn't been well and her medicines seem to be making her sick. Be gone about four days. Not taking the computers, so I will be able to do email, but not much more. Blogs are iffy on the phone.

Take care and have a safe weekend when it gets here. God bless! ♥

Drying out

Saturday and Sunday, we got another 4 inches of rain. It could have been more, but the little rain gauge said four, so that is what I go with.

We had almost two and a half inches last week.

So almost seven inches in two weeks! Needless to say, it is still quite wet in the pasture garden.

The cucumbers are only doing so so now. The beans are no more, as are all but one of the eight tomato plants I put out.

We bought three new tomato plants and put them by the house. The two regular size tomato plants I picked 8 tomatoes from yesterday. I did not take pictures. Between the rain and heat and humidity, even though none of them was completely ripe, they had all split to the meat. Makes me glad hubby doesn't eat as many tomatoes as he used to. They all went into the compost pile.

The Sun Sugar cherry tomatoes are slowly producing fruits. One has sort of survived in the pasture. The other is mostly doing okay in the tub I planted it in.

I'll take a picture sometime.
All the pole beans I replanted have grown taller than their supports. Now if they'd just flower!

Stay cool and dry, wherever you are! God bless. ♥

True!

Thank you, farmers, everywhere! God bless.