Blueberries

Wow! Today we went to a blueberry farm here in Nacogdoches. It was so beautiful and there was an abundance of blueberries. We had a great time and I can't believe we haven't been there before now. As long as I've lived here and I've never been there. Crazy. Soooooooo, now it's time to make some blueberry desserts! Desserts are by far my favorite part of the meal. In fact, the only real reason I can see for eating a meal is to get the dessert. Makes sense doesn't it? Well, I'm ready to experiment so I will post the recipes and pictures as soon as I make them. We should have enough blueberries to last us a while, even with all the experimenting that's about to take place.
I have learned something new about my chickens. In a previous post I described how the three rebels would run to the back porch to eat the cat and dog food. I just learned that if chickens aren't getting enough protein that you can give them cat food and that will help. Who would have thought that? So, we have started feeding them a larger amount of their food and they are as content as they can be. They are much calmer and don't peck at us anymore. How nice! They love all the scraps from the garden too.
I am compiling a list of fruit trees that I want to plant when tree season gets here. Would love to have as many as I can fit. My very favorite shrub is the Bottlebrush. I had two beautiful, very healthy Bottlebrushes that I had planted four years ago and then I lost them both when the BIG freeze hit this past winter. It was a very sad day to me so I try not to think about it. I was very suprised by this though. They are the heartiest shrub and very easy to grow. Not a lot of effort needs to be spent on them and they are absolutely beautiful! I will know next time to cover them good if we are going to get that big of a freeze.....doesn't happen very often. I plan on getting about ten at some point and scattering them throughout our backyard. It will be Hummingbird Heaven!!
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