Block-A-Day 213 – Olive’s Trees
Olive has trouble making decisions. Choices are hard. Olive has 3 different styles of furniture in her house in 3 different colors. Every shoe she has is in at least 3 different colors.
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Block-A-Day 212 – Fluffy And Bonnie Bunny
They are not good pets for children, their spines aren’t as flexible as cats and that makes them harder to pick up properly. But for an adult, a rabbit makes a really nice pet. It frightens them to be picked up but they love to sit on your lap and be petted.
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Block-A-Day 211 – Marge Seedpod Is At It Again!
Marge Seedpod has been at it again! For those of you who are new to the blog Marge is a local horticulturalist that developed Shirley Hearts (Heart shaped flowers in various colors, exclusive to That Town).
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Block-A-Day 210 – Evie Spangler’s Trees
A very sweet little boy named Bobby. Evie was by herself raising Bobby and she did a great job. Bobby grew, did well in school and helped his mom. Before she knew it he wanted to be called Bob and was ready to go away to college.
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Block-A-Day 209 – The Garden Bench
Ahhhh. A nice place to end the day after weeding or harvesting. Also, a nice spot to begin the day with a hot cup of coffee and a scone. Come out in your PJ’s in bare feet and hear the birds. When the dog (or cat) wanders over to say hello you can give a tummy rub with your foot. Life is good!
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Block-A-Day 208 – The Wheelbarrow
Occasionally, that included a kid that wanted a ride. Always amazed me how much I could move by just adding two handles and 1 wheel to my efforts.
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Block-A-Day 207 – Amy’s Bird Feeder
As she was putting it all into the back of her car she picked up the bird seed and thought, “This looks good enough to eat. Oh no, it looks good enough for a squirrel to eat!”
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Block-A-Day 206 – Amy’s Garden Spot
To make it special for her she adopted Clarence the garden gnome to welcome people to her little space. She fell in love with him on the spot when she saw him in the garden center.
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Block-A-Day 205 – The Garden Outhouse
Mandy built it out of wood reclaimed from an old barn and the door came from an actual outhouse. It has electricity and a yellow light shines through the half moon. Inside the outhouse is fitted not with a one holer but with a frost free hydrant.
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Block-A-Day 204 – The Garden Front
Besides offering a showy front this fence and tall flowers provides a little shade for some herbs that need it. At the back of the plot there is a little greenhouse for the tender hearted herbs that need a little extra TLC.
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Block-A-Day 203 – Farmhand Herbs
Farmhand Herbs is a roadside stand selling herb plants and cut herbs. Farmhand 1 is very interested in herbs and medicinal plants. So a roadside stand seemed like a good idea. Shown in the picture are from left to right:
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Block-A-Day 202 – Petey And Bob, The Mollusk
Bob is about 5″ long. Bob may seem like an odd pet but they actually make nice pets. They don’t bark, shed or claw the furniture.
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Block-A-Day 201 – Jan And The Manure
This manure pile has been mixed with the wood chips the animals are bedded on and is starting to break down nicely. Jan will go home and layer it in with some more carbon (straw) and vegetarian nitrogen from unsprayed grass clippings.
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Block-A-Day 200 – The Tulips
I have a little story about tulips this year at our house. Farmhand 1 planted and grew some very beautiful red and yellow tulips. While they were in full bloom Farmhand 4 picked them. Without permission.
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Block-A-Day 199 – The Apple Tree
I didn’t know that just because you plant a seed from a macintosh apple doesn’t mean you will get a macintosh apple tree. Every tree, like people, is different.
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Block-A-Day 198 – Gus, The Garden Dog
He in turn barks at them and runs them back up the tree. Rabbits live in burrows in the brush and he keeps them at bay and only occasionally one will sneak into the garden for a special treat.
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