The Illinois Everbearing Mulberry has longer fruit than the naturalized White Mulberries here.
They are good tasting and are said to be a hybrid between a Red Mulberry(Morus rubra) and White mulberry(Morus alba).
Lettuce Face
I have been growing a lot of lettuce lately.
I have three varieties of lettuce in this photo, Oakleaf, Buttercrunch, and Black Seeded Simpson.
Corn Fun
Always is fun when I see variegation in a corn plant.
Blue Hopi Corn that I am growing sometimes will have a variegated leafed corn plant.
Goat Race
This goat appears to being listening to Michael Jackson music.
It doesn’t matter if you are black or white.
Giant Knapweed
Giant Knapweed(Centaurea macrocephala) has been growing good and flowering well.
Bachelor Buttons(Centaurea cyanus) is an annual relative, that is more common in flower gardens.
Flood of 2007
It had been over a decade since our last flood. This year we finally received large amounts of rain in a short time frame, so the ponds flooded and the streams were full of water.
The vernal ponds I built the last couple years did not fair well. Too much water can go through them and the pipes I put in them could not handle all that water.
This vernal pond is in the uplands and only had minor damage to its dam.
A gully keeps getting larger on our place. Someday I hope to flood that ditch and have a pond there.
Princeton Elm
The Princeton Elm has been growing on my place since 2004 as a memorial.
This elm is not a hybrid tree, but is a fast growing elm of the species Ulmus americana and is resistant to Dutch Elm Disease.
Snapping Turtle New Year
The snapping turtles are awakening from the long winter and I see them cruising around.
The clear water in spring makes them easy to see.
Human Power
This is my current lineup of wheelbarrows I have been using to haul manure and dirt:
This type of work helps keep me in shape and strong.
Full of Cold
The water is cold and plentiful right now.
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A vernal pool is full of water right now.