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| Wait until wild persimmons turn pumpkin orange before eating. |
On Saturday the dog and I walked out into a cool morning and we headed up to the watermelon field. The owner of the field is preparing it for a new crop. What that crop will be I don't know yet but I will keep you informed. As we walked by R.J. the donkey made a very loud request for a hand full of grass from my side of the fence. I guess he thinks the grass is tastier on the other side of the fence. We traveled over to the unoccupied house and had a look at the wild persimmons which are getting very close to being ripe. I found one that was ripe and it was pretty good. An unripe persimmon is a very unpleasant experience. When you bite into an unripe persimmon your mouth feels like you have eaten a mouth full of wax. As I said these are wild persimmons so they are small, about 1.5 inches in diameter. Most of them are eaten by squirrels and birds before I can get any so I eat them when I find them ripe. We traveled back over to my house where I had a full day of gardening ahead of me.
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| Mexican petunia in the early morning. |
In the back yard I noticed the Mexican petunia looked quite purple in the morning sun. Later in the afternoon when all of the gardening was done we drove down to the neighbors field and walked the paths. It was very warm at around 7 pm when we were there. The weather pattern has changed as it often does this time of year to dry warm days and cooler nights and early mornings. It won't be long and we will have the opportunity to open the windows at night. That will be the nicest time of the year.
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| The end of a great Saturday. |
When the dog and I where leaving the fields this afternoon I took a photo of a colorful sunset. There seems to have been a lot of opportunities for that lately. We drove around in the truck a little and then went on back to the house. Tonight we are having vegetables from the garden. Black eyed peas, yellow squash and some volunteer turnip greens that I picked today. All in all not a bad Saturday. Once again I hope you are getting all you can out of your walks and your time outside. Thanks for reading my blog. Bye.
